The Times: The silence of the Muslim world over the distress of the Uighurs is chilling

In his article in The Times, British writer Adam Libor criticized the silence of the Muslim world over the Uighurs' ordeal as horrific.

Libor, author of "Collusion with Evil: The United Nations in the Era of Modern Genocide," asked why many Arab and Muslim governments supported China while destroying the Uighurs ?!

"This Muslim community has a history and fertile culture which is eradicated through mass detention, deportation, forced sterilization, and the destruction of old mosques and cultural sites," he reckoned.

The writer considered what the Uighurs do is the first high-tech genocide in the world in which this nation is destroyed by harnessing state control and demolishing mosques until it says "You have never been here", and forced sterilization until it is said "You will never be."

And he added that instead of defending their brothers in religion, most Arab and Islamic governments betrayed them.

He stated that Malaysia had refused to repatriate the Uighurs residing in China, but in July last year several Islamic countries including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a letter defending China’s treatment of Uighurs.

He added that Beijing has now succeeded once again in mobilizing its Arab and Muslim allies in the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The author believes that a large part of the developing world has been bought by Chinese loans and investments and that behind this money a deeper resonance.

He stressed the importance of what UN human rights experts are doing by setting up a mechanism to report human rights violations in China and remind them of their obligations.

Since Beijing is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, it has always felt sensitive to criticism, especially as it is now seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.

At the end of his article, Libor alluded to the increasing pressure on China in Western capitals, and that the Arab media began talking about the plight of the Uighurs.

He believed that Arab and Islamic governments should increase pressure as well, and that, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, in which the world abandoned the Bosnians, this should not happen again with Muslim Uighurs.