CHINA is to rewrite the Bible and the Quran to reflect its archaic Communist ideology, new reports claim.

The bizarre order came from the all-powerful Committee for Ethnic Affairs which oversees all religious matters in the state.

1 All religious books must now 'reflect the era of President Xi Jinping' Credit: AP:Associated Press

Although no specific books were mentioned, party officials called for a "comprehensive evaluation of the existing religious classics aiming at contents which do not conform to the progress of the times."

Reports say bible-bashing China wants all major religions to review their holy texts and to adapt them to the "era of President Xi Jinping".

China officially recognises all faiths but the country is known for its Big-Brother surveillance and policing worship is just one aspect of this.

Beijing highlights that "Jesus Christ's parables" will have to fall "in line with the Communist Party, failing which they run the risk of being purged from the bibles available to the faithful."

The Bible and Christianity are apparently not alone in being targeted, with the authorities setting their sights on all major religions, requiring a "sinicisation" of the Quran and the sutras found in Buddhism.

The authorities apparently want "a complete reevaluation of existing translations of religious classics".

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If some texts are found not to confirm, they will have to be "modified and translated again."

The representatives of the various religions practised in China were reportedly recently summoned to a meeting to discuss the plan.

Controlling and censuring religion is nothing new in the Communist country, with a portrait of the Virgin Mary even being replaced in a Catholic church with one of Xi Jinping.