China razing or reshaping mosques in clampdown on Islam, HRW says

Rights group says domes and minarets removed in Ningxia and Gansu

20231121 China: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas From left, Oct. 27, 2018 and Jan. 17, 2021

A screenshot from Human Rights Watch's website shows alterations to a mosque in China.

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Chinese officials are closing or forcibly remodeling mosques, a report by Human Rights Watch alleges, extending what critics consider a crackdown on Islam and freedom of religion.

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