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In LA, Muslims from China watch as homeland crackdown escalates
Uighur Muslims praying at Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, XInjiang, the largest mosque in China.
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In LA, Muslims from China watch as homeland crackdown escalates
Human rights groups are sounding alarms over reports of China's mass detention of about 1 million ethnic minority members in Xinjiang, most of them Muslim Uighurs.
That global attention has been a long time coming for Uighur expatriates in Los Angeles, who've watched from afar as the crackdown on their culture that began after 2016 intensified in recent months.
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