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Ghazain Marri to enter the political arena of Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Balochistan's former home minister Nawabzada Ghazain Marri was whisked away by the personnel of law enforcing agencies (LEAs) as soon as he landed at the Quetta international Airport on September 22 to end his 18-year-long self-exile. Marri said he intended
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China refutes reports of issuing directive to Muslims to hand in copies of
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 30 (ANI): China has dismissed the reports that all copies of the Quran and prayer rugs in Xinjiang were directed to to seized as part of a crackdown against extremists in the restive province.
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China frequently cracking down on expressions of Muslim identity over terr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (United States), July 14 (ANI): A more than decade-long study on anti-Muslim sentiment in China has found that a majority of Chinese view Islam, minority groups and particularly Muslim groups residing in the country's Xinjiang province with suspicion because of concerns
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China encouraging majority Han population to migrate to minority Muslim-re
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], July 13 (ANI): Often there have been questions about China's mistreatment of its minorities, whether on the plight of the Tibetans or rising tensions between the Chinese state and the Uighurs of Xinjiang.
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Communist Party of China expels member for practicing religion
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 1 (ANI): The Communist Party of China (CPC) from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region expelled its member for participating in religious activities.
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Earthquake claims eight lives in China's Xinjiang
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI) : A 5.5 magnitude earthquake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, killing eight people and injuring 11 others.
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China bans Islamic baby names in Muslim-majority Xinjiang
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], April 25 (ANI): China has banned dozens of Islamic baby names in the country's largest Muslim-majority Xinjiang province as a part of its crackdown on alleged religious "extremism", Radio Free Asia (RFA) has reported.
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China bans burqas, abnormal beards in Muslim province of Xinjiang
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Apr. 1 (ANI): China, on Friday banned burqas, veils and abnormal beards in a Muslim province claiming that it is a crackdown on religious extremism.
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Chinese cultural troupe woo Delhiites to celebrate 'Chinese New Year,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 22 (ANI): Chinese Cultural Show, Programmed by Xinjiang Art Theater Song and Dance Troupe, China took place early this week, on January 18, 2017 at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi.
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China moves to prevent entry of terrorists from Pak, Afghanistan into Xinj
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan. 11 (ANI): To prevent terrorists from entering or leaving China efforts have been stepped up on entry and exit management.
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Is Beijing concealing Pakistan-linked terror in Xinjiang
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong,[China] Jan.3 (ANI): In the last six months of 2016, state-owned media in China has reported two terrorist incidents in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), the most recent of which occurred in the province's Karakax County, resulting in the death of one person.
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6.9 magnitude quake hits China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 25 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 rocked China's Southern Xinjiang, reports the EMSC.
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