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Islamic envoys say China is protecting minorities in Xinjiang after five-day visit
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Xinjiang is incredible to visit, the Uyghur language is beautiful and the culture is robust and everywhere, I loved my trip there. My uncle who went there in the 90s went with me this time and said it felt like Uyghur culture was much more realized, much less ultra conservative fundamentalists everywhere, safer in general. People forget that Islamist (referring to Salafist/Wahhabi and other ultra-conservative Islamic political fundamentalist groups) groups destroy culture and tradition as an aspect of their ideology.
People forget that the Party doesn't treat Uyghurs any different from the rest, they don't treat them different because they're Uyghurs, but because some of them are actively against the party principle that must be upheld. It is not a genocide, it is a fight against dogmatism and reactionary elements
They do treat minorities differently, but it's preferential (e.g. I've heard that non-Han Chinese people may have higher priority for university admission)