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A new report finds that authorities in China are reducing the number of mosques in areas with large Muslim populations. Analysts and activists say the campaign aims to restrict the practice and presence of Islam there while strengthening the government’s control over religious minorities. The report, released by Human Rights Watch on November 22, said…

Move is part of a "systematic effort to curb the practice of Islam" in the country, says the organisation's acting director

As part of its policy that sets out to "sinicise" religious minorities, the Chinese government has ordered the destruction of thousands of mosques.

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.

China demolishes scores of mosques to ‘restrict the practice of Islam’, says Human Rights Watch