Biggest News Aggregation in the World
๐Ÿ“ฐ Ningxia News

Page 39 - Ningxia News Today

Fast, Ad-Free News Updates

Stay updated with breaking news from Ningxia. Real-time updates on events, politics, business and more.

China widens mosque closure campaign, says Human Rights Watch report

(AP) – 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 Rights Watch report released Wednesday. Authorities have closed mosques in the northern Ningxia region as well as Gansu province, which are home to […]
Saudi Arabia Hui Muslim Maya Wang Ningxia Hui Associated Press Human Rights Watch

China: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas

Click to expand Image A WeChat post by the state television station in Linxia shows how amosque was closed and turned into a cloth shoe poverty alleviation workshop in Huangniwan Village in August 2018, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, May 14, 2020. 2020 China Linxia News Network (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...
South Korea New York United States Hui Muslim Maya Wang Ma Ju

Human Rights Watch: China engaged in systematic mosque-reduction 'to curb practice of Islam'

Beijing has destroyed, 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  Human Rights&nb
United Kingdom Maya Wang Chinese Communist Party United Nations Australian Strategic Policy Institute Organization Of Islamic Cooperation
Source: upi.com

Stay Updated with Latest News

Get breaking news updates delivered to your inbox

Browse All News โ†’

China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says

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 Rights Watch report released Wednesday. Authorities have closed mosques in the northern Ningxia region as well as Gansu province, which are home to large populations of Hui Muslims, as part of a process known officially as “consolidation,” according to the report, which draws on public documen...
Maya Wang Chinese Foreign Ministry Human Rights Watch Associated Press Hui Muslims Communist Party
Source: yahoo.com

Explore More Categories

World News India News Business Technology Sports Entertainment Health Science