The National Interest published on 24 October 2020 an article titled "Why the Muslim Middle East Supports China's Xinjiang Crackdown" by Adam Lammon.
The author suggests that Arab countries, including Morocco and Egypt in North Africa, and non-Arab Muslim countries in the Middle East support China's crackdown on Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang for several reasons. First, China has strong economic ties with most of these countries and can use these ties for political leverage. Second, the leaders of these countries loathe political Islam, which they associate with terrorism. They are willing to accept China's explanation for the crackdown on Uyghurs as a counterterrorism campaign.
