For those unaware of what @MuslimCouncil said on Uighur Muslims:

1. In 2018, we wrote to the Chinese Ambassador to discuss the atrocities against Uighur Muslims

2. We also called out the "oppression" & "tyrannical repression" of Uighur Muslims (thread)
https://mcb.org.uk/general/islamic-new-year-muharram-1440/
3. In 2019, the MCB issued a statement on the Uighur Muslims, highlighting the detention of over one million Muslim Uighurs, Kazakhs and others in Xinjiang
https://mcb.org.uk/mcb-updates/detention-of-muslim-uighurs-in-china/
4. We also called on the Foreign Secretary to intervene to support the Uighur Muslims (with no response received)

5. We supported an event on the issue, and our Secretary General urged participants to loudly protest against these injustices
https://uhrp.org/news/british-muslims-rally-uyghur-cause
6. When Arsenal distanced themselves from @MesutOzil1088 after he spoke out on the Uighur Muslims, we called out the "ethnic cleansing", commended him and called out Arsenal's actions

https://mcb.org.uk/mcb-updates/response-to-comments-by-mesut-ozil-on-uighur-muslims/
7. In 2019, we also called out "the internment of over a million Uighur Muslims in China"

https://mcb.org.uk/general/standing-together-against-injustice-a-new-year-message-from-the-mcb/
8. We also wrote to the Chinese Embassy and asked for independent observers to be invited to verify the facts. Till today, they still fail to take this up. https://twitter.com/harakha/status/1284941907869794305?s=19
10. We discussed the plight of Uighur Muslims https://twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1286348385927208960?s=20
11. It was also on our top 10 key pledges at the past General Election which gained support from many MPs and all the candidates for the Labour leadership race.
This excludes a series of comments, our support of actions by others etc., the statements by our spokespeople & the work by MCB affiliates.

E.g.
https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/news-comment/labour-camps-and-sterilisation-uyghur-peoples-persecution-recalls-the-holocaust/
It also excludes some work we have done behind the scenes which we will publicise in due course.

I would therefore urge those who seem to wish to overlook the work of the largest & mainstream Muslim organisations, to perhaps reflect on why they have made their misleading claims
Let's also not forget the work done by so many other Muslim organisations, MPs, groups etc, which some wish to intentionally undermine

The work done cannot be said to be enough - there are over a million in detention camps, with forced sterilisation!

But don't make false claims
One (of probably many) item(s) I missed was when the MCB met @Dolkun_Isa, @UyghurCongress President & Rahima Mahmut to speak about building solidarity and support the for Uyghur people in their struggle for freedom. This was in early 2019. https://twitter.com/SamayyaAfzal/status/1087760325615734785?s=19
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