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Jakarta attack reactions in Bangkok
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Uighur women stand next to a street to wait for a bus in downtown Urumqi, in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region in China, on May 1, 2014. (Reuters/Petar Kujundzic)
China bans beards, veils from Xinjiang city’s buses in security bid
Reuters—A city in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang has banned people with head scarves, veils and long beards from boarding buses, as the government battles unrest with a policy that critics said discriminates against Muslims. Xinjiang, home to the...Caption:
This file photo taken on March 2, 2014 shows Chinese police investigators inspecting the scene of an attack at the railway station in Kunming, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. (AFP Photo/Files)
More violence in China’s Xinjiang after deadly attack
Beijing, Reuters—Western tourists saw a body lying in a pool of blood in a major city in China’s violence-prone Xinjiang province on Wednesday, as security forces flooded in after the government said dozens of knife-wielding attackers were shot dead elsewhere in...Caption:
A Chinese Muslim man fans himself as he waits for the time to break his fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Niujie mosque, the oldest and largest mosque in Beijing, on July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Muslims in China’s Xinjiang told to ignore Ramadan customs
Beijing, Reuters—Officials in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang have told Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an indication of what rights groups say is discrimination targeting the Uighur minority group. The fasting...Caption:
Riot policemen lead men who are about to be executed into a police van in this still image taken from a video in an unknown location in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, on June 16, 2014. (Reuters/CCTV/via Reuters TV)