The Uighur community of China

Published May 4, 2012
Ethnic Uighur food vendors cover themselves with plastic to take shelter from the rain in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
Ethnic Uighur food vendors cover themselves with plastic to take shelter from the rain in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
An Uighur ethnic boy holds a plastic watering can as he stands in front of his home, which will be demolished, in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
An Uighur ethnic boy holds a plastic watering can as he stands in front of his home, which will be demolished, in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
Uighur ethnic women wearing scarves collect bricks removed from old buildings and place them onto a truck at a demolition site next to a residential area in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
Uighur ethnic women wearing scarves collect bricks removed from old buildings and place them onto a truck at a demolition site next to a residential area in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
Uighur woman pulls a buggy carrying her sons as she walks past residential buildings under construction in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
Uighur woman pulls a buggy carrying her sons as she walks past residential buildings under construction in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. ? Photo by Reuters.
Students from ethnic minorities give the Young Pioneer's salute to their teacher (R) at a primary school in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The Chinese characters above the blackboard on the wall read, "Always be prepared to strive for the cause of communism". ? Photo by Reuters.
Students from ethnic minorities give the Young Pioneer's salute to their teacher (R) at a primary school in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The Chinese characters above the blackboard on the wall read, "Always be prepared to strive for the cause of communism". ? Photo by Reuters.
Ethnic Uighur horse shoe vendors fit new shoes on a horse in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region May 3, 2012. ? Photo by Reuters.
Ethnic Uighur horse shoe vendors fit new shoes on a horse in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region May 3, 2012. ? Photo by Reuters.

The Uighur or Uyghur is a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, they are mainly found in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China.

Aside from China, significant diasporic communities of Uighurs exist in Central Asia countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrhystan and Uzbekistan.  Smaller communities of Uighur are also living in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey.

A large percentage of the Uighur community is made up of Sunni Muslims and they are considered to be well -integrated with the global Muslim community. – Photo by Reuters.

 

Opinion

Editorial

Border clashes
19 May, 2024

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Penalising the dutiful
19 May, 2024

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Students in Kyrgyzstan
Updated 19 May, 2024

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.
Ominous demands
Updated 18 May, 2024

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Property leaks
18 May, 2024

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Heat warnings
18 May, 2024

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...