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China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more ‘Chinese’
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Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images XINING, China — The Dongguan Mosque has adopted some very different looks in its nearly 700 years in China’s northwestern city of Xining. Built in the style of a Chinese imperial palace, with tiled roofs and no domes, and adorned with Buddhist symbols, the mosque was nearly destroyed by neglect during political tumult in the early 20th century.…

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