Historic Kashgar mosque open for tourists, but not worshipers

July 3, 2023 | RFA – Radio Free Asia | By Shohret Hoshur for RFA Uyghur

Since about 2017, up to 16,000 mosques, or roughly 65%, of all mosques have been destroyed or damaged as a result of government policies, according to the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a U.S.-based activist group. Other mosques have been closed but left standing, and a few famous ones remain open but under surveillance.

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