This is a list of notable mosques in China. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the religion of Islam. The first mosque in China was the Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou, built during the Tang dynasty in 627 CE.

Nov 27, 2023 · Beijing’s Doudian Mosque, with its striking domes and ornate minarets, was one of the grandest mosques in northern China. But earlier this year, its minarets were removed, its domes...

Nov 22, 2023 · Chinese authorities have decommissioned, closed down, demolished, and converted mosques for secular use as part of the government’s efforts to restrict the practice of Islam. The authorities have...

Nov 22, 2023 · China is closing, destroying and repurposing mosques, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged in a new report. The crackdown is part of a "systematic effort" to curb the practice of Islam in China...

Jul 31, 2023 · China’s mosques used to be a diplomatic tool as part of the country’s outreach efforts to the Middle East and other parts of the Islamic world. Today, faced with a decision between ideological...

May 30, 2023 · Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China over the weekend in a last-ditch effort to prevent what they said was an attempt by authorities to remove its dome...

Nov 22, 2023 · Chinese authorities have demolished, closed down, decommissioned, and converted mosques for secular use as a part of the “government’s efforts to restrict the practice of Islam” in Ningxia and...

May 31, 2023 · Hundreds of residents, at least hundreds, gathered to protect a mosque in southwestern China. Authorities are removing the domes on the mosque as part of a nationwide campaign to eliminate...

Jun 8, 2023 · China is destroying Arab-style architectural features of mosques, such as domes and minarets. The tightened control on religion has been met with rare resistance.

Islam has been practiced in China since the 7th century CE. [1] There are an estimated 17–25 million Muslims in China, less than 2 percent of the total population. [2] Though Hui Muslims are the most numerous group, [3] [4] the greatest concentration of Muslims reside in northwestern China's Xinjiang autonomous region, which contains a significant Uyghur population.