# China Is Erasing the Uyghurs From Their Thousand-Year Homeland | Focal Point with Imam Tom Facchine

**Author:** Tom Facchine
**Series:** Focal Point
**Published:** 2026-11-10
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/tj7jn45a-rg
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/focal-point/china-is-erasing-the-uyghurs-from-their-thousand-year-homeland-focal-point-with-imam-tom-facchine
**Topics:** General Psychology, Identity, Islamic Ethics, Politics & Practical Theology, Psychology & Mental Health

## Description
Installing WhatsApp, avoiding alcohol, or having too many children can be flagged as signs of “extremism” in East Turkestan. These are just a few of China’s 75 “pre-crime” signals tracked by an algorithm. People are then detained not for what they’ve done, but for what a system predicts they might...

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