Beijing [China], July 15 (ANI): Hundreds of mosques and Islamic shrines ... how the state is unearthing ancient justifications for its rule over Xinjiang China has destroyed hundreds of mosques ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Xinjiang was known as Xiyu, or the Western Regions, in ancient China. Following its unification during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1735-96) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the ...

In what was described as a state project to turn the ancient city of ... a Communist Party organ in Xinjiang issued a report in 2015 that said, “The number of mosques in Xinjiang greatly exceeds ...

Xinjiang was a place where the ancient Western and Oriental cultures met and many famous historical people visited. Lots of historical relics and items of rare cultural interest were left in Xinjiang.

They say they have spent heavily on upgrading mosques, outfitting them with fans, flush toilets, computers and air conditioners. Xinjiang’s biggest ethnic minority is Uyghurs, a predominantly ...

In a cold dusty part of central China, a local Muslim leader stands alone in the courtyard of a small mosque. It feels eerily ... live in far western Xinjiang province. That group, from Turkic ...

So the Chinese government had sent tens of thousands of security forces into the city, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Auton ... street in front of a central mosque wondering how many people ...

On her Instagram Story, the 22-year-old model shared a pair of social media posts about the Keriya Aitika Mosque in China’s Xinjiang region, which reportedly “disappeared in 2018” as part of ...

In Urumqi, I visited a theological college for the training of Muslim clergy and engaged in an extensive discussion with the imam of the Id Kah Mosque in Kashi Prefecture of southern Xinjiang ...

They were China Islamic Association vice-president Maimaiti Juma, also the khatip (the person who delivers the sermon) of the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar; Xinjiang University’s School of History ...