Urumqi looks to the future with Friday prayer
By Hu Yinan, Mu Qian and Lei Xiaoxun | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-11 07:13
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Children play on Xiheba Qian Street in Urumqi, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Friday. Xu Jingxing |
URUMQI: Contrary to earlier reports, mandatory Friday prayers were held in some mosques in Urumqi, which is still struggling to recover from the July 5 riots that killed at least 156 people.
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