Wary of Islam, China Tightens A Vise of Rules.

The grand mosque that draws thousands of Muslims each week in this oasis town has all the usual trappings of piety: dusty wool carpets on which to kneel in prayer, a row of turbans and skullcaps for men without headwear, a wall niche facing the holy city of Mecca in the Arabian desert. But large signs posted by the front door list edicts that are more Communist Party decrees than Koranic doctrines. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]