Id Kah Mosque — Attraction in Kashgar City

I was drawn to visit Kashgar by Idkah Mosque. From afar, the sight is dominating and awe inspiring. The 15th Century entrance structure is simple engineering but symbolic of its Uighur Turkic lslamic roots. The wooden structures of the main sermon and prayer area drew one back to its first founding in the 10th Century. It stands as a pivot and testimony to the productive East and West interaction since the Old Silk Road days. Ten centuries later, ldkah is still standing strong. It'll remain inseparable to Kashgar, Uighur and China. A must visit when...

Id Kah Mosque, while historically significant, is overshadowed by its current state as a tourist attraction rather than a genuine place of worship.

The mosque's transformation into a spectacle for visitors detracts from its spiritual essence, making it feel more like a museum than a sacred site. Additionally, reports of government surveillance and restrictions on religious practices create an unsettling atmosphere. The removal of Quranic plaques and the staging of prayer scenes for tourists further illustrate the mosque's...

The mosque is beautiful and it's located within old Kashgar city. To enter as a visitor, you need to wait approximately 30 minutes for passport verification, and you need to buy tickets. As for prayers, we don't know much, when we visited it was not prayer time, and it was only open for tourism. Contrarily to what other reviews say, nothing suggests it's prohibited to pray, there's no sign clearly stating it, however we didn't hear any adhan during our stay in...