China: Muslims clash with Chinese Police at Mosque demolition

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02-01-2012

Hundreds of Muslims have fought with armed police who demolished a newly-built mosque in north-west China Friday, according to reports.

The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, based in Hong Kong, said two people were killed and more than 50 injured in the disturbances in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

The violence between local Muslims and roughly 1,000 armed officers began after police declared a newly built mosque to be illegal, and moved in to demolish it.

The rights group said police fired tear gas and used knives and batons to beat back ethnic Hui Muslim protesters in Taoshan village, Hexi township.

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=21421

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1. they should have uploaded a video. another reason for the Chinese government to censor the internet.