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From: "Khan, Noman {Quaker}" <noman_khan@...
<mailto:noman_khan@...> >
To: Zulfiye Osman <sophia.osman@... <mailto:sophia.osman@...> >
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 1:12:55 AM
Subject:
Assalam Alaikum Brothers and Sisters,
You might have read and heard about the ethnic violence in the Western part
of China, Xinjiang this past weekend. According to Chinese official media,
156 are dead and 1080 injured. However the unofficial figures report that
at least 600 people died in the clashed between Uyghur Muslim and Han
Chinese majority, and about 95% of the casualties are Uyghur Muslims.
Chinese authorities have arrested at least 1400 Uyghur s, claiming they took
part in the riot. The official Chinese media, Xinhua, only shows the
pictures of few Han Chinese injuries with no mention of the hundreds of
Muslims who died in these clashes, putting the blame completely on the
Muslims. The reality is far from it.
Please see the links below for some unbiased reporting.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0706/p06s04-woap.html
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0706/p06s04-woap.html>
http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2009/7/7
<http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2009/7/7>
The unrest in Xinjiang (East Turkistan), is near and dear to my heart.
I am an Uyghur living in Chicago. My parents and the rest of the family are
still in Xinjiang. While they are away from Urumqi where the clashes
happened, I still have not been able to get hold of them in past couple of
days as the authorities have shut down internet and telephone services. I
am praying every moment for their safety.
Uyghurs are the Turkic speaking Muslim people living in the northwest part
of China under occupation. Their short lived republic, East Turkistan went
under Chinese communist rule in 1950. Since then they have been subjected
to severe discrimination because of their Muslim identity and they have seen
their 97% majority in Xinjiang shrink to almost 50% in last few decades.
There are many underlining sources of tension and humiliation of over 10
million Uyghur Muslims.
I am writing to you for your support in helping spread the word and plight
of Uyghur Muslims. I go to Juma prayers and everyone prays about suffering
of the Palestinians, Kashmiris, Afghanis, Iraqis and Chechnyans, however not
once I have heard someone pray for the Uyghurs.
We are the forgotten people in this world and not even our
Muslim brothers and sisters have ever provided any moral support for us. Well I'm
asking for the support in this hour of dire need. My brothers and sisters are
being persecuted as we speak. They have been captured in mass arrests with
no sight of what will happen to their future. Uyghur woman with their
children have went on street to protest against the mass arrest of thousands
of Muslim Uyghur men. Under communist Chinese rule we are not allowed to
practice our religion until the age of 18 and even after the age of 18 if
anyone who works for government like teachers and doctor are not allowed to
pray or go to Mosque. Our children and teachers are force fed in schools
during the month of Ramadan. There is a governmental agenda to slowly take
Islam out of common people's lives. Majority of the high paying jobs go to
the Han Chinese with a lot less qualification in our own home land. Our
culture is being slowly disappearing.
I urge you to send this to your friends and families and condemn the
killings and mass arrest of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. I ask you to pray for the
safety of the people of East Turkistan (Xinjiang), Uyghurs and Han Chinese.
I ask you to please stand in solidarity with your Uyghur Muslim brothers.
The moral support of Muslim community means a lot to me and the Uyghurs as
we are desperate to be seen and heard by our brothers and sisters.
I urge you to send a message of solidarity with Uyghur Muslims and pray for
them. I urge you to send this message to at least 5 other family members
and friends.
Sincerely,
Zulfiye Osman
Noman Khan (husband)
Sama2 kita berdoa......sekurang2 nya....
From: "Khan, Noman {Quaker}" <noman_khan@...
<mailto:noman_khan@...> >
To: Zulfiye Osman <sophia.osman@... <mailto:sophia.osman@...> >
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 1:12:55 AM
Subject:
Assalam Alaikum Brothers and Sisters,
You might have read and heard about the ethnic violence in the Western part
of China, Xinjiang this past weekend. According to Chinese official media,
156 are dead and 1080 injured. However the unofficial figures report that
at least 600 people died in the clashed between Uyghur Muslim and Han
Chinese majority, and about 95% of the casualties are Uyghur Muslims.
Chinese authorities have arrested at least 1400 Uyghur s, claiming they took
part in the riot. The official Chinese media, Xinhua, only shows the
pictures of few Han Chinese injuries with no mention of the hundreds of
Muslims who died in these clashes, putting the blame completely on the
Muslims. The reality is far from it.
Please see the links below for some unbiased reporting.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0706/p06s04-woap.html
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0706/p06s04-woap.html>
http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2009/7/7
<http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2009/7/7>
The unrest in Xinjiang (East Turkistan), is near and dear to my heart.
I am an Uyghur living in Chicago. My parents and the rest of the family are
still in Xinjiang. While they are away from Urumqi where the clashes
happened, I still have not been able to get hold of them in past couple of
days as the authorities have shut down internet and telephone services. I
am praying every moment for their safety.
Uyghurs are the Turkic speaking Muslim people living in the northwest part
of China under occupation. Their short lived republic, East Turkistan went
under Chinese communist rule in 1950. Since then they have been subjected
to severe discrimination because of their Muslim identity and they have seen
their 97% majority in Xinjiang shrink to almost 50% in last few decades.
There are many underlining sources of tension and humiliation of over 10
million Uyghur Muslims.
I am writing to you for your support in helping spread the word and plight
of Uyghur Muslims. I go to Juma prayers and everyone prays about suffering
of the Palestinians, Kashmiris, Afghanis, Iraqis and Chechnyans, however not
once I have heard someone pray for the Uyghurs.
We are the forgotten people in this world and not even our
Muslim brothers and sisters have ever provided any moral support for us. Well I'm
asking for the support in this hour of dire need. My brothers and sisters are
being persecuted as we speak. They have been captured in mass arrests with
no sight of what will happen to their future. Uyghur woman with their
children have went on street to protest against the mass arrest of thousands
of Muslim Uyghur men. Under communist Chinese rule we are not allowed to
practice our religion until the age of 18 and even after the age of 18 if
anyone who works for government like teachers and doctor are not allowed to
pray or go to Mosque. Our children and teachers are force fed in schools
during the month of Ramadan. There is a governmental agenda to slowly take
Islam out of common people's lives. Majority of the high paying jobs go to
the Han Chinese with a lot less qualification in our own home land. Our
culture is being slowly disappearing.
I urge you to send this to your friends and families and condemn the
killings and mass arrest of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. I ask you to pray for the
safety of the people of East Turkistan (Xinjiang), Uyghurs and Han Chinese.
I ask you to please stand in solidarity with your Uyghur Muslim brothers.
The moral support of Muslim community means a lot to me and the Uyghurs as
we are desperate to be seen and heard by our brothers and sisters.
I urge you to send a message of solidarity with Uyghur Muslims and pray for
them. I urge you to send this message to at least 5 other family members
and friends.
Sincerely,
Zulfiye Osman
Noman Khan (husband)
Sama2 kita berdoa......sekurang2 nya....
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