Uighur mosques closed by Beijing, handed over for tourist use

By ATSUSHI OKUDERA/ Correspondent

October 15, 2020

KASHGAR, China–
„At a domed building here in early October, the Islamic crescent symbol that indicated it had been a mosque had been removed.
The interior of the building had also been radically altered into a cafe.
What had once been a large prayer room had been turned into a rest area for tourists. Visitors who appeared to be Han drank tea or laid down to rest.“ (…)

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