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U
nited States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appealed to Muslims in Indonesia to speak up against China’s alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur minority – a move likely to drive a wedge among Indonesian Islamic communities.
Pompeo spoke at an event hosted by GP Ansor, the youth wing of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama, on Thursday – coinciding with the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Maulid). During the event, the US secretary called out the Chinese Communist Party’s “war against the people of all faiths.”
“The atheist Chinese Communist Party has tried to convince the world that its [reeducation] program for Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang is necessary as a part of its counterterrorism efforts and poverty alleviation,” Pompeo said. “But we know there is no justification for destroying a Muslim cemetery or taking children away from their parents.”
The top US diplomat pointed out to Muslims in Indonesia that China’s justification for counterterrorism measures should not include “forcing Uighur Muslims to eat pork during Ramadan or destroying a Muslim cemetery.”
