Videos circulated on Saturday of Chinese police attacking Muslims protesting the demolition of the 13th-century Najiaying Mosque in the predominantly Hui Muslim Yunnan Province.
The mosque had expanded its minarets and the dome’s roof in recent years, but a court ruled the additions were illegal, ordering their demolition.
This comes amidst a wider crackdown on Chinese Muslims. The government has forcibly closed and demolished many mosques and Islamic centres across the country and over one million Muslims are held in what China calls “reeducation camps”
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