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Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

The violence against Muslim Turks in East Turkestan continues.
Chinese officials regard young Turks as potential opponents and re-
move them from their homes without warrant. To escape this oppres-
sion, many young people run away into the mountains or the desert.
Since around 1996, tens of thousands of Uighurs have been held in
camps, where they are known to be badly tortured. According to an of-
ficial report by a human rights organization, detainees are sentenced to
hard labor or public execution by firing squad after their first hearing,
for the courts do what the Communist party tells them to do. Among
the most horrible things is that pregnant women are taken from their
houses and sterilized, and that babies born in excess of the permitted
quota are killed. (See Harun Yahya, Communist China's Policy of
Oppression in East Turkestan [Islamic Book Service: 2003].)

Chechnya
After the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, some ethnic groups
declared their independence. About 1 million Chechens had suffered
and been oppressed during the long years of Russian rule. They de-
clared their independence in 1996 after the war of independence began
under the leadership of Dzhokhar Dudayev.
Some Chechen villages were bombed as a result of a new war that
started when Dagestan asked Shamil Basayev, the Chechen freedom
fighter, for help. Only two people survived these bombings. Russian
soldiers on Chechen soil mercilessly killed every innocent person they
came across, whether old or young, and began to bomb civilian targets.
Hospitals were particularly targeted for chemical bombardment, Scud
missile attacks, and napalm, as were maternity clinics, markets, and
refugee convoys.
The Russians also poisoned the Argun River. Many women and
children died after drinking the poisoned water, and hundreds of peo-

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