Barbara Demick, Uighur Imam Who Supported Chinese Communist Party Is Stabbed to Death. Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2014
www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg ... 20140730-story.html
(A deputy of the National People’s Congress (2008-2013) in support of CCP, Juma TAHIR 居马 or 玛.塔依尔, 74, was killed about 6.30 am July 30 outside the Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, one of the largest in China, where he had led morning prayers for the Eid al-Fitr holiday
the last two paragraphs:
“Tahir is not the first Islamic official to fall victim to violence in the last year. Abdurehim Damaolla, 74, deputy chairman of the Turpan government-affiliated Islamic Assn., was stabbed to death outside his home last August after locals accused him of helping police arrest participants in a riot.
“In May, Tursun Qadir, the principal of a middle school in Kucha, was beaten up by a mob after penalizing female students for covering their heads.
Note:
(a)
(i) 伊玛目 Imam (from Arabic imām)
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imam
(ii) 阿訇 Akhund (n; from Persian): “(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia and parts of Central Asia”
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/akhund
(b) Id Kah (Mosque) 艾提尕尔(清真寺) (from Persian Eidgāh, meaning Place of Festivities) en.wikipedia.org
(c) For Tahir, see Taher (name)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taher_(name)
(“In Islamic context, Taher (alternatively spelled Tahir; Arabic: Ṭāher) refers to purity and cleanliness in accordance with religious rituals. It is also a name [given, middle and last names]in several Islamic cultures”)
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