BAMAKO/DJIBOUTI CITY: Hundreds of Muslims including students took out protest rallies in the capital cities of Mali and Djibouti on the first Friday of holy Ramadan against Pakistan for inviting โenemy of Islamโ Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the recent meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and called Imran Khan a โpuppetโ.
Members of โNo More Slavery in Africaโ took out a protest rally in Bamako, the capital of Mali while its affiliate studentsโ body โAssociation of Djiboutian Studentsโ protested in Djibouti city against China over its atrocities on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
The demonstrators berated then Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for inviting Yi to Islamabad for the OIC summit for the sake of Pakistanโs โfinancial interestโ. The Chinese foreign minister participated as โspecial guestโ in the 48th Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC in Islamabad last month.
Imran Khan was removed by a no-trust vote in the National Assembly on Saturday night.
In a statement, the Association of Djiboutian Students alleged that Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang are facing โgenocideโ and cultural aggression from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They were not allowing Uyghur Muslims to fast and pray during the month of Ramadan, they alleged.
โWang not only used this occasion to push CCPโs narrative of how well Muslim minorities in China are treated, but also said, โChina and the Islamic world both enjoy a profound history, seek similar values, and share historic missions,โ the statement reads.
It further said, โImran Khan in his recent speech has said that China is following the path of Nabi (SAW), a statement by puppet Khan is just to misguide the Muslim world for its own financial interest. Has Nabi (SAW) said China to restrict Muslims fasting during Ramadan, not allow Haj, destroy mosques, burn Quran and kill unborn babies? Imran is trying to misguide the Muslim world.โ
In a video, the demonstrators are seen holding placards and banners, thanking Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu for speaking for Uyghur Muslims, urging members of other OIC countries to fight for the rights of Uyghur Muslims.
The demonstrators said Pakistanโs invitation to the Chinese foreign minister was akin to โHaramโ and they were disappointed to see that โPakistan is towing to the culprit CCP for the sake of moneyโ.
China has been constructing a strategic base at Djiboutiโs Doraleh Port that offers a host of strategic advantages. Located in the conjunction of the Red Sea, Djibouti offers easy access to the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and the Persian Gulf.
