Xinjiang detainees are encouraged to renounce their religion
Inmates are encouraged to renounce their religion, this is evident from the fact that China forbids detainees from practicing religion. Look at Ismayil Sidiq for example. Covertly praying in his prison room got him the two charges of “illegal religious activities” and “undermining prison supervision.”
Zhenishan Berdibek’s testimony tells us:
Zhenishan heard of cases when people had been tied up in a tiger chair for 48 hours for arguing with the authorities. The inmates were warned that this could happen to them if they disobeyed. They would get asked if they believed in God, with a warning that a positive answer meant them being held in camp for 6 months. As a result, the inmates would respond, in unison, that “no, we do not believe in God”. Zhenishan also adds that the authorities checked video imagery from the CCTV cameras that were installed in mosques in 2015. If a person was found exiting a mosque, he would be sentenced.