The World Muslim Communities Council (WMCC) visited China’s Xinjiang region on Monday and Tuesday, China’s state-run Global Times said.
Where did this organization come from? It has not received any significant publicity, nor has it ever before come forward on international issues. Are we to believe that Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, who had never spoken a word about Uighurs in his meetings, suddenly became concerned about us?
“The level of attention that we found in Xinjiang embodies [the] determination of Chinese leadership to serve all the components of the people in the region,” Al Nuaimi said in a statement.
This implies that, during his visit, he believed the smiles on the faces of the Uighurs presented to him, the praise they offered and the excitement in their dances.
It is no secret that China is a one-party state and that people cannot speak the truth under such a regime. To not realize that China was displaying an artificial and politically staged show, one would have to be either weak-minded or a player in the show.
“We congratulate China on the completion of the anti-terrorist plan in Xinjiang,” Al Nuaimi added.
The WMCC concluded that what has been called China’s genocide against the Uighurs is in fact a war on terror. It did not consult any of the more than 100 exiled Uighur organizations, or speak with 50 available camp survivors or hundreds of Uighur experts before or during the visit. The group’s one-sided approach is unacceptable from the perspectives Islam and humanity.
Why did the WMCC disregard a report by the UN Human Rights Commission, of which they are a member? The report shows that China considers routine religious worship to be terrorism. Why was the group not impressed by the innocence and desperation of the detainees in the leaked Xinjiang Police Files?
“Uighur youth need a persuasive discourse that will win their minds so that they do not fall prey to terrorist groups,” Al Nuaimi said.
If he had any scholarly aptitude, he would have spoken about how the Chinese state of terror, which has imprisoned more than 3 million Uighurs, is exterminating Uighur youth.
If he knew what was occurring in the greater Muslim world, he would have visited the residential building where 44 Uighurs died in a fire in November last year because China required its exits to be locked during a COVID-19 lockdown.
“China’s security and stability are not only [a] national interest of China, but [a] global interest,” Al Nuaimi said.
According to this logic, eliminating Uighurs from the planet is in the world’s interest. If he had at least said, “from the perspective of the strategic interests of the United Arab Emirates [UAE],” it would have been an expert opinion, even if remaining unethical.
The WMCC is not a true non-governmental organization (NGO). It was established in the UAE, under a regime that inherits power from its ancestors, not from the people. An NGO in a dictatorial regime can only exist when it is a government puppet.
“This council is an extension of the government of the UAE, not a civil organization,” journalist Bilal Abdulkerim said of the WMCC.
Al Nuaimi’s statement that “reasonable people all over the world need a safe, stable and prosperous China” is nothing more than a political statement. It suggests that for dictatorships to survive, China — the leader, role model and protector of dictators — must stand firm and not fall.
The WMCC’s visit was incapable of covering up the Uighur genocide. On the contrary, it exposed the corruption of Arab dictatorial regimes, and the brutality and cunning of the Chinese autocracy.
Kok Bayraq is a Uighur-American observer.
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