(photo) A Glimpse Inside Xinjiang China Uyghur Muslim Mosques – Arts & Entertainment

www.jpgmag.com — Inside the 15th century Id Kah Mosque (Kashgar, Xinjiang, China) during salah, one of five compulsory daily prayers recited by Muslims to entreat Allah.

As seen in Tom Carter's CHINA: Portrait of a People, the most comprehensive book of photography on modern China ever published by a single author. Available now from Blacksmith Books.

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