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Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China's Xinjiang villages, rights groups say

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A report released by Human Rights Watch says authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology. The report released Wednesday says the policy is part of an attack on Uyghurs' cultural identity.

FILE - A Uyghur woman works at her food stand while her children play in a resting place nearby at the Unity New Village in Hotan, in western China’s Xinjiang region on Sept 20, 2018.

Words like “dutar,” a traditional Uyghur string instrument, or “mazar,” a shrine, have been removed from the names of villages, and replaced with words such as “happiness,” “unity” and “harmony” — generic terms often found in the Communist Party’s policy documents. The changes to the names of Xinjiang villages included removing mentions of religion, including terms such as “Hoja,” a title for a Sufi religious teacher, and “haniqa,” a type of Sufi religious building, or terms such as “baxshi,” a shaman.

 

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