While 10% to 30% of all Uighurs in China’s northwestern province of Xinjiang are now in concentration camps, those outside also face incredible suffering and discrimination. Many are surviving by declaring themselves Communists who have renounced Islam. Some have joined the police.
As Muslims and as Americans, we cherish and uphold freedom of religion.This God-given right (Quran 2:256) is enshrined in our constitution. We must retain our role as a nation that leads in democratic values, even as we watch authoritarianism seek to sweep them away worldwide.