They shake things up, get publicity, and with shared awareness, get things done. Hunger strikes are a brave as well as blunt instrument to attract attention to a mission. Emergency Nightingale hospitals have remained unused since Spring. To alert the world to the plight of the Uyghur people in China. “Where was Maajid Nawaz’s condemnation about the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have been forcibly driven out of their homes and the Muslims of Gaza who have for years been bombarded by the Israeli state? Regulated by IMPRESS: We use encrypted SSL bank grade security and don't store any of your financial details. He is more than a man who became as a young  man, a liberal who took part in democratic elections. On the other hand, Quilliam describes itself as the world’s first counter-extremism organisation which challenges extremism to foster a shared sense of belonging and to advance liberal democratic values. Nawaz is the latest in a long line of public figures and organisations who are considered controversial in the Muslim community to come out in support of the Uyghurs. Maajid is asking us to do this in a good cause. We must sign in support too, if we care and we ought to! 5Pillars is the only regulated Muslim news site in Europe, Australia and the Americas. Hussain added: “Many Muslims believe that Maajid Nawaz and the Quilliam Foundation have been for many years been pushing a soft countering violent extremism strategy which when compared to China’s current policy is very similar in terms of characterising, demonising and criminalising certain aspects of normative Islam. And it just happens to coincide with the neocon agenda against China, the new economic Cold War that is taking place.”. I admire all, in a good cause, who do both or more. Maajid Nawaz. Your email address will not be published. Even a tweet would be better than nothing.”. He needs it. If you follow 5Pillars, and you understand its importance in today’s climate, then please support us for as little as £5 a month, it only takes a minute to make a donation. Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest news and updates! I remember when Richard Attenborough and Peter Ustinov were involved with efforts for Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev, respectively, and indeed, respectfully. And he has called for support and action from Muslim organisations, none of which have responded to his call. Up to two million people are being held in concentration camps. Commenting on Nawaz’s Uyghur campaign, 5Pillars deputy editor Dilly Hussain said Nawaz is “no friend of the Uyghurs.”. It is great to know that someone like Maajid is here in our times. The frontline staff, the medical practitioners, the aid workers, the military personnel, the peacekeepers. If you agree or disagree with him in politics or on issues, if you know of him or not, this is worth agreeing with and knowing about. Maajid encourages, not a hunger strike as herein, but a hunger … Nawaz says his goal is to secure a debate in the UK Parliament on the imposition of Maginsky Act style sanctions on individuals who are responsible for gross human rights violations. It had of course fully dawned on and mattered very much to these men in the arts,  because they knew the support they had for them. Maajid Usman Nawaz (Urdu: [ˈmaːdʒɪd̪ nəwaːz]; born 2 November 1977) is a British activist and radio presenter. Maajid Nawaz, an anti-extremist activist and London Broadcasting Company host, is currently on a hunger strike. Help us tell stories the mainstream ignores. But amongst leaders or in politics or culture, at large? He will continue to do so until he has gathered enough support for the United Kingdom Parliament to have a debate about human rights violations against Uighur Muslims by the Chinese Communist Party. Your privacy is important to us. London, EC4V 6AG Maajid Nawaz, a British moderate Muslim activist, has begun a hunger strike to protest China’s abuse of religious minorities. We do know really. Please sign the petition if you are a citizen of the UK, if not, as a citizen of the world, protest in your own country…, https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300146, Your email address will not be published. Maajid Nawaz today with this effort is heroic. He says his hunger strike will continue until a Parliamentary petition reaches 100,000 signatures, qualifying it for consideration for a debate in Parliament. As a result, civil society and our political establishment is at risk of being politically, morally and economically compromised by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is great to know that someone like Maajid is here in our times. But he is more than a man who became as a youth, an Islamist who spent five years in an Egyptian prison. It is good to know what Sir Charles Chaplin, Lord Attenborough  and Sir Peter Ustinov must have felt sometimes. A people who are becoming victims of cultural wipe out, already, and actual wipe out, possibly, unless more act, from now. for the Press CIC Nawaz says his goal is to secure a debate in the UK Parliament on the imposition of Maginsky Act style sanctions on individuals who are responsible for gross human rights violations. Others campaign over days, weeks or months and with eloquence, speak, write and can, by whatever method feels and is best, achieve an outcome. And in my youth,  when I marched through London, whether against apartheid or for peace, I had role models. He wants a debate about  support for sanctions targeted at the powerful in China, to stop the imprisonment of a minority, turning into what is a genocide in the making. Maajid Nawaz, an anti-extremist activist and London Broadcasting Company host, is currently on a hunger strike. A HUNGER STRIKE FOR HUMANITY: MAAJID NAWAZ NEEDS OUR HELP. Uyghurs are suffering repression, torture and the plundering of their bodies for spare parts for the organ transplant market. It is good to know what Sir Charles Chaplin, Lord Attenborough and Sir Peter Ustinov must have felt sometimes. Maajid Nawaz, an anti-extremist activist and London Broadcasting Company host, is currently on a hunger strike. Just being me. He went on a hunger strike and meditative silence on July 14, until a petition to raise awareness about the Uighurs topped 100,000 signatures. W impress.press. In very few contexts can even fewer people, in public life, make me feel like heroism is even a thing today! The scale or level might be smaller or less, yet Maajid Nawaz makes me feel it today. It rarely dawned on or hardly mattered to, Gandhi or Mandela or Gorbachev, probably, that they were heroic, they were aware they were merely human. By providing us with your information you are consenting to the collection and use of your information in accordance with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. We do not share your data with anyone. He is a man who deserves our help. Here in this situation, that mission is a petition. “Maajid Nawaz and the Quilliam Foundation have consistently over the years labelled many Muslim scholars and organisations as ‘non violent extremists’ and those tropes have been used by the government to push anti-terrorism policies.”. We appear to care more about globalised supply chains, cheap labour and greed than fairness and respect for fundamental human rights. Where was his outrage for the Muslims of Kashmir, the Muslims of Iraq, Somalia, Yemen and Afghanistan when grassroots organisations have been consistent in terms of raising awareness about their plight? He will continue to do so until he has gathered enough support for the United Kingdom Parliament to have a debate about human rights violations against Uighur Muslims by the Chinese Communist Party. 134K likes. But they also utilised their roles,  in  filming, writing about, as well as speaking, campaigning against, injustice, on the side of the great Man…dela, and Gorbachev! Required fields are marked *. Covid-19 is one example that reveals it. He gives weight to the cause of liberty and is on the side of humanity. Official data suggests hospitals are less busy now than last 2 winters. Feel that is,  like those men in the arts, who influenced me, might have felt  about the causes of the men they admired, from their own era in politics, when they inspired them. Since its foundation Nawaz’s Quilliam Foundation has been widely criticised by Muslim organisations for putting the emphasis on extremism within the Muslim community. T 020 3325 4288 A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO JEREMY BRETT. Maajid Nawaz, the controversial founder of the Quilliam Foundation, says he has begun a hunger strike in protest against the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur Muslim people in East Turkestan. Or labour in the vineyard unheard or unnoticed. Maajid Nawaz, the controversial founder of the Quilliam Foundation, says he has begun a hunger strike in protest against the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur Muslim people in East Turkestan. “China has been backed by many Muslim-majority nations: many of them human rights abusers themselves including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Maajid encourages, not a hunger strike as herein, but a hunger to protest injustice. He wants only signatures on a petition to the UK government. IMPRESS, 16-18 New Bridge Street, But it is, in private lives and in public services. Maajid Nawaz says he's undergoing a hunger strike until UK Parliament agrees to debate recognizing the Uigur camps in China as a genocide. Maajid Nawaz today with this effort is heroic. Maajid Nawaz is someone I regularly, and often, strongly agree with, and rarely, but sometimes, strongly disagree with. Today Maajid is on hunger strike. I recall seeing pictures of Charlie Chaplin with Gandhi decades before my era. Sometimes you need to take a side, to hold a stance. Maajid Nawaz, founder of The Quilliam Foundation in the UK, who has been watching this horror unfold, recently decided to take action. An important one. “The world seems to have turned a blind eye to this abuse. Maajid Nawaz told Nick Ferrari why he went on hunger strike to protest against the Chinese government’s “genocide” of Uighur Muslims – and demolished China’s explanations of the aerial footage. 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The Independent Monitor He is the founding chairman of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of Islamist extremists, and the host of … “But all of a sudden Maajid is waging a Twitter jihad against the Chinese government. He will continue to do so until he has gathered enough support for the United Kingdom Parliament to have a debate about human rights violations against Uighur Muslims by the Chinese Communist Party. And he is much more than a  man who became as a mature man, a broadcaster with a successful radio show. Maajid Nawaz said: “Genocide against Uyghur Muslims in East Turkestan is currently taking place. If shit hits the fan & there’s real trouble, you will be able to detect fascism by watching for anyone who focuses their rage on … These two greats from the performing arts of my youth, Richard Attenborough, whom I worked with, Peter Ustinov, who I met as a very young man, made such an impact on me and many. "I declare a hunger strike in meditative THE ARTS AND HUMANITY’S CAUSE – AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME FRIEND! E complaints@impress.press https://www.quilliaminternational.com/about/staff/maajid-nawaz It is therefore up to the citizens of the democratic West to make a stand.”, Calling in particular on Muslim organisations to join in the campaign, he said: “To the Muslim Council of Britain, the Muslim World League and Muslim Aid: please put out a press release asking Muslims to sign the petition. Maajid today on a particular subject, is inspiring me and others. Although persecution of Uyghur Muslims by China is well-documented and verified, analysts say that Western governments and their supporters’ main interest is targeting China which is considered a rival to Western hegemony. In this era of social media, such courses of action can gain traction. 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