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Muslim men hold aloft their shoes as they leave a mosque after prayers in the city of Urumqi
10 Jul 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Muslim men hold aloft their shoes as they leave a mosque after prayers in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 10, 2009. Chinese riot police broke up a small demonstration by Uighurs leaving Friday prayers in a Muslim Uighur neighbourhood of Urumqi, arresting several who were taken away with hands above their heads. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)
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Armed Chinese paramilitary policemen in riot gear march out of their barracks before the start of Friday's Muslim prayers near the Dong Kuruk Bridge mosque in the city of Urumqi in ...


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