Bangladesh Islamist groups demand severing ties with China over Uyghur persecution
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At the pre-protest rally Mufti Fakhrul Islam, chairman of the public service movement in Bangladesh as the chief guest said if the China government does not stop persecuting the Uyghur Muslims in that country, the Muslims around the world would not remain silent. If necessary, the Chinese ambassador should be expelled from Bangladesh, protestors demanded.
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The demand was made at a protest rally at the north gate of Baitul Morkaram on Friday.
Leaders of several Islamist groups in Bangladesh have demanded to end the China s Uyghur Muslim persecution. The leaders also called for a boycott of Chinese goods unless stopped of the persecution of Uighur Muslims.