After ‘Sinicization’ of Islam in Xinjiang, China is closing and destroying mosques in other Muslim areas: report

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Open this photo in gallery: A Chinese flag flies over the Juma mosque in the restored old city area of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region, on June 4, 2019.GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images Spanning the Yellow River in northwestern China, the city of Wuzhong sits at the centre of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Named for the Muslim ethnic group that still makes up a third of the area’s population, Ningxia is known for its many mosques, which include some of the oldest in China. That is changing. According to a new report by Human Rights Watch, in recent years, authorities...