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.

 

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