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Ethnic Uighurs look on toward the entrance of a mosque as people leave the area following Friday prayers in Urumqi
10 Jul 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Ethnic Uighurs look on toward the entrance of a mosque as people leave the area following Friday prayers in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 10, 2009. Hundreds of Uighur Muslims crowded into at least one mosque in riot-stricken Urumqi on Friday after authorities relented on a decision to close mosques for the main day of prayer to minimize ethnic tension.REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA CONFLICT MILITARY RELIGION)
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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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