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labor camps, executed on groundless charges, and from time to time
martyred en masse. They are not allowed to fast, and are prevented
from receiving religious instruction. The method used to stop the

Muslim population from growing is utterly inhuman: Women are
forced to have abortions, and the children of those who have more than
one child are taken away from them.
In the face of all this cruelty and oppression, the people of East
Turkestan have no means of protecting themselves or their rights.
Muslims all over the world can help these defenseless people in many
different ways. All measures to allow the voice of the people of East
Turkestan to be heard and to attract the attention of international orga-
nizations are important.
The greatest assistance that can be given is to wage a struggle on
the level of ideas to destroy
the atheism that all that
oppression stems from,
and replace it with a just

and proper morality. In
that way, not just the
Muslims of East Turkestan
but all those who are mar-
tyred all over the world, or
are forced from their
homelands just for saying,
"Allah is our Lord," or can
be helped.
All believers share an
equal responsibility in this
matter. Allah reveals in a
verse, "… Whoever strives

Communist China’s Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan