Urumqi mosques open for prayers
Updated on 10 July 2009
Several mosques in riot-hit Urumqi, China, have opened for Friday prayers, despite notices saying they would be closed in the wake of ethnic violence that left 156 dead.
It was not immediately clear if there was a change of policy or if the mosques were opened because crowds gathered outside them.
The Friday afternoon prayers are a focal point of the week for the minority Muslim Uighurs.
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