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YUTIAN COUNTY, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7: (CHINA OUT) Uigur Muslims pray in the Idkar Mosque on September 7, 2007 in Yutian County of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Xinjiang has been noted in ancient times along the old silk road as a political and commercial centre. It is the hub of an important commercial region, bordering Russia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan with Pakistan to its south. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

YUTIAN COUNTY, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 7: (CHINA OUT) Uigur Muslims pray in the Idkar Mosque on September 7, 2007 in Yutian County of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Xinjiang has been noted in ancient times along the old silk road as a political and commercial centre. It is the hub of an important commercial region, bordering Russia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan with Pakistan to its south. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)