Tag Archive: Uighurs

Photos of First ‘Chinese ISIS Militant’ Emerge Online

IRAQ’S Ministry of Defence has claimed to have captured a Chinese national fighting for the extremist Sunni militant group, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and posted two photos of an East Asian-looking man with a battered face on…
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Xinjiang City Bans Beards, Hijab and Islamic Clothing on Buses

A city in China’s mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from travelling on public buses, state media said, prompting outrage from an overseas rights group on Wednesday. Authorities in Karamay banned people wearing…
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