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本帖最后由 vivicat 于 2009-7-11 03:01 编辑
Calm returns to riot city as troops patrol the streets
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article6671604.ece
From The Times
July 10, 2009
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China closes Urumqi mosques on day of prayerPadlocks secured the iron grill gates to mosques across the city of Urumqi this morning as Muslim Uighurs were told to stay at home to pray.
Officials told all mosques in the city that today's noon prayers must be cancelled. Last weekend, 156 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured when minority Muslim Uighurs rampaged through the streets baying for the blood of Han Chinese.
At the Say Bag District Mosque, security officials sat in the shaded entrance behind the locked gates. Some had electric truncheons on the table in front of them in case of renewed violence. A notice on an entrance pillar asked people to worship at home today and to stay away.
Prayers were cancelled, it said: “Because of the complicated situation at the moment and to safeguard the security of the Muslim masses and to protect the property of the mosque and so as to give no opportunity to violent terrorists.”
It concluded: “We hope the Muslim masses will understand this and will notify each other.”
Outside, a group of young men sat around a table snacking on naan bread. One said: “Of course we will go to prayers at midday. Our faith requires that we go the mosque on Friday. It is not good enough to pray at home.”
Mehmet Ali said: “If I can’t get into this mosque then I will go somewhere else. There are plenty of mosques. But this is my faith, I have to attend prayers on Friday.”
He said he could see no reason why holding Friday prayers would spark more violence. “I am a good citizen of China. I have done nothing wrong. The riot was all by bad people. We are good people.”
In the mainly Uighur district, a few Han sat in the shade chatting with the Uighur neighbours, easily identified by their strong Turkic features and square, embroidered skull caps. One Han Chinese man squatting on the pavement said: “We need ethnic unity.” His Uighur neighbour agreed: “I will just pray at home today.”
An elder Han Chinese woman supported the closure of the mosques. “Of course, the mosque should be closed. Just look at all the damage that has been done. This is a patriotic move for the sake of the wellbeing of all the ethnic groups.”
The violence in Urumqi erupted on Sunday when Uighurs clashed with police while protesting about the deaths of Uighur factory workers in a brawl in southern China. Mobs then scattered throughout Urumqi, attacking Han Chinese, burning cars and smashing windows.
Police say that more than 2,000 people have been arrested. The ruling Communist Party has said that ending the ethnic feuding was “the most urgent task”.
Thousands of security forces are on patrol. One long column of army trucks, loaded with soldiers and supplies clogged a road just a few hundred metres from the Say Bag mosque. Their deployment is not only to prevent Uighurs from renewing their attacks but to keep vengeful Han Chinese mobs from hunting down Uighurs.
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