Inside the 15th century Id Kah Mosque (Kashgar, Xinjiang, China) during salah, one of five compulsory daily prayers recited by Muslims to entreat Allah.
There are presently more than twelve million Muslims in China, with Xinjiang accounting for over half the national total. The Turkestan Uyghurs comprise 45% of Xinjiang’s population and are the largest ethnic minority in China.
As seen in Tom Carter's CHINA: Portrait of a People, the most comprehensive book of photography on modern China ever published by a single author. Available now from Blacksmith Books.
http://www.tomcarter.org
http://www.blacksmithbooks.com/9789889979942.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1tqIg1SBU
In the New China Portrait Book Promotes Peace & Understanding photo essay.
2 responses
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ZERINA PHILLIP said (20 August 2008):
Great photography.
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David Bean said (23 December 2008):
I love the broken symmetry. 5 men, one central stripe. The man under the strip NOT looking ahead.









