Critics believe many local content-focused regulations in certain countries amount to censorship, and Apple is too quick to comply. We have contacted Apple for a comment on this story and will update this post as we learn more.Īpple has faced a lot of controversy over the years over how it complies with local rules. The Apple Censorship website, which monitors apps on Apple’s App Store, was the first to notice that Quran Majeed was recently deleted.Ĭhina officially recognizes Islam as a religion but it has also faced criticism for human rights violations and genocide against the Muslim-majority Uyghur population in Xinjiang.

The Quran Majeed app remains available in other countries on the App Store, and on Google Play - although Google Play is technically also not available in China (people can access it via a VPN, however). One of the most popular religious apps in China, Quran Majeed is available globally and has approximately 35 million users. Just yesterday, LinkedIn said that it would be removing the Chinese version of its site by the end of this year in the face of growing compliance requirements by the state.

The move comes as part of a bigger shift in the country to crack down on foreign content, or simply making it harder for that content to exist within the Great Firewall. Apple has removed Quran Majeed, a popular app for reading the Islamic religious text and other prayer-related information, in China, in compliance with Chinese government requests, according to a report by BBC.

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