When an extremist burned a copy of the Quran outside a Stockholm mosque, it ignited strong reactions from the Islamic world. This act led to Morocco withdrawing its consul from Sweden and condemnation from countries like Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for a meeting to discuss and condemn the … Read more
The Debate | Opinion By bringing tourists to the Uyghur region, travel companies tacitly whitewash genocidal policies and profit from hyper-securitization. This Feb. 1, 2019, photo by Patrick Wack shows a closed down mosque in the old town of Kashgar. The mosque is surveilled 24/7 by police officers and surrounded by numerous video cameras. Credit: Patrick Wack … Read more
Advertisement Once again, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has shown its unconditional support to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), despite the CCP’s massive persecution of Muslim people in Xinjiang – chiefly Uyghurs but also other Turkic minorities. On August 17, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li met with an OIC delegation, saying the organization … Read more
Advertisement A little-known United Nations body, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, is helping to shine a light on the extent of China’s enforced disappearances in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Starting from 2017, Chinese authorities intensified a large-scale campaign of repression that aimed to fundamentally transform the social, cultural, and religious life of this … Read more
Magazine With an increase in detentions of Uyghurs abroad, many feel like they can’t escape from China no matter how far they run. Zeynure Hasan in her home in Istanbul, Turkey with her three children, Abdulkerim (left), Nefise (center), and Uyguray (right) in May 2023. Credit: Nicholas Muller Advertisement July marks the second year since … Read more
China Power | Society | East Asia Abuduwaili Abudureheman has gone missing after texting that he was interrogated by police at Hong Kong’s airport. Advertisement A Uyghur student has been missing in Hong Kong for more than two weeks since he sent a message saying he was being interrogated by Chinese police at the city’s airport, a human rights … Read more