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india has a lot of muslims, and muslims are not happy with the ummah being put into concentration camps. seems logical that a country with one of the largest muslim populations in the world, in the largest democracy in the world would start protesting against china.

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This move is less about muslims and more about countering china's recent aggression in the border as pointed out in other comment. Chinese are occupying sizable Indian land since the pandemic broke and has been involved in unprovoked aggression in the border. This move is more of a soft ball approach to counter those aggression.

While this may be the case, the Indian government was happy to turn a blind eye to the situation in Xinjiang till recently, when relations with China were good. Now that relations have soured, India is keen to highlight every stain on China's record.

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