Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba has called on footballers to stand up for Uighur Muslims and condemn China's treatment of the minority group ...
ISTANBUL: Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba has called on footballers to stand up for Uighur Muslims and condemn China's treatment of the minority group regardless of the financial consequences.
"When are we going to see the rest of the world stand up for Muslims?" Ba, himself a Muslim from Senegal who suffered at least one incident of racial abuse when he played for Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in 2018, told the BBC. "I know there are footballers who want to fight for justice. As sportspeople, we have a power we don't even know. If we get together and talk, things change. If we stand up, people stand up with us."Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, a German Muslim of Turkish origin, last year called Uighurs"warriors who resist persecution" and criticised both China's crackdown and the silence of Muslims elsewhere in the world in response.
Arsenal were quick to distance themselves from Ozil's comments at the time and Ba, 35, who now plays for Turkish club Istanbul Basaksehir, believes players are being pressured to stay silent on such matters.
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