to the 200 million Muslims in India. India has passed the Citizenship Act, which blatantly discriminates against the Muslims. They register the citizens and then deregister the names of the Muslims as Indian citizens. This is a prelude to genocide. This is what happened in 1935 in Nazi Germany. The Nuremberg Laws were a prelude to the deregistration of the Jews as German citizens. In Myanmar, in 1992, they did the same thing. They deregistered the Muslims as citizens of Myanmar. What India is doing is a prelude for a genocidal war against the Muslims. This is why the Organization of Islamic Cooperation must be more vocal about it. My worry is that because India is a big market, countries worry about losing their trade with it. Western countries are acting this way. Look at the prominence given to Hong Kong and to the rights of the citizens there. Compare it to what it is happening to eight million Muslims in Kashmir. Clearly, double standards play a role here. India is a big market and this overwhelms the issue of human rights."
What, you may wonder, does Imran Khan have to say about the actually occurring genocide of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang?
Nothing.
From January:
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been vocal about the mistreatment of Muslims around the world, so his silence on the Chinese persecution of millions of Uighurs has been particularly noticeable.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Khan was asked about this apparent lack of criticism and at first replied that he didn't "know much about" the scale of Uighur mistreatment.
But after being pushed on the issue by a reporter, Khan acknowledged that Pakistan's special relationship with China played a part in his response to the Uighur crisis.
"China has helped us," Khan said. "They came to help us when we were at rock bottom, and so we are really grateful to the Chinese government."
Isn't that nice?
Pakistan was prominent among those Muslim and African countries that supported China in response to western criticism of the repression in Xinjiang, praising Beijing’s “remarkable achievements in the field of human rights.”
What was it Khan said?
"Clearly, double standards play a role here. India is a big market and this overwhelms the issue of human rights."
The hypocrisy is brazen.
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