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Taking on 'Islamophobia', Imran Khan ignoring China's Muslim oppression

Prime Minister Imran Khan denounces Western 'Islamophobia' but shrugs at the Uighurs' plight

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

Sadanand Dhume | WSJ
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s foreign-policy agenda carries a contradiction at its heart. Mr. Khan seeks to project himself as a global defender of Islam, but he won’t utter a peep about one of the most egregious persecutions of Muslims: China’s repression of Xinjiang’s Uighurs and its project to Sinicize Islam.

In New York last week, Mr. Khan laid out his vision in a rambling 50-minute address to the United Nations General Assembly. He defended the right of Muslim women in the West to don the hijab. “A woman can take off her clothes in [some] countries, but she can’t put