Uighurs slam Chinese foreign minister's attendance at OIC conference in Pakistan

Uighur campaigners on Tuesday slammed the Chinese language overseas minister’s attendance at a gathering of the Organisation of Islamic Nations (OIC) and criticised the physique for not talking up about their plight.

Chinese language Overseas Minister Wang Yi was invited as a particular visitor on the OIC annual gathering which is being held this yr within the Pakistani capital Islamabad. 

The 2-day summit started on Tuesday and was launched beneath the title, “Constructing partnerships for unity, justice and growth”. 

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Within the Riyadh-based cooperatives’ press launch outlining the agenda of the assembly, a number of international crises and human rights abuses impacting Muslims had been talked about – with the notable exclusion of the plight of the Turkic Muslim minority neighborhood within the Xinjiang area of China. 

The Chinese language authorities is accused of detaining multiple million Uighurs and different Muslim minorities, and subjecting them to abuses that some have labelled a “genocide”. China denies the allegations of abuse.

The OIC assertion talked about the plight of these in Afghanistan; India-administered Jammu and Kashmir; Yemen; Syria; Somalia; Palestine; and the Rohingya neighborhood, amongst others. 

In his handle to the OIC, Yi endearingly referred to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi as Bhaijaan (brother) and reiterated the shut ties between the 2 nations. 

“Irrespective of how the worldwide circumstances and the state of affairs in each nations change, China will persist with its pleasant coverage in direction of Pakistan,” he stated. 

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Whereas the Pakistani authorities has sought to be a number one voice in opposition to international Islamophobia, it has lengthy been criticised for its unwillingness to publicly denounce Chinese language human rights abuses in opposition to Uighur communities. 

In an interview with Center East Eye final yr, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan stated: “The Chinese language have given a proof on what is occurring [in Xinjiang]. And our relationship with China is such that we now have an understanding that between us, we’ll speak to one another, however behind closed doorways, as a result of that is the character of the tradition.”

“We don’t speak about it in public, however in public all I wish to say is that why is there not a lot such indignance about what is occurring in Kashmir by the identical nations that need us to speak concerning the Uighurs?”

Throughout the summit on Monday, Khan urged Islamic nations, together with China, to assist mediate and put an finish to the Russia-Ukraine struggle.

Uighurs converse out 

Uighur activists have strongly denounced the invitation of the Chinese language overseas minister to the summit. 

“It is shameful,” Uighur language activist Abduweli Ayup instructed MEE. “They can not name themselves Islamic. That is nothing to do with Islam as a result of China is humiliating Islam and destroying and abusing Islamic traditions.”

Ayup stated that Muslims ought to comply with the instance of the Prophet Muhammad in resisting injustice and talking out in opposition to oppression. 

He added that he felt sympathy for Palestinian, Rohingya and Kashmiri communities, along with non-Muslims like Ukrainians going through struggle and hardship.  

“However why [do] we point out different matters and never Uighurs? It’s hypocritical. We already really feel alone within the Islamic world. We already really feel uncared for.”

Final week, Uighur activists condemned China’s co-sponsorship of a United Nations-recognised worldwide day to fight Islamophobia.

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Abdugheni Sabit, a Netherlands-based Uighur activist, accused the IOC of hypocrisy over China’s human rights report. 

“We’re the grandchildren of nice ulamah,” he instructed MEE, referencing ninth-century Islamic students Imam al-Tirmidhi and Muhammad al-Bukhari. “However due to China’s cash, they do not wish to speak about it. They wish to sugarcoat.” 

Beijing and Islamabad have strengthened political and financial ties in recent times, with the flagship hall of China’s strategic Belt and Street Initiative passing by means of Pakistan.

Ayup famous that Khan had spoken out in opposition to Emmanuel Macron after the French president defended the publishing of cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad. 

“In China, the title of the Prophet, peace be upon him, is restricted, and [Khan] did not say something,” he stated, accusing the prime minister of double requirements.

“In his neighbouring nation, as much as three million individuals are in focus camps and raped and sterilised and compelled to eat pork,” he added. “It is shameful and hypocritical. How Pakistani individuals elected this individual I don’t know.” 

Turkish Overseas Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu did point out the plight of Uighurs throughout his handle on the convention, whereas itemizing the struggles of various Muslim communities world wide. 

Sabit welcomed the remarks, including: “I want all Muslim nations ought to comply with with him and stand as much as defend the rights of their fellow Uighur brothers and sisters.”