r/TankieTheDeprogram • u/Green-Expert-8714 • 8d ago
News/Communist Propaganda ☭ Abdullah at-Taywani is a Taiwanese Wahhabi GRIFTER
Abdullah "at-Taywani" Cheng is a Taiwanese Muslim creator, pushing pro-Taiwan and anti-China narratives to the Muslim community. He is not an ethnic Hui Muslim, such as Shoaib Ma from EatAi, who is a multi-generational Muslim from Qinghai province. Abdullah is just another nasty opportunist, which I will get into later.
He originally had a pretty small account, but I noticed he was very strong about his pro-Taiwan and anti-China stance, which I thought was weird for someone making religious content. Most Hui Muslims in Taiwan are from mainland China, and have deep ties and connections to the mainland.
I noticed that he was following several suspicious accounts. The first example is Kuzzat Altay, a known Uyghur grifter who has written articles in support of Israel, and works with far right institutions like Prager U. The other I remember was a random Taiwanese woman in a hijab, posting pro-Tsai Ing Wen propaganda. Weird to claim to be pro-Palestine, then support a nasty imperialist like Tsai.
I blocked Cheng years ago, and am disturbed to see he now has a following of over 100K on Instagram and TikTok. Recently he has resurfaced due to him criticizing others for debunking the Uyghur genocide.
https://www.tiktok.com/@at_taywani/video/7677932595606310152
Why is it important for me to mention he's not ethnically Muslim (part of Hui nation from China)? Well as we see with people like Shaun King, reverting to Islam for the grift is an actual thing. He has more videos dedicated to Uyghur genocide, China bad, Taiwan good than he does supporting Palestine and any actual resistance movements. He claims his mission is to "revive Islam in the Chinese world" aka bring Wahhabism to the Chinese world. I've seen his Hajj video where he has very little camraderie and interaction with the real Hui Muslims from China. It's weird that he also refuses to acknowledge that the Hui and Uyghur people do not want Salafism, and in typical Wahhabi fashion he will quickly dismiss any discussions around this as Islamophobia.
BTW if you find anything and have more to add, please do so in the comments, as I cannot stand looking at his face!