Chinese authorities face resistance from ethnic minority Muslims over mosque demolition.
Thousands of ethnic minority Hui Muslims in southwestern China surrounded a mosque to prevent authorities from removing its dome and minarets, as part of a crackdown on religious freedoms. The "sinicization" campaign aims to align religious faiths with traditional Chinese culture and the Communist Party's rule. Hui activists claim that authorities have removed overtly Islamic architecture from over a thousand Hui mosques across the country, with the Najiaying mosque being one of the last holdouts. The Hui, an 11 million-strong ethnic minority, have been well assimilated into broader Chinese society, but activists say their ethnic group has become the latest target in the Communist Party's crackdown on Islam.
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