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10: Rahima Mahmut: The Uyghur Genocide

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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Uigur Turks - What Are the Uigas?

Nahima: We are Uigas, we are Turkic people. So the root we call, a lot of texts call us Uigur Turks. And we believe in Islam as we are Muslim. The so-called Xinjiang is geographically in the heart of Central Asia. It's West Turkistan, the land of the Turks. In Xinjiang, new frontier. That means 'the new territory' Nahima: I want to tell you about my struggle with Wiga Muslims.

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