A video of an amusement park being demolished in Indonesia has been falsely claimed online to show China tearing down a ...

Many in Hong Kong may not be aware that one of the oldest mosques in China and what used to be a historic Muslim quarter is only about an hour away on the high-speed train from West Kowloon.

But the footage actually shows a building being knocked down in a theme park in Indonesia. One post on Facebook is captioned: “China tearing down mosques as Islam is now considered a mental illness.” ...

China has destroyed hundreds of mosques and Muslim shrines across Xinjiang. The museum in Kashgar barely mentions Islam, save for signs claiming that it was forced on Xinjiang and that the Uyghurs ...

Guang Minaret is in Huaisheng Mosque, one of the earliest mosques in China commemorating Mohammed, founder of Islam. It is said to have been built by an Arab priest who came to China a thousand ...

In 1450, the Ming Emperor Jingtai bestowed on it the name Qingzhensi (Purity and Truth), as all mosques in China are designated. The main hall is made entirely of wood. The Repository Hall ...

Elsewhere, the mosques we visited felt a little less deserted, but the picture of destruction was the same. The city of Linxia's reputation as China’s "little Mecca" had made its grand mosques ...