Mumbai: Muslims spew ire at China's Xi Jinping

POSTERS announcing Thursdays protest against China president Xi Jinping at Minara Masjid Mohammed Ali Road showed an imprint of a shoe on Jinpings face The placards dominated the landscape at Raza Academys protest against human rights abuse on Muslims and the countrys attempt to suppress practising Islam and remove its cultural markers in China The academys general secretary Mohammed Saeed Noori speaks out An interviewWhat form does this oppression of Muslims take in ChinaThere are reports that China has banned naming babies Mohammed Uighur Muslims are being put in detention camps touted as reformation camps or camps for inculcating Chinese culture which in essence is done by obliterating Islam We have heard about how people in these camps are told to tear out pages from the Koran Government servants there are not allowed to fast during RamzanHow do you know such reports are credible Have you met anybody who has experienced thisThere has to be truth in this otherwise why would you have all these reports coming in The Internet has lifted the curtain and the world at least knows what is going on There are too many reports and sources for us to be dismissive or disbelieving There are excuses that these camps are cultural hubs or educational camps If that is the truth why are people forced into them Let China give people a choiceIf the world knows what is going on then why is there relative silence from Muslim nations For instance Pakistan has spoken about Kashmir France but not about China Is this selective outrageWhat can we say to that Pakistan seems to be some kind of slave to China or economics may explain its silence I do not know about all Muslim nations With this protest we are showing that we will not remain silentThis protest is taking place amid COVID Where will your voices reach This in the backdrop of simmering tension between India and ChinaWe do not know where our voices will reach Its our duty to raise them and I am sure in a global world social media will amplify these voices This protest is the first step We can amp up the pressure with a protest near the Chinese Consulate in Nariman Point in the near future India and China are embroiled in a border dispute too All Indians must come together and fight this adversary unitedlyWhat do you think is the solution to the China problemAll international human rights organisations and the United Nations need to pressure China to stop the abuse Individual nations many of which are puppets of superpowers cannot do soRaza Academy was involved in the riots at Azad Maidan in 2012 Many protesters did not know anything about the issue of the protest mdash injustices against Muslims in Myanmar and Assam They were simply protesting because they were provoked tohellipThat was not a Raza Academy protest In fact permissions for the protest were not in our name Outsiders came in and indulged in violence We did not participate but some sections of the media also blamed us and we got caught in the entire thingKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newslth3gtKeep scrolling to read more newslth3gtltpgtltemgtltspan stylecolor 000000gtltstronggtCatch up on all the latest lta titleMumbai News hrefhttpswwwmiddaycomnewsmumbaigtltspan stylecolor ff0000gtMumbai news crime newsltspangtltagt current affairs and a ltspan stylecolor ff0000gtlta titleMumbai Guide hrefhttpswwwmiddaycommumbaiguide target_blankgtltspan stylecolor ff0000gtcomplete guideltspangtltagtltspangt from food to things to do and events across Mumbai ltstronggtltspangtltstronggtAlso download the new midday ltspan stylecolor ff0000gtlta titlemidday android app hrefhttpsgoogl8Xlcvr target_blankgtltspan stylecolor ff0000gtAndroidltspangtltagtltspangt and ltspan stylecolor ff0000gtlta titlemidday iOS app hrefhttpsgooglKQziH4 target_blankgtltspan stylecolor ff0000gtiOSltspangtltagtltspangt apps to get latest updates ltstronggtltemgtltpgtltpgtltemgtltstronggtMidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel ltspan stylecolor ff0000gtlta titleMIDDAY on Telegram hrefhttpstmemiddayinfomedialtd target_blankgtltspan stylecolor ff0000gtmiddayinfomedialtdltspangtltagtltspangt and stay updated with the latest newsltstronggtltemgtltpgt