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China’s Forgotten Muslims Issue: 133
May 2019
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Little is known of the Uighur Muslims across the world,primarily due to news reporting inside China being heavily censored and monitored which ensures it never reaches the attention of the world’s media.Before we discuss the plight of the Uighur Muslims, we need to understand who they are and the reasons why they are being heavily persecuted. The Uighurs are Sunni Muslims of
Turkic extraction and originally hail from the Central Asian Republics that were formerly part of the ex-USSR (Soviet Union). They as a people are known to have been around for 4000 years and played a significant role in developing a distinct culture along the Silk Road. From the 8th to the 19th Century, the Uighur empire enjoyed power, pomp and prestige across central Asia. After the 1800’s the emergence of the Manchu
dynasty and the rise of communism in Russia and China led to the decline of this great empire. The Uighurs attempted to declare independence in the Xinjiang province in North-West China in the early 20th century. However, by 1949, the Communist Party of the Republic of China brought the province under their control but did allow autonomy in this part of the country. Continued on page 13
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