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Facing History: The Targeting of Uighur Muslims in China

The teaching ideas provide information and context to help students understand how China is repressing the Uighur minority and encourage students to consider the experiences of a religious minority group regarded with suspicion and targeted with discriminatory policies and incarceration.

 

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The Uyghurs

KASHGAR, XINJIANG / China - October 4, 2017: Three elderly men of the Uyghur minority having a conversation at a street in Kashgar Old Town. Chinese flags are mounted on the house in the background.

KASHGAR, XINJIANG / China - October 4, 2017: Three elderly men of the Uyghur minority having a conversation at a street in Kashgar Old Town. Chinese flags are mounted on the house in the background.

Survival

Uyghur muslims forced to attend the Chinese Communist Party and become non- muslim.

Uyghur muslims forced to attend the Chinese Communist Party and become non- muslim.

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