On July 5, 2009 people from the Uighur ethnic group clashed with Chinese government police in Urumqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Almost 200 people died in the melee. Estimates range from 184 to 197 souls (see below), and the victims are said to have included Hui Muslims, Manchurians, Uighur, and Han Chinese. According to Shan Wei and Chen Gang, Research Fellows at the East Asian...

I've compiled this from the thread "The Shia and the Sunni". Most of the things here are already in that thread but I would update it when I've had the time

Widely misunderstood as being the "Catholic vs Protestant" of Islam (in some cases), often judged by sectarianism. This post identifies the Shia history and their relations, I hope this would lighten up some mists in people's minds about the Shia.

A brief Introduction to the Split:...