The town is home to a sizable enclave of Hui, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – China deployed hundreds of police and made arrests in a mostly Muslim south-western town after clashes erupted over the planned partial demolition of a mosque.
The area is home to a sizable enclave of Hui, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group who have come under pressure in the face of a broad crackdown. “They want to proceed with forced demolitions, so the people here went to stop them,” a woman who also asked not to be identified told Agence France-Presse.“If they try to knock it down, we certainly won’t let them,” she said. “Buildings are just buildings. They do no harm to people or society. Why do they have to destroy them?“
People in areas around the mosque have struggled intermittently with Internet outages and other connectivity issues since the clashes, they added.
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