"We are trying to get in touch with CAC and relevant Chinese authorities to get this issue resolved as we had close to a million users for our app in China that have been impacted," Hasan Shafiq Ahmed, head of growth at Pakistan Data Management (PDMS), told Business Insider. PDMS' app Quran Majeed is one of the two apps that have been taken off Apple's App Store in compliance with Chinese government requests, according to Apple Censorship, an activist-led website tracking the app store worldwide. While the Chinese government keeps a close eye on the internet through strict controls over online speech and content, it is also known for targeting the country's religious minorities, particularly the Uyghur Muslim community. In this context, government requests to take down the apps raise further concerns around religious persecution in China. Why were the apps taken down? In a statement, PDMS told the BBC that the app was removed as they did not have the requisite documentation. As for the Bible App by Olive Tree, a spokesperson told BBC that they removed the app themselves after Apple flagged their lack of permit to 'distribute an app with book or magazine content'. "Since we did not have the permit and needed to get our app update approved and out to customers, we removed our Bible app from China's App Store," a spokesperson is quoted saying. On Google's Play Store, the Quran Majeed app has over 5 million downloads while the Bible App has just over…
