Meaning of Payziwat | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Chinese government started what they called the "Tebligh" movement. This movement started in Eli, north of Kashgar, Payziwat, Karikas in the south. As a result⟳ Chinese government arrested 1600 religious scholars in 19 regions as a product of this movement.”

“IN THE WINTER OF 1997, an earthquake in Payziwat near Kashgar changed the course of my work⟳. It was one of the worse natural disasters that had occurred in the Uyghur nation in recent memory. More than one-hundred villages and one-thousand homes were leveled to the ground. As usual, nobody but the highest Party officials had information on the number⟳ of casualties buried beneath the ruble. ... We had to wait⟳ sixteen days before the government let⟳ us enter⟳ Payziwat. While we waited, they were busy burying corpses and clearing the worst damage⟳ in the earthquake-stricken region. We drove into the area with a convoy of twenty trucks. Our plan⟳ was to distribute the donations at government locations. When town leaders led local resident to us, as soon as the people were offered this aid they looked with great doubt⟳ toward their leaders. They had to be reassured before they would help⟳ themselves.”

“The New York Times described restrictions publicized by local authorities in Payziwat^([sic – meaning Shayar]) County that “include⟳ barring teachers and students from observing Ramadan, prohibiting retired government officials from entering mosques and requiring men to shave off beards and women to doff veils. Mosques cannot let⟳ people from outside of town stay⟳ overnight and restaurants must maintain⟳ normal hours of business.””

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