Soccer player Mesut Ozil uses social media to speak against China's policies in Xinjiang

Mesut Ozil, a German footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal, has come under fire after he used the social media to speak against China's policies in Xinjiang and the silence of Muslim communities towards the injustice.Ozil's posts on Instagram called Uighurs "warriors who resist persecution" and criticised both China and the silence of Muslims in response to the alleged crackdown."[In China] Qurans are burned, mosques were closed down, Islamic theological schools, madrasas were banned, religious scholars were killed one by one. Despite all this, Muslims stay quiet," the German midfielder, who is a Muslim, said in his posts."Don't they know that giving consent for persecution is persecution itself? The honourable Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, says, 'If you cannot prevent persecution, expose it'," he added.Following his message, Arsenal has tried to distance itself from the comments of its midfielder, saying, "The content he expressed is entirely Ozil's ...