Deputies say prayer room a show of 'respect'
By Cui Jia in Urumqi | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-31 07:23
Muslim delegates to the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's People's Congress pray during a break from a group discussion in Urumqi on Sunday. Cui Jia / China Daily |
Kahar Usman, a devoted Muslim and newly elected deputy to the People's Congress of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was "pleased and a bit surprised".
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