Over the recent months, more and more allegations and evidence have come to light of the dire treatment of Uighur Muslims in China, including of mass incarcerations, abuse, forced labor and forced sterilizations, all of which are strongly denied by Beijing.  While some of these alleged crimes are hidden by the fact that they are perpetrated behind closed doors and therefore are difficult to verify, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have made a mistake that adds to the increasingly clear picture of how it is treating the religious minority group, namely the public demolition of mosques.