BEIJING - Thousands of Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China in a desperate bid to prevent what they believed was an attempt by authorities to remove its dome and minarets.
CNN said the tensions around the mosque, which belongs to the Hui ethnic group, comes “amid a sweeping campaign unleashed by China’s leader Xi Jinping to ‘sinicize’ religion”.
This policy “aims to purge religious faiths of foreign influence and align them more closely with traditional Chinese culture”, said the outlet.
