Chinese authorities have altered, closed or partially demolished thousands of mosques across China in a suppression of Islamic culture that has spread to almost every region of the country.

“The Chinese government is not "consolidating" mosques as it claims, but closing many down,” Maya Wang, the acting China ...

The policy of "Sinicization" started in 2018, when the Chinese Communist Party circulated documents outlining how to further ...

HRW says other mosques altered, for example through removal of minarets, as part of sinicisation campaign Chinese authorities have closed or altered hundreds of mosques in the northern regions of ...

China is shutting down mosques in areas outside of Xinjiang in violation of the right to freedom of religion, according to a report released Wednesday from Human Rights Watch (HRW). The Chinese ...

Uyghur men walking towards the Id Kah mosque before Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of Ramadan, in Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region, on June 5, 2019. Greg Baker—AFP/Getty Images ...

Nov. 22 (UPI) --Beijing has closed or destroyed at least 1,300 mosques in the country's Ningxia and Gansu provinces as part of its drive to "Sinicize" religion, according to a Human Rights Watch ...

China has expanded the crackdown on its Muslim minority outside the Xinjing region, making its first such effort following international attention on the country’s Uyghur population. "While the ...

Chinese authorities have altered, closed or partially demolished thousands of mosques across China in a suppression of Islamic culture that has spread to almost every region of the country. Beijing's ...