US Secretary of State defends Muslims of China and ignores Muslims of America
Last week, the UN issued a report on human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region.
Based on this report, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called for holding Beijing accountable for what he described as a “genocide” against the Muslim Uyghur minority.
The UN report on China confirmed the existence of discrimination and racist treatment against Uyghur Muslims that can be taken as general criteria to indicate the violation of the rights of any religious minority in any society or country in general.
However, in one of the most flagrant ironies — which expresses the double standards regarding the rights of minorities in the US — a similar report was recently published, but about the violation of the rights of American Muslims within the US this time.
The report also relies on the same criteria set by the UN as an indicator of the violation of the rights of Uyghur Muslims in China. The report was issued by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on the civil rights of American Muslims for 2022 and titled ‘Still Suspect: The Impact of Structural Islamophobia.’
The report confirms that cases of discrimination against Muslims have developed into a systemic policy within institutions.
“In 2021, the CAIR received a total of 6,720 complaints nationwide involving a range of issues including immigration and travel, discrimination, law enforcement and government overreach, hate and bias incidents, incarcerated rights, school incidents, and anti-BDS/free speech,” according to a report by CAIR.
“These complaints indicate that government discrimination and bias continue to have a disproportionate effect on American Muslims and further demonstrate that our communities continue to be viewed with suspicion,” the report further adds.
