But I'm not sure if all of this minority are strict Muslim types yet, the people as a whole are being persecuted. There was some pop singer who is Uighur and he disappeared, assumingly into a "reeducation camp".
Also, who knows if we might be saying something like this for our Saudi allies or Nato member Turkey. It's possible.
The Uyghur Justin Bieber, Ablajan (okay, for being the Uyghur Justin Bieber might justify persecution, just kidding):
! No longer availableMaybe he's free now but he looks pretty mainstream. Sometimes when you crush some groups, radicalism and terrorism will flourish more. Some of these people may not be into the religion at all and let's not forget, we probably need some of our allies that are Muslim nations.
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