Rights group accuses China of crackdown on mosques
The closure, destruction, and repurposing of mosques is part of a systematic effort to curb the practice of Islam, says HRW
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The closure, destruction, and repurposing of mosques is part of a systematic effort to curb the practice of Islam, says HRW
China demolishes scores of mosques to ‘restrict the practice of Islam’, says Human Rights Watch
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 freedom of religion, Human Rights Watch said today. Chinese authorities have decommissioned, closed...
China has been accused of shutting, demolishing and repurposing mosques in two northern regions as part of a “systematic effort” to curb the practice of Islam.
The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “consolidating mosques” policy, in violation of the right to freedom of religion.