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This picture taken on March 2, 2018 shows ethnic Hui Muslim women praying in a courtyard at a religious site in Linxia, China's Gansu province. - Green-domed mosques still dominate the skyline of China's "Little Mecca", but they have undergone a profound change -- no longer do boys flit through their stone courtyards en route to classes and prayers. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-Religion-Islam, Feature by Becky Davis (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on March 2, 2018 shows ethnic Hui Muslim women praying in a courtyard at a religious site in Linxia, China's Gansu province. - Green-domed mosques still dominate the skyline of China's "Little Mecca", but they have undergone a profound change -- no longer do boys flit through their stone courtyards en route to classes and prayers. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-Religion-Islam, Feature by Becky Davis        (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)