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The New Dominion takes a look at the Uyghur debut in manga unearthed by Mutant Palm and makes some observations about this unique portrayal of Uyghurs in a non-Chinese media format.

The head of the Islamic Association of China reacted angrily Monday to Pope Benedict XVI's controversial remarks last week about Islam and said the pontiff's apology Sunday in Rome did not go far enough in making amends.

Not sure if your local Uyghur bakery has the sweet cake you've been craving? Or if the Uyghur restaurant down the street has that wicked chicken dish whose name you wrote down while traveling in Kashgar? This week at The New Dominion's Survival Uyghur lesson, learn how to ask if a particular place has something available for purchase or consumption.

The New Dominion has launched its inaugural Uyghur language lesson. Come learn survival Uyghur explained in clear and concise terms. The first lesson will help you order food at Uyghur restaurant.

In the third establishment of The New Dominion's "Survival Uyghur," we learn how to buy small things from Uyghur vendors. Whether you're in Kashgar or Shanghai, come learn some Uyghur at The New Dominion then go out and buy yourself some nan!

The second lesson of The New Dominion's feature series "Survival Uyghur" contains all the information you need to greet Uyghur friends and acquaintances in their native language.

Inside the 15th century Id Kah Mosque (Kashgar, Xinjiang, China) during salah, one of five compulsory daily prayers recited by Muslims to entreat Allah.

As seen in Tom Carter's CHINA: Portrait of a People, the most comprehensive book of photography on modern China ever published by a single author. Available now from Blacksmith Books.

By Radio Free Asia
29 March 2007

Chinese authorities in the northwestern Xinjiang region are forcing tens of thousands of ethnic Uyghurs into producing almonds for the county government without pay, local residents and one official say.

The labor recruiting drive began in Yarkand county near Kashgar on March 6, and it requires every Uyghur household to send one person and a donkey cart to help in a massive expansion of the region’s traditional almond industry.

Writers at The New Dominion were able to view the video which started making rounds among Uyghur independence sites showing the execution of 3 Chinese citizens. While an actual Uyghur connection to the hostage event is practically nonexistent, there is still much significance in that the video was deliberately aimed at a Uyghur audience.