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The Netherlands: Muslim [Uighurs] Attack Chinese Embassy (Germany too)
Posted by Chandler On July - 7 - 2009

The ummah (worldwide Muslim community) “respond” to the Muslim revolt in China. Has anyone asked the Muslim Uighurs who were released from GITMO for a statement?

DUTCH TO PAY FOR CHINESE EMBASSY REPAIR

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The Dutch government said Tuesday it will pay for repairs to China’s embassy in The Hague, which was damaged in a protest against Beijing’s crackdown on separatists in Xinjiang province.

map-of-uighursForeign Minister Maxime Verhagen apologized to China’s top diplomat in the Netherlands for the violence by the protesters, mostly members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic group living in the Netherlands.

“Demonstrating is a basic right, but violence is always unacceptable,” Verhagen said.

Verhagen also used his meeting with the diplomat to express his concern at the violence in Xinjiang.

“Unfortunately, information out of the region is very restricted and transparency is very important in this situation,” Verhagen said. He urged the Chinese to restore communications with the area and allow foreign journalists to work there.

Police arrested 142 demonstrators Monday when they stoned the embassy and tried to clamber up the railings that surround the building. Most were released late Monday but police kept 39 in cells overnight.

Police cordoned off the area in front of the embassy Tuesday. Many of the building’s front windows were smashed.

Also Tuesday, Uighur [Muslims] and Turkish [Muslims] protesters clashed with police outside the Chinese Embassy in Turkey and threw eggs at the building.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the Dutch protesters were members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a group Beijing accuses of having links to al-Qaida. He said the Chinese consulate in Munich, Germany, also was attacked with a Molotov cocktail and slightly damaged.

The Dutch protest came after reports that street battles have killed dozens and injured hundreds in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China’s western Xinjiang region in decades.

Gheyretjan Rozi of the Dutch Uighur Support Group said Monday’s demonstration was peaceful until protesters saw somebody taking photos of them from inside the embassy. Rozi said 450-600 Uighurs live in the Netherlands
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