{"id":720,"date":"2021-06-17T06:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T03:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/?p=720"},"modified":"2021-06-17T06:38:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T03:38:46","slug":"us-muslim-group-urges-hilton-to-drop-project-on-bulldozed-uyghur-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/us-muslim-group-urges-hilton-to-drop-project-on-bulldozed-uyghur-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"US MUSLIM GROUP URGES HILTON TO DROP PROJECT ON BULLDOZED UYGHUR MOSQUE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/americas\/us-muslim-group-urges-hilton-to-drop-project-on-bulldozed-uyghur-mosque\/2275160#\">Anadolu Agency<\/a>.&nbsp;15 June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.uyghurcongress.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-2021-06-11T121859.711-1.jpg?resize=190%2C114&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44706\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Below is an article published by Anadolu Agency. Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/americas\/us-muslim-group-urges-hilton-to-drop-project-on-bulldozed-uyghur-mosque\/2275160#\">Anadolu Agency<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest Muslim advocacy organization in the US urged Hilton Worldwide Holdings on Tuesday to drop plans to build a hotel on the site of a bulldozed mosque in China\u2019s Xinjiang region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The call by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) came after a report this week by the British daily The Telegraph that China is building a new commercial center, including an upscale Hilton Hotel, on the site where a mosque was initially demolished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>CAIR\u2019s National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said Hilton has a unique opportunity to take a clear stance against China\u2019s ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims and set an example for other prominent corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHilton must stand on the right side of history by announcing it will cancel this project and cease any operations in the Uyghur region of China until its government ends its persecution of millions of innocent people,\u201d Mitchell said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2017, China has carried out massive and systematic abuses against Muslims living in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s alleged erosion of religious, cultural and human rights for more than 1 million ethnic Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang in the last decade has enraged western countries, prompting sanctions against Chinese officials and firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials are accused of putting Uyghurs in concentration camps which China defines as re-education and training centers. Beijing vehemently denies rights violations of its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anadolu Agency.&nbsp;15 June 2021 Below is an article published by Anadolu Agency. Photo:Anadolu Agency. The largest Muslim advocacy organization in the US urged Hilton Worldwide Holdings on Tuesday to drop plans to build a hotel on the site of a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}