Who are the 'Uyghurs'? Uyghurs are regional minority people native to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in Northwest China. They are one of the 55 ethnically recognised minorities by the Chinese government. The Uyghur territories have existed independently or ruled by Mongols and other ethnicities over centuries, historically. Uyghurs has been Islamised over time, following …














