Juma Tayir was an ethnic Uyghur. He was also the Chief Imam of China's largest mosque. In 2014, during a security crackdown by the Chinese Government, Tayir was brutally assassinated outside the mosque.
But who wanted Juma Tayir dead - and why?
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls, Emrys Cronin
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
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Chapters
00:00 Opening
02:44 Intro
04:10 Imam Tayir
06:02 Unrest in Xinjiang
07:43 Strike Hard Campaign
09:25 The Conflict Worsens
12:20 Re-education
14:20 Next Week
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