During Ramadan, Uyghurs used to assemble after sunset to break the daytime fast with an ‘Iftar’ meal. It used to be a joyful event: Delicious foods had been prepared throughout the day, and families would sit together for a meal after the evening prayers. A few years ago, the communist regime abolished this tradition in the Uyghurs’ homeland. These days, in fear of retribution, it takes courage and innovation to observe the tradition.
Culture and religion
Uyghurs in Paris joined the Nowruz celebrations on Saturday, March 19, hosted by the European Uyghur Institute, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
Chinese Communist Party has authorized a corruption inquiry into Wang Zhengwei, a senior Chinese official who was previously an influential advocate of Muslim culture, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Bob Fu, the leading voice for persecuted faith communities in China, spoke with ‘World’ on the implications of the new Chinese internet regulations. New measures came into effect on March 1. which restrict religious content online.
Over fifty British Muslim organizations staged simultaneous demonstrations in London and Manchester on Saturday, November 13th. The global #Stand4Uyghurs protests voiced support for the Uyghurs’ struggle for freedom and against the Uyghur genocide.
Nasdaq-listed video streaming site Bilibili and language studying app Talkmate seem to have taken down Uyghur and Tibetan languages from their platforms. According to a senior analyst at ASPI ( Australian Strategic Policy Institute) Biblibili site gives an error message saying “评论内容包含敏感信息” (Comment content contains sensitive information) when the user attempts to insert Uyghur or Tibetan […]
By Mehmet Tursun 14 May, 2021 China has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in Uyghurstan (so-called Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region), according to new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project. The evidence shows that at least 18 Uyghur […]
Original Uighur By Tahir Imin Uighurian Tranlated: Fatimah Abdulghafur On January 10, 2020, Tunisian Coalition of Imams protested against the China’s oppression and genocide of Uighurs. The protest took place in front of the Chinese embassy in Tunis after the Friday prayer. The Imams from the Coalition demanded a stop […]
A new report from the UHRP and Bahram K. Sintash reveals new evidence about China’s horrendous crimes against the Uyghurs and other Muslim Turkic people in East Turkestan (aka Xinjiang, China). In the brutal campaign to eradicate the Uyghur identity, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has targeted the Uyghurs’ practice […]
China and the Uighurs (Aug. 6, 2019, DW Documentary), 61k views It’s believed more than a million ethnic Uighurs are interned in China. Chinese officials call the detention facilities ‘re-education’ camps, but there’s overwhelming evidence that they are prison-like compounds designed for mass incarceration. China’s western Xinjiang region is almost […]