(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/15/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings to drop plans to build a Hilton Hotel in China’s Xinjiang region on the site of a bulldozed and desecrated mosque.
This weekend, The Telegraph reported that China is building a new commercial center—including a luxury Hilton Hotel— on a plot of land where a mosque was initially bulldozed and desecrated.
SEE: Hilton Hotel to Be Built In Xinjiang After China Bulldozes Mosque
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/12/hilton-hotel-built-xinjiang-china-bulldozes-mosque/
Hilton Building Hotel on Top of Demolished Uyghur Mosque in China
https://www.dailywire.com/news/hilton-building-hotel-on-top-of-demolished-uyghur-mosque-in-china
China Demolishes Mosque in Xinjiang, Gives Contract to Hilton To Build Luxury Hotel On The Land
https://in.news.yahoo.com/china-demolishes-mosque-gives-contract-094201429.html
In a statement, CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said:
“Hilton has a unique opportunity to take a clear stance against China’s ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims and set an example for other prominent corporations. Hilton 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.”
READ – CAIR’s Letter Hilton Worldwide Holdings CEO Christopher Nassetta: https://www.cair.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Hilton.pdf
Earlier this month, CAIR called for immediate international action” following the release of the Amnesty International report describing China’s abuse of its Uyghur Muslim minority as a “dystopian hellscape.”
SEE: CAIR Calls for ‘Immediate International Action’ After Amnesty Report Describes ‘Dystopian Hellscape’ for Uyghur Muslims in China
CAIR also welcomed the Biden administration’s formal United States’ recognition that the government of China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” against Uyghur Muslim and other Turkic minorities in the Xinjiang region.
SEE: CAIR Welcomes U.S. Formal Recognition of China Committing ‘Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity’ Against Uyghur Muslims, Other Turkic Minorities
In March of this year, CAIR and Free Uyghur Now hosted the “Call It Genocide” Uyghur Muslim rights rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., urging the U.S. government to formally recognize China’s genocide of Uyghur Muslims and other Turkic minorities.
Video: CAIR Co-Sponsors #CallItGenocide Uyghur Muslim Rights Rally at Chinese Embassy in D.C.
Full Rally Video: #CallItGenocide Uyghur Muslim Rights Rally at Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Video: CAIR Director Nihad Awad Speaks at #CallItGenocide Uyghur Rights Rally at China Embassy in DC
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