KASHGAR, China--Tursunjan Mamat ... “There is no such thing as mosque demolition,” Juma said, other than some rundown mosques taken down for safety renovations. Kashgar has been largely ...

Three imperial Chinese dynasties conquered and reconquered Kashgar and its environs. Still, its mosques and madrassahs drew scholars from all over Central Asia. Its caravansaries, or inns ...

KASHGAR, China--At a domed building here in early October, the Islamic crescent symbol that indicated it had been a mosque had been removed. The interior of the building had also been radically ...

Chinese travellers throng the bazaars of old Kashgar, munching mutton kebabs and soaking up heavily commodified Uyghur culture – part of China’s push to remould troubled Xinjiang into a ...

The new board has been issued in accordance with the name recorded in ASI documents, which is 'Juma Masjid'.” Sharma said a similar blue ASI board is already present inside the mosque premises ...

The new board, which has already been prepared, bears the name “Juma Masjid,” which the committee claims is not a recognised or commonly used term (File photo) The new signboard, intended to ...

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has renamed the 16th-century Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal to 'Juma Masjid,' installing a new blue signboard. This action follows a legal dispute ...