The local government held off on the demolition, but later replaced the mosque’s domes and minarets with traditional Chinese-style pagodas. The architectural overhaul of mosques has come with ...

(New York) – The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “mosque consolidation” policy, in violation of the right to ...

According to Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily, the original Arabic-style dome of the mosque was replaced by five Chinese-style white round spires during a major renovation completed in April.

The report, released by Human Rights Watch on November 22, said the Chinese government has been systematically demolishing, converting, or closing down mosques across China under a campaign of “ ...

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 has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities, according to a Human ...

Azha, one of the two major Islamic festivals, is celebrated by Chinese Muslims with religious devotion, cultural tradition and community spirit as elsewhere in the world. As the Muslim community in ...

and the majority Han Chinese. Up the street a few blocks from the White mosque was the Yang Hang mosque, where in the morning a white notice was glued to the front gate saying it would be closed ...