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CHINA-Uygurs, A Turkish-Speaking Muslim Minority Living in The Northwestern Province of Xinjiang, 1989

This document contains a collection of photographs taken between 1979 and 2005 in China that depict various aspects of Muslim minority groups, including the Uyghurs and Hui, including religious practices, daily life, and cultural traditions. The photographs show older Uyghur women, Uyghurs interacting with Chinese officials, a crafts plant sign in Uyghur, Arabic, and English, a mullah delivering a sermon, noodle making, Friday prayers at mosques in different provinces, festivals marking the end of Ramadan, and women engaging in prayer and religious traditions. The photographs provide glimpses into the lives and religious practices of Muslim minorities in China over several decades.

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CHINA-Uygurs, A Turkish-Speaking Muslim Minority Living in The Northwestern Province of Xinjiang, 1989

This document contains a collection of photographs taken between 1979 and 2005 in China that depict various aspects of Muslim minority groups, including the Uyghurs and Hui, including religious practices, daily life, and cultural traditions. The photographs show older Uyghur women, Uyghurs interacting with Chinese officials, a crafts plant sign in Uyghur, Arabic, and English, a mullah delivering a sermon, noodle making, Friday prayers at mosques in different provinces, festivals marking the end of Ramadan, and women engaging in prayer and religious traditions. The photographs provide glimpses into the lives and religious practices of Muslim minorities in China over several decades.

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CHINA—Uygurs, a

Turkish-speaking
Muslim minority
living in the
northwestern
province of
Xinjiang, 1989
KASHGAR, China—
Older Uygur women, a
Turkish-speaking
Muslim minority in
Xinjiang province,
1989.
KASHGAR, China—A
Chinese woman with
three male Uygurs in
Xinjiang province.
Above them is a giant
statue of Chairman
Mao, one of the very
few left in China, 1989
TURFAN, China
—Young Muslim
Uygurs look
suspiciously at
a Chinese
officer in
Xinjiang
province. The
fiercely
independent-
minded Uygur
resent their
domination by
the Chinese,
1989.
KASHGAR, China—
The crafts plant in
Xinjiang province has
a sign in three
languages: Uygur,
which uses the Arabic
alphabet; Chinese;
and English. It reads:
"The only place where
we can give wide
scope to knowledge,
undoubtedly is [the]
motherland," 1989
TURFAN, China—An Uygur
mullah delivers the Friday
sermon in the central
mosque in Xinjiang province.
The staff he is holding is a
reminder of the imam's
temporal as well as spiritual
power, 1989
KASHGAR, China—
An Uygur is about
to cook handmade
noodles in boiling
water. In the
background,
noodles are being
made, 1989.
XINING, China—
Friday prayers at
the Great Mosque
in Qinghai
province, 2005
XINING, China—
Friday prayers at the
Great Mosque in
Qinghai province,
2005
XIAN, China—The
central mosque is a
perfect example of
Chinese design,
bearing not a single
feature of Middle
Eastern architecture
prevalent in the rest of
the Islamic world,
1989
CHENGDU, China—
Sichuan Sheng
province, 2002
KASHGAR, China—
Housewives who used
to be confined can
now go out shopping
but still wear veils.
Kashgar seems
conservative
compared with Turfan
or the Hotans, 1979
XIAN, China—A
festival in Shaanxi
province marks the
end of fasting for the
month of Ramadan,
1989.
BEIJING—A Chinese
Muslim woman prays in
the section of Niuje
central mosque
dedicated to women.
The writing on the wall
is in Arabic, 1989
BEIJING—Friday prayer at the central
mosque. Most of the faithful are Huis,
Muslim Chinese, recognizable by their
white taqiyah, 1989.
KASHGAR, China—In the center of the
old section of Kashgar stands the Id
Kah Mosque, built many centuries
ago. For the first prayers on Friday
afternoon, several thousand Muslims
assemble. No women are allowed
inside the mosque. Around the time
the prayers end, women wrapped in
chador carry nan and water to the
mosque entrances and wait outside
for the men to emerge. The men,
freshly purified from their prayers, are
asked to breathe gently on the nan
and water which, it is said brings good
health, happiness, and prosperity to
those who receive this blessing, 1999

Photos © Magnum Photos

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