Uighur

Support for Uighur Muslims of China.

Wifaqul Ulama Public Affairs (Department)

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gra­cious, the Most Merciful.

As-salā­mu ‘alaykum wa-rah­mat­ul­lāhi wa-barakā­tuh (Peace, Bless­ings & Mer­cy of Allah be upon You).

This state­ment is being issued on the 31st of Octo­ber 2018 and super­sedes all pre­vi­ous state­ments on the subject

Islam in China

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Inside China’s ‘thought transformation’ camps — BBC News

UN committee heard the plight of Muslims of China:

“…up to one mil­lion Uighur Mus­lims and oth­er Mus­lim groups could be being [sic] detained in the west­ern Xin­jiang region, where they’re said to be under­go­ing “re-edu­ca­tion” programmes.

Unequivocal support for Muslims of China:

We sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence and acknowl­edge the free­dom and rights of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, we unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the suf­fer­ing, tor­ture and intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims because of their eth­nic­i­ty & reli­gion and call for an urgent halt to these atrocities.
As Mus­lims we should decry the atroc­i­ties com­mit­ted against our broth­ers and sis­ters in Islam. As British cit­i­zens, we are ALL enti­tled to rep­re­sen­ta­tion by our MPs. This short arti­cle will, Insha’Allah, walk you through the process of engag­ing with your local MP and urg­ing your MP to express your wish­es in Parliament.
We advise our fel­low cit­i­zens in Unit­ed King­dom to con­sid­er the fol­low­ing plan:

Spiritual Action Plan for Muslims in Britain:

We are Mus­lims there­fore our first reac­tion in any sit­u­a­tion should be to reflect upon our actions and to turn to Allah Ta’ala in seek­ing for­give­ness and to beseech Him for his assis­tance and help. We urge all Mus­lims in Britain to repent and make sin­cere Dua to Allah Ta’ala to help the Mus­lims in China.

Encour­age your fam­i­ly, friends and com­mu­ni­ty to per­form indi­vid­ual prayers and even organ­ise Qunut Nazi­lah in your communities.

Spend your mon­ey and give Sadaqah in addi­tion to your Duas to invite the Mer­cy of Allah Ta’ala.

Change your life for the bet­ter and do your best to come clos­er to Allah Ta’ala by ful­fill­ing His com­mand­ments and fol­low­ing the Sun­nah of Prophet Muham­mad (Peace be upon Him).

Political Action Plan for Muslims in Britain:

This short arti­cle will, Insha’Allah, walk you through the process of engag­ing with polit­i­cal and oth­er organ­i­sa­tions, and your MP urg­ing them to express your wish­es in Parliament.

Engage your MP:

  • Write a let­ter, (see sam­ple text below)
  • Read it and get it proofread.
  • Copy your let­ter (or copy it from our text below).
  • Click on this link, enter your post­code and click “Go”
  • Paste your let­ter into the text, com­plete the rest with your name and con­tact details.
  • Click “Pre­view and Send”
  • Check that every­thing is correct.
  • Click on “I am hap­py, send it”.

I am writ­ing to you because I am deeply con­cerned by reports of Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims in Chi­na, which has been report­ed by the BBC and oth­er media.

I am deeply con­cerned by reports of Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims in Chi­na, which has been report­ed by the BBC and oth­er media.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence. I acknowl­edge the rights and free­dom of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the vio­lence against women and chil­dren and the Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims, because of their eth­nic­i­ty and reli­gious faith. I call for an urgent halt to these crim­i­nal acts of vio­lence and brutality.

I invite you to raise this issue in Par­lia­ment. Also, I express my wish for you to con­vey my posi­tion to ALL mem­bers of Par­lia­ment. Fur­ther­more, I wish that you con­vey my posi­tion to the For­eign Sec­re­tary, the Rt. Hon Jere­my Hunt MP and to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly

Your Name

Engage Ann Clywd, Jeremy Corbyn, and Dr Sarah Wollaston. You need to send 3 separate emails, addressed with their names and your details.

Dear Dr Sarah Wol­las­ton MP (These names will change!),

I am writ­ing to you due to your posi­tion on the All-Par­ty Par­lia­men­tary Human Rights Group. 

I am deeply con­cerned by reports of Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims in Chi­na, which has been report­ed by the BBC and oth­er media.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence. I acknowl­edge the rights and free­dom of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the vio­lence against women and chil­dren and the Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims, because of their eth­nic­i­ty and reli­gious faith. I call for an urgent halt to these crim­i­nal acts of vio­lence and brutality.

I invite you to raise this issue in Par­lia­ment. Also, I express my wish for you to con­vey my posi­tion to ALL mem­bers of Par­lia­ment. Fur­ther­more, I wish that you con­vey my posi­tion to the For­eign Sec­re­tary, the Rt. Hon Jere­my Hunt MP and to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly

Your Name

Engage Steve Baker and Richard Graham. You need to send 2 separate emails, addressed with their names and your details.

Dear Steve Bak­er MP (write a sep­a­rate email to Richard Gra­ham),

I am writ­ing to you due to your ques­tion in the par­lia­ment on the 31st of Octo­ber 2018. I believe that the response giv­en to you by Rt. Hons. Jere­my Hunt was inad­e­quate and does not go far enough. 

I am deeply con­cerned by reports of Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims in Chi­na, which has been report­ed by the BBC and oth­er media.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence. I acknowl­edge the rights and free­dom of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the vio­lence against women and chil­dren and the Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims, because of their eth­nic­i­ty and reli­gious faith. I call for an urgent halt to these crim­i­nal acts of vio­lence and brutality.

I invite you to raise this issue in Par­lia­ment (again). Also, I express my wish for you to con­vey my posi­tion to ALL mem­bers of Par­lia­ment. Fur­thEr­more, I wish that you con­vey my posi­tion to the For­eign Sec­re­tary, the Rt. Hon Jere­my Hunt MP and to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly

Your Name

Engage Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP

Dear Rt. Hon. Jere­my Hunt,

I am writ­ing to you because I believe that your response to Steve Bak­er and Richard Gra­ham on the 31st of Octo­ber 2018 was not enough. You have the pow­er and the means to raise the issue more robust­ly with­in the British gov­ern­ment, Inter­na­tion­al­ly and to your coun­ter­part in the Chi­nese government.

I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence. I acknowl­edge the rights and free­dom of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the vio­lence against women and chil­dren and the Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims, because of their eth­nic­i­ty and reli­gious faith. I call for an urgent halt to these crim­i­nal acts of vio­lence and brutality.

Doubt­less you are aware about the plight of the Chi­nese Mus­lims, which has been wide­ly report­ed in the news. Kind­ly inform me about the urgent and imme­di­ate steps being tak­en by the gov­ern­ment to put an end to the atroc­i­ties in Chi­na? I request that you esca­late my con­cerns as a British cit­i­zen to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May as a pri­or­i­ty and to raise this issue at the first avail­able oppor­tu­ni­ty in the House of Com­mons or at PM Ques­tion Time.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly,

Your Name

Engage Chinese Consulate (London)

Dear Ambas­sador Liu Xiaoming,

I am writ­ing to you because I am deeply con­cerned by reports of Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims in Chi­na, which has been report­ed by the BBC and oth­er media.

I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence. I acknowl­edge the rights and free­dom of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the vio­lence against women and chil­dren and the Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims, because of their eth­nic­i­ty and reli­gious faith. I call for an urgent halt to these crim­i­nal acts of vio­lence and brutality.

Doubt­less you are aware about the plight of the Chi­nese Mus­lims, which has been wide­ly report­ed in the news. Kind­ly inform me about the urgent and imme­di­ate steps being tak­en by the gov­ern­ment to put an end to the atroc­i­ties in Chi­na? I request that you esca­late my con­cerns to your gov­ern­ment as a pri­or­i­ty and to raise this issue at the first avail­able oppor­tu­ni­ty in the House of Com­mons or at PM Ques­tion Time.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly,

Your Name

Engage Amnesty International

Dear Amnesty International,

I am deeply con­cerned by reports of Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims in Chi­na, which has been report­ed by the BBC and oth­er media.

I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence. I acknowl­edge the rights and free­dom of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the vio­lence against women and chil­dren and the Intern­ment of Uighur Mus­lims, because of their eth­nic­i­ty and reli­gious faith. I call for an urgent halt to these crim­i­nal acts of vio­lence and brutality.

Doubt­less you are aware about the plight of the civil­ians, which has been wide­ly report­ed in the Press. I am con­cerned about your actions in con­demn­ing this geno­cide. I believe that Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al should take a stronger stance against this geno­cide and con­demn it unequivocally.

I would also like to know as to how I can be of assis­tance and help to Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al in rais­ing aware­ness and ensur­ing that that the ter­ri­ble atroc­i­ties are halt­ed immediately?

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours faith­ful­ly,

Your Name

Also include Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al in your Tweets and Face­book posts

Engage on Social Media

  1. Ensure that on Twit­ter you use Hash­tags such as #Uighur, #East­Turkestan, #Xinx­i­ang and con­tin­ue to Tweet to ensure that the issue receives cov­er­age and trending.
  2. Join Face­book groups which are work­ing on rais­ing aware­ness and con­tin­ue to post about the issue to ensure that the issue receives cov­er­age and trending.
  3. Post Videos and pho­tos of the suf­fer­ing of Rohingya on Insta­gram and oth­er Social Media outlets