[LINK] "Police Close Off Lhasa's Muslim Quarter"
From the Associated Press "Police Close Off Lhasa's Muslim Quarter":
Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.
Officers blockaded streets into the area, allowing in only area residents and worshippers observing the Muslim day of prayer. A heavy security presence continued in other parts of Lhasa's old city as cleanup crews waded through the destruction inflicted when days of initially peaceful protests turned deadly on March 14.
It was not clear why the area was cordoned off, although rioters had targeted businesses belonging to Chinese Muslim migrants known as Hui, who control much of Lhasa's commerce.
The Times of London, USA Today, the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, and the BBC carry more mentions, mostly parenthetical, about recent anti-Hui violence in Tibet. As well, Alexander Berzin provides an overview of the history of Islam in Tibet, while Wikipedia provides serviceable overviews of Tibetan Muslims and Hui.
Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.
Officers blockaded streets into the area, allowing in only area residents and worshippers observing the Muslim day of prayer. A heavy security presence continued in other parts of Lhasa's old city as cleanup crews waded through the destruction inflicted when days of initially peaceful protests turned deadly on March 14.
It was not clear why the area was cordoned off, although rioters had targeted businesses belonging to Chinese Muslim migrants known as Hui, who control much of Lhasa's commerce.
The Times of London, USA Today, the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, and the BBC carry more mentions, mostly parenthetical, about recent anti-Hui violence in Tibet. As well, Alexander Berzin provides an overview of the history of Islam in Tibet, while Wikipedia provides serviceable overviews of Tibetan Muslims and Hui.