Former Muslim leader at China's biggest mosque in Xinjiang incarcerated
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Police officers patrol the square in front of Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang region, on May 3. | REUTERS
KYODO
May 24, 2021
Kashgar, China – A former Muslim leader at China’s largest mosque in the country’s far-western Xinjiang region was incarcerated by Chinese authorities in 2017, accused of having spread extremism, sources close to the matter have said.
In addition to the person who led prayers in the mosque, other religious leaders have been also detained, the sources said Sunday, amid accusations that the Communist Party-led government has infringed on the human rights of the Muslim Uyghur minority in the region.