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Uyghur Women in Aksu Face State-Enforced Cultural Assimilation

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Uyghur Women in Aksu Face State-Enforced Cultural Assimilation

Uyghur Times Staff October 28, 2025

Alp Uyghur Aksu — October 2025. A newly obtained video reviewed by Uyghur Times reveals that local...

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Chinese Government Expels Turkish Tourist from Kashgar’s Id Kah Mosque for Trying to Pray

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Chinese Government Expels Turkish Tourist from Kashgar’s Id Kah Mosque for Trying to Pray

Uyghur Times Staff October 21, 2025

by Uyghur Times Staff A Turkish tourist posted a viral video, dated October 14, 2025, showing that...

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Xi Jinping Intensifies Push to “Sinicize” Religion, Erase Non-Han Identities

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Xi Jinping Intensifies Push to “Sinicize” Religion, Erase Non-Han Identities

Uyghur Times Staff September 30, 2025

At the session, Xi Jinping declared that all religions must be reshaped to fit Chinese culture and...

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China’s Persecution of Religious Leaders Exposed in USCIRF Report

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China’s Persecution of Religious Leaders Exposed in USCIRF Report

Uyghur Times Staff September 29, 2025

USCIRF highlights crackdown on Uyghur imams, Tibetan monks, and Christian clergy by Alp Uyghur, Sep 29, 2025...

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Praying Under Oppression: Turkish Tourist Exposes China’s Crackdown on Urumqi Mosques

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Praying Under Oppression: Turkish Tourist Exposes China’s Crackdown on Urumqi Mosques

Uyghur Times Staff July 19, 2025

By Tahir Imin Uyghurian | Uyghur Times | July 2025 A Turkish tourist has exposed the alarming...

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High-ranking Chinese official says ‘Sinicisation’ of Islam ‘inevitable’

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High-ranking Chinese official says ‘Sinicisation’ of Islam ‘inevitable’

Anne Kader March 9, 2024

"Ma Xingrui, a high-ranking Communist Party official from the Chinese-occupied homeland of the Uyghurs, claimed that the...

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China Forces Uyghur Youth into Collective Han Chinese Weddings – Part 5

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China Forces Uyghur Youth into Collective Han Chinese Weddings – Part 5

Uyghur Times February 18, 2024

The Chinese authorities have implemented a discriminatory new policy compelling Uyghur youth to participate in collective wedding...

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China Targets Hui Muslim Mosques for Communist Propaganda

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• Uyghur Propaganda & Disinformation Monitor

China Targets Hui Muslim Mosques for Communist Propaganda

Uyghur Times February 18, 2024

The Chinese authorities have been compelling Muslims to renounce their faith in Islam and pledge allegiance to...

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Mosques closed, demolished, and altered in regions with Muslim populations, Human Rights Watch Report

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Mosques closed, demolished, and altered in regions with Muslim populations, Human Rights Watch Report

Uyghur Times November 22, 2023

Published by Human Rights Press on Nov22, 2023 Introduction: A new report released on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch...

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Cultural Vandalism: China’s Destruction of Buddhist Sites in Uyghurs’ Homeland

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• Culture and religion

Cultural Vandalism: China’s Destruction of Buddhist Sites in Uyghurs’ Homeland

Anne Kader October 5, 2023

Buddhism, one of the world's oldest religions, has deep historical roots in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,...

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