Recordings of talks, workshops, and panels relating to plight of Uighur Muslims that have been delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay in Pleasanton, CA.
Recordings of talks, workshops, and panels relating to plight of Uighur Muslims that have been delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay in Pleasanton, CA.
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Who Are the Uyghurs?
Uyghurs (alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs, etc.) are ethnically and culturally a Turkic people living in the areas of Central Asia commonly known as East Turkistan. The area is vast, constituting one-sixth of the total land area under the control of the People’s Republic of China. The Uyghurs have a rich cultural history going back almost 4,000 years. Before embracing Islam in tenth century, Uyghurs believed in Buddhism, Manichaeism and Nestorian Christianity. Today, Uyghurs practice a moderate form of Sufi Islam and lead predominantly secular lives.
Uyghurs (Uighurs) are Turkic-speaking Muslim people with a population of more than twenty million in East Turkistan, (officially known as Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China), which was invaded by China in 1949. Since 2016, the Chinese Government has forced many Uyghurs to renounce their ethnic identity, religion, and culture and imprisoned over one million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.
Uyghurs are ethnically and culturally a Turkic people living in an area of Central Asia that is disputed by the indigenous Uyghur and China. The Uyghur Human Rights Project has documented abuses by the Chinese government, and according to the World Uyghur Congress, the existence of the Uyghur nation is under threat as the Chinese government continues to carry out deliberate policies opposing centuries-old tradition, culture and religion. Human rights violations remain pervasive including persecution on cultural and religious grounds, arbitrary arrests and the silencing of peaceful dissent.” There are an estimated 9 million Uyghurs living in the disputed region of East Turkistan.
Recordings of talks, workshops, and panels relating to plight of Uighur Muslims that have been delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay in Pleasanton, CA.