Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Chinese Government Rebuilds Mosques to Look More Chinese


Amazing feature at the Financial Times showing the architectural side of China's crackdown on Islam. Above, the Weizhou grand mosque before and after its Sinocization.


And Beijing's Doudian Mosque, before and after.

According to the FT, this has been done to more than a thousand mosques; others have simply been destroyed:

The government says the changes are to modernise the mosques and “harmonise” them with Chinese culture.

The rebuilding has also included the installation of surveillance cameras.

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