.@jonathanvswan presses Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on why he’s outspoken against Islamophobia in the West but silent about the genocide of Muslim Uyghurs in western China.
Khan: I concentrate on what is happening on my border.
Swan: This is on your border. #AxiosOnHBO pic.twitter.com/QdLfY1qXGL
— Axios (@axios) June 20, 2021
The real reason is that China appears strong and the West weak. The West can be manipulated and intimidated. But if he criticizes China, the gravy train from Beijing could stop making its way to Islamabad.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
That’s some comforting words from Khan.
I’m sure the Uyghurs will sleep better knowing that a Muslim leader would, if he could, but the inconvenience factor and well you know the money.
Infidel says
Honestly, if I were a Uyghur, I’d be disgusted at my betrayal by the rest of the ummah, and would start exploring alternatives to islam. After all, the Uyghurs weren’t islamized until as late as the 18th century, although cities like Qashqar were islamized under the Karakhanids in the 10th century. But prior to being islamized, the Uyghurs were largely either Buddhist or Shaman/Tengri (like the Mongols), and so they should look at a cultural solidarity w/ either their Mongolian or Tibetan neighbors
Those Uyghurs who’ve been rebuffed by muslim countries, that have been only too eager to extradite them back to China, ought to give up islam as a thank you once they are admitted to the west
Raja says
That is if the ummah was honest enough.. They are busy waging jihad was reinforcements of taqiyya jihad and help of terror organisations.
jack reynolds says
2,000,000 The number of Armenian Christians and Jews, mostly women and Children slaughtered from 1916 to 1923.
500,000 The number of Iraqi Chaldean Christians slaughtered from 1916 to 1923.
21,980 The number of Muslims, mostly soldiers killed in all wars with Israel in the 102 years between 1919 and 2021.
21,980 is less than 1% of 2,500,000
ALWAYS THE VICTIM
tim gallagher says
I don’t keep up with all the news that is going on, but I have been surprised that Muslim countries don’t seem to protest about the way China is treating the Muslims there. As Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says in her comment, I guess it must be the money that China gives to countries and organisations (like WHO, from what I hear). China seems to buy countries and buy their silence all around the world. This Khan seems like a piece of crap. He seems to be a very suitable leader for that disgusting, barbaric hell hole of a country, Pakistan, to have. Khan is always going on about Islamophobia, but maggots like him have certainly helped to increase my Islamophobia, my hatred of Islam. Then again, my hatred of islam couldn’t really get much stronger anyway.
Infidel says
Tim, if you watched that interview, you’d notice Imran Khan stating that the Chicoms ‘helped them at their time of need’. That’s just another way of stating that the Chicoms have bought their silence. Actually rented it: neither Pakistan, nor other muslim countries, have a reputation for gratitude, since everything happens only b’cos allah wills it. So it’s not out of gratitude that they’re saying nothing about the Uyghurs: it’s b’cos Beijing has them by the you-know-what and they dare not say anything or else not only does the gravy train end, but Beijing has the wherewithal to destabilize them
It’s amazing: back in the day, b’cos of his playboy image, he was thought of as a progressive by most Liberals, both in India and the West. It’s only that one of his ex’s revealed what a creep he really is, and that was more bolstered by his statement about women inviting rape by showing their legs. Essentially, he’s a sunni version of the ayatollah, w/ an impressive all-round cricket record
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comment, Infidel and all other comments from others as well. I’m pretty sure that China, with the ultimate bullying thug of a regime running the place, has bought countries all over the place. Of course, here in Australia, China is a huge issue (front and centre of the news, especially since it has obviously decided to teach Australia a lesson about who’s the boss since Australia asked for an inquiry into the Covid virus) and a massive problem for Australia. China has bought up tracts of farming land in Australia, has a lease on the port of Darwin, etc. Now Australians are waking up to what a vicious, power crazed regime runs China. But China gets countries everywhere into trouble. They lend Pacific island countries money, (African countries as well I think) have them in big debt and then can own them or, at least, boss them around. I think Papua New Guinea might have fallen into big debt to them. Have any Muslim nations complained about the Chinese treatment of the Muslims there? I hear plenty of complaints from the humane western countries, but nothing from the verminous Muslim countries. As you say, gravenimage, China wouldn’t take any notice anyway, but still I would expect the Muslims to kick up a stink about how their fellow Muslims are being treated. China’s a massive problem for the world, although I do notice plenty of countries now beginning to realise what a scumbag of a regime runs China and are probably going to get together and tell China to become a bit more civilised. It’s unlikely to change the Chinese regime though. I see China as this massive country that has been waiting for ages to get its act together and really be a big, thuggish power in the world and now they think their time has arrived. Huge trouble ahead for the world. If I wasn’t so old, I’d be worried about what China might end up doing to Australia. As for Pakistan and for this maggot, Khan, what a shit of a country Pakistan seems to be in every way, and Khan seems to be a complete grub.
Hoi Polloi says
I’ve been impressed with Australia’s willingness to stand firm against China. It must be a good feeling to live in a country willing to do that the right way. In the US, I’m not certain just how aware most Americans are that the US has actively built China into what it is. CEOs actively, and for years now, work to take apart US corporations and use their personnel to train a skilled and knowledgeable workforce in China instead of investing in the US. US corps are and have been for years shutting down US operations that produce superior products and that conform to US standards while importing goods that are made containing compounds long outlawed in the US. The corps lie to hype the performance of Chinese operations in order to make their move there look profitable and engage in extensive corruption at the same time that they accept the interference and manipulation of the CCP. All while being woke, screaming that citizens are failures, and taking boatloads of money under the green energy pretense.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comment, Hoi Polloi. Yes, it is a very positive thing that the Australian government has done in raising the obvious point that there needs to be a proper investigation of the origins of the virus.It has cost some parts of the Australian economy (such as wine makers) a lot as the Chinese have retaliated by imposing heavy tariffs. Australia has done exactly what you say the USA has done. A lot of our manufacturing has shut down as we have bought the cheaper Chinese goods and this is a point often raised now. Commentators are saying that we can’t manufacture quite a lot of things we need for our security. Our manufacturing has been exported offshore. The Chinese have also been allowed to buy up land in Australia, etc. I guess it has been a case of taking the money as I’m sure the Chinese offer huge money to buy up the land.The commentators have made the point that we looked at China as a country that was OK to deal with because it was liberalising somewhat, but now we are discovering what a vicious thug of a regime runs that country. I have to say that I always thought China’s regime was no good at all. Australians are waking up in huge numbers in recent months when it comes to China. All the talk is that we need to break free of our economic dependence on China. I think much of the world might be waking up to the danger China represents in recent months.
Hoi Polloi says
I hope so. At some point, critical skills atrophy and restarts will go poorly.
gravenimage says
I think it’s partly the money, but also that unlike the West, Communist China is not going to pay any attention to criticism, for good or ill.
Raja says
Communist China knows too well how the Islamic countries would respond, I guess they do their home work a lot better than West or other democracies. The West is having a muddled mindset, the same cannot be said of the Islamic nations.
gravenimage says
I think China just doesn’t care what others think–again, for good or ill.
Infidel says
I think that is right: as Gordon Chang pointed out on a few occasions, one thing that President Xi believes in, aside from Maoism, is the ideology of Tianxia, or ‘all under heaven’ that was followed by the Middle Kingdom. Under that, China is the only sovereign state in the world, and everyone else is an underling that must do its bidding
Normally, it’s a repugnant attitude, but a pretty good counterblast to the ummah
gregbeetham says
Funnily enough though they got agitated when Australia thought it would be a good idea to have a proper scientific investigation into the origin of the Covid-19 virus (instead of the WHO cover up we got), it makes one wonder what they are trying to hide.
Any responsible government would be only too happy to get some answers one would think but China spat the dummy clean out of the pram, kinda suspicious I think.
Hoi Polloi says
Unite against islamofauxbia———but not against violence.
Communications gap between the islamic world and the western societies———No gap exists. We know your written teachings and your imams’ instructions. We see your actions. I also note that you speak of the islamic world; both religiously referenced and as a world, but the rest are just societies and a minority at that.
It happened after 9/11 when the word islamic terrorism ….the moment you say islamic terrorism…..there’s something in Islam that leads to terrorism or islam causes radicalism———How about kill them wherever you find them, as a start?
The man on the street thinks———But not the woman, we don’t care what the woman thinks.
Some terrorist act where there was a muslim involved….muslims became a target———Because you first made the US a target and out of 1.3B, even a small percentage is a very big problem. Furthermore, the majority of that 1.3B want sharia forced on the world.
On my border———So the west, including the US, is on your border but China is not?
Behind closed doors———But no kid gloves for the west, because as observed, he doesn’t fear them. And he doesn’t care about slaughter of his own.
And good for you, Mr. Swan. Someone finally pursued this.
Wellington says
“…thinks there is something in Islam which leads to terrorism….”
Duh.
Infidel says
Somehow, that is his business, but Chicom persecution of Uyghurs just next door in Xinjiang ain’t. Got it!
Regardless of what I think of Axios, Jonathan Swan, who appeared/appears(?, since I no longer watch FNC) on Bret Baier’s program, did an excellent interview, and Pakis are now mad at HBO for ‘not showing the whole interview’
Raja says
Great comment from you, Infidel.
These scums and crooks know too well that the West is up for grabs for Islam. They have a great ally in fascist Left that paves the way for conquering the West. The PM is no exception to the conquering mindsets of mullah and followers. They see the lame duck (West) ready for the duck-biryani.
Infidel says
This was a surreal interview, but I heartily congratulate Jonathan Swan (somehow, I thought his name was spelt ‘Swann’) for asking such riveting questions on China, and pointing out to him that that too is on his border w/ China. It was fun watching him cringe, and then asking “Why is this such a major issue in the West”. This from someone who routinely condemns ‘islamophobia’ in a region that is not, and never was muslim.
One of his points “The Chinese always stood by us even in our times of need” is just a weasel way of saying that “We owe too much to them and can’t afford to piss them off”. Two years ago, his foreign minister lashed out at the OIC and Saudi Arabia on Kashmir after the latter had loaned Pakistan some $3 billion. The Saudis were irate at this ingratitude, and demanded their money back. Pakistan paid them back, but only by borrowing that from China, sinking them even deeper in Beijing’s debt
This question was the highlight in Swan’s interview that was geopolitically even remotely relevant to us. He also said that he’d never provide the CIA bases, for which I thank him: only the US is stupid enough to look to Pakistan to be a partner in a war against jihad. Of course, there were other priceless gems from that interview more internal to Pakistan, on how women provoke rapes by wearing short skirts. Paki propagandists have gone into damage control claiming that HBO didn’t air the full interview, but it would be interesting to see what they left out that would make Imran Khan’s statements less asinine
gravenimage says
+1
Hoi Polloi says
Ditto
gravenimage says
Pakistan’s Khan explains why he is silent on China’s mistreatment of Muslims but vocal about Western ‘Islamophobia’
The real reason is that China appears strong and the West weak. The West can be manipulated and intimidated. But if he criticizes China, the gravy train from Beijing could stop making its way to Islamabad.
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Spot on.
The idea that Khan is only concentrating on what is happening in his border is absurd, since–as Swan notes–China *is* on his border.
Then, Khan is always ranting about the West. Last I checked, this is *not* on Pakistan’s border…
“Pakistan PM: Western governments should outlaw ‘abusing our Prophet’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/04/pakistan-pm-western-governments-should-outlaw-abusing-our-prophet
“Pakistan’s Khan Enraged That ‘West Associated Islam with Terrorism’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/02/pakistans-khan-enraged-that-west-associated-islam-with-terrorism
There are, of course, many similar stories.
Infidel says
Graven
As noted last year or so, Geography was never Imran Khan’s strong suit: he thought that Japan and Germany had a border. So it’s no wonder that he thinks that Europe is his neighbor but China’s not
gravenimage says
You aren’t wrong, Infidel:
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/imran-khan-on-the-border-region-of-germany-and-japan-1.63501476
And these are not just minor pecadillos, but massive, glaring ignorance.
BlackSabbath says
Hello Xi Jing Ping, your puppet is not speaking in Mandarin or Cantonese. You need to send him to “re-education” camp. Imran Khan must be corrected — just like Dilbert Grady corrected his wife and daughters in “The Shining.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owMGL8g-sqA
Infidel says
Very good point. If the people of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang can be forced to learn and speak Mandarin (I don’t think Cantonese has an honored status outside HK), why not the people of Pakistan?
Raja says
Infidel,
Well noted. I am “sending” your proposal to the Chinese govt. Who knows the Pakis might accept it post haste?
Infidel says
Raja
Why not? Sometime last year or before, I read about the Chicoms opening a school in Nepal that taught Mandarin, even though that’s not one of the language spoken by any Nepalese group. If they can do that there, then why not start teaching Paki kids Mandarin? And instead of the quran, they can indoctrinate them on Mao’s Red Book, which I daresay would be an improvement
Kepha says
Well, we go all over the world teaching people English…
shoehorn says
So, to be a slave of Allah AND a stooge for Commie China, he neither condemns Islamic terrorism against the West nor official state terrorism against Muslims in the PRC. Well bowled, Imran!
Carol the 1st says
The same totalitarian mindset where pathetic instinctive humanity must unquestioningly be set on the back burner when “higher” mind-concoctions beckon. It’s reminiscent of the Praying Mantis – a predator and cannibal with a strong grasp, strong appetite, and a head that rotates 180 degrees “all the better to see you with, Grasshopper!”
Our memory and sense of this odd insect may be improved if we occasionally check in with NINE COMMENTARIES ON THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.