Uygurs are moozlems. Why should we care? That’s what Shitt would do.
RE: Uygurs are moozlems. Why should we care? That’s what Shitt would do.
I have been to Xinjiang on a visit.
While there are Uyghurs who have been radicalized by Al Qaeda and ISIS, I found most of these people NOT to be even devout Muslims. Heck, I don’t even see them praying 5 times a day facing Mecca.
They are simply Muslims by “birth”. Many don’t even read the Koran. If you talk to some of them though, they are very wary about the Han Chinese ( 90% of China ) coming in and taking over their culture.
China says that the crackdown is necessary to prevent terrorism and root out Islamic extremism. The action is part of a larger campaign by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to promote Han nationalism as a unifying force – the Han are China’s ethnic majority (the Chinese that we see in the USA are MOST LIKELY, Han Chinese) – and to suppress any ethnic, cultural or religious identities that might compete for popular loyalty with the Chinese Communist Party.
Anything that gets movement against the ChiComs is good.
Liberals sure don’t care about persecutions of Christians there. Or Buddhists. Or anti-Communists.
No. They have to see Muslim persecution to act.
Ok. I’ll take it.