
The Council on American–Islamic Relations, a Washington, DC-based civil rights group, accused Apple of enabling genocide and called on the company to reverse the decision. The Cyberspace Administration of China did not immediately return a call from The Post requesting comment. “We are trying to get in touch with and relevant Chinese authorities to move forward so Quran Majeed app can be restored,”s aid Hasan Shafiq Ahmed, a spokesperson for the Pakistan-based developer behind the app. The app has nearly one million users in China, according to its developer. “We are trying to get in touch with and relevant Chinese authorities to move forward so Quran Majeed app can be restored,” he added. “Apple advised us to contact the Cyberspace Administration of China.” “Quran Majeed app was removed from the China app store,” said Hasan Shafiq Ahmed, a spokesperson for the Pakistan-based developer behind the app, in an email to The Post. China has demolished mosques, imprisoned Uighur Muslims in detention camps and allegedly forced Muslim women to undergo abortions in what some of the country’s critics say is a campaign of genocide.Īpple did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the app’s removal, which was first reported by the BBC. It’s unclear exactly why Chinese authorities allegedly asked Apple to remove the app, but the country’s government is known to discriminate against Muslims.

Quran Majeed - a reader app for the Muslim sacred text with nearly one million users in China - was removed from Apple’s Chinese app store at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China, the app’s developer told The Post on Friday. Natalie Portman’s Apple TV+ show halts filming after shooting threats from drug dealersīiden administration ‘in early stages’ of suing Apple for alleged antitrust violations: reportĪpple has removed a popular Quran app from its Chinese app store at the behest of state censors, according to the company behind the app.

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