So something has bothered me for a long time, why is the #Islamic world in particular & the modern #Western left more generally so silent about what& #39;s happening to the #Uyghurs & #Kazakh minorities in #Xinjiang & persecutions in #China? A thread
When the #Chinese state razes #Mosques in #Xinjiang why aren& #39;t masses of people protesting all over the world? https://youtu.be/DewWSGTwOXo ">https://youtu.be/DewWSGTwO...
When #Mosques are turned over to be raise chickens why doesn& #39;t anyone seem to care? https://twitter.com/arslan_hidayat/status/1240354428231745537?s=20">https://twitter.com/arslan_hi...
It& #39;s tempting to say "they& #39;ve got other things on their plate" but I don& #39;t think that& #39;s good enough, especially when people all over the world protested about the #Danish cartoons in 2005

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inte...
People can find it within themselves to protest a blasphemous cartoon in a Danish newspaper but not the blasphemy of having the literal word of God rewritten or their temples defiled & torn down?
I don& #39;t get it
I can logically explain some of the silence away. #Pakistan stays silent out of geopolitical interests vis a vis their need to balance power against #India but if power politics trumps your faith have you sacrificed your right to speak out in future? I think so.
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