The head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a global coalition of Islamic governments, met with Chinese Communist Party leaders on Wednesday, despite continued genocide of mostly Turkic Muslims in occupied East Turkestan. First, they discussed “strengthening” relations with the Chinese government.
The East Turkestan Government in Exile (ETGE) represents communities oppressed by the Chinese regime. condemned The OIC on Thursday accused it of a “clear betrayal” of the global Muslim community and of acting as an “enabler” of the oppression of Muslims.
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Extensive evidence documented by human rights researchers, journalists, and advocates for affected communities points to a top-down plan by the Communist Party to eliminate indigenous communities in East Turkestan under dictator Xi Jinping since at least 2017. It was revealed. Leaked government documents show Mr. Xi gave the order. To “sever the lineage, sever the roots, sever the connections, and sever the origins'' of the Uighur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and other majority Muslim communities in East Turkestan, which China calls by its Mandarin colonial name. , his party founded in 2018. “Xinjiang”.
Its “destruction” occurred through the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of women. Destruction of cemeteries, mosques, and other sites of cultural significance. Widespread infanticide and forced abortion. Children are separated from their families and sent to communist “boarding schools.” And up to three million people are imprisoned in concentration camps, where they face communist brainwashing, forced abortions, forced sterilizations, torture, slavery, gang rape, and other atrocities.
The OIC, along with some of the world's most prominent Muslim political leaders, has largely ignored the Uighur genocide. Some OIC member states, such as Saudi Arabia, actively support genocide against Muslim communities. Even though China does not have a large Muslim population, invitations to major OIC events have been received, partly due to the Communist Party's attempts to exclude Muslims.
This photo taken on June 2, 2019 shows the building of Artux City Vocational Skills Education and Training Service Center, north of Kashgar, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The center is believed to be a re-education camp where mainly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)
OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha met with “Xinjiang” communist official Irsat Ahmadjan in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
“In addition to the development of the Palestinian cause, the talks discussed the relationship between the OIC and the People's Republic of China, the prospects for strengthening ties in various fields, and the situation of the Muslim community in the People's Republic of China.'' OIC Said In an official statement.
The statement did not express any dissatisfaction or concern over the treatment of Muslims in East Turkestan.
OIC Secretary General is appointed as a standing member of the Communist Party Committee of Xinjiang Province, China
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East Turkestan's government-in-exile claims to restore sovereignty to the region as it was before mass murderer Mao Zedong's colonization in 1949, but the OIC insists that China's Muslims, particularly the oppressed eastern Muslim They criticized him for not raising his voice out of consideration for the believers. Turkestan region.
“The East Turkestan Government in Exile strongly condemns the OIC's cooperation with the atheistic Chinese Communist Party and its puppets in occupied East Turkestan,” said Adil Abrimit, Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs of East Turkestan. Said In a statement. “This flagrant betrayal is a clear violation of Islamic principles, human rights and moral decency.”
Mamtimin Ara, the organization's president, called on the OIC to “be the voice of oppressed Muslims, not supporters of the oppressors.”
Two Uyghur women pass Chinese paramilitary police officers standing guard outside the Grand Bazaar in the Uyghur district of Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, on July 14, 2009. (Peter Park/AFP/Getty Images)
The OIC is not the only international Islamic organization defending China's eradication of Islam in its country. Afghanistan's jihadist group across the border in East Turkestan, the Taliban, regularly touts its friendly ties with the Communist Party, cutting off business deals and securing an official ambassador to Beijing, but this is a sign that the Taliban will be in 2021. This is the first official recognition since the country was occupied in Afghanistan. Taliban terrorists, who claim to be devout Muslims, have not made any negative statements regarding the genocide of Muslims in China since taking power.
On Friday, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs promoted the visit of a Pakistani think tank expert delegation to East Turkestan under the auspices of the Communist Party.
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
“In 2023 alone, Xinjiang hosted about 400 delegations and groups consisting of more than 4,300 visitors,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said. Said reporters. “From Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Egypt, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and other countries and international organizations.”
“They visited many places there. They listened to clerics' sermons at mosques and Islamic institutes, and visited cultural heritage sites to see how Xinjiang's traditional culture is being protected.” He made claims, denigrated widespread evidence of genocide as “lies,” and encouraged international groups friendly to China to join them. In the future, he will visit to cover up the Uyghur genocide.
Chinese state-run Global Times newspaper Quote Editor Moiz Farooq, a member of the Pakistani delegation, praised China's crackdown on East Turkestan and described the evidence of genocide as “Western aims to show the worst of Xinjiang.” [sic]”
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