On July 18th, a delegation of Pakistani religious scholars and academics visited Chinese-occupied East Turkistan. According to Tian Shan Agency's reports, this delegation attended a seminar in Urumqi titled "Continuing Sinicization of Islam," where Chinese officials and so-called religious figures stated that Sinicizing Islam and adapting it to the authoritarian regime are crucial for the long-term stability of the region and as part of China's national strategy.
During the visit, the delegation held a meeting with Ma Xingrui, the Secretary of the so-called "Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region" Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and Erkin Tuniyazi, the Region's Governor. In the meeting, the delegation expressed that Pakistan was a good neighbor, friend, and brother to China, always standing alongside China. They endorsed China's ethnic and religious policies, claiming that different ethnic groups in the region enjoyed full religious freedom and lived harmoniously under these policies. In reality, it's a known fact that China has been implementing repressive assimilation policies which are concentration camps, brainwashing, Islam ban, abortion, forced sterilization, family separation, and state oppression at a genocidal level where millions are arrested and other millions are dead since the occupation in 1949.
China has been implementing its "Sinicization of Islam" policy since 2012 to restrict Islamic practices, demolish mosques, arrest Muslim Scholars, Ulemas, and thinkers, legitimize its policies against Islam, and cover up ongoing genocide in East Turkistan. Furthermore, China consistently invites delegates from Islamic countries with which it maintains good diplomatic relations and deceives them by showcasing religious activities that are normally forbidden but specifically staged for these delegations.
International Union of the East Turkistan Organizations (IUETO) condemns the failure of the Pakistani delegation to fulfill their obligations to stand by the oppressed muslims in East Turkistan. IUETO condemns the contribution of delegation to the sinicization of Islam and justification of Islamophobic policies of China. IUETO urges Muslim scholars, Islamic organizations, movements, Muslim countries, and politicians to stand with the Muslim people of East Turkistan and take action to stop the ongoing genocide.
The International Union of the East Turkistan Organizations (IUETO)
