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our brothers in East Turkestan but also of the Islamic world and the
world as a whole.
China has turned East Turkestan into a closed region by restricting
all means of communication, preventing the true dimensions of their
human drama from being heard by the outside world. Yet that is no ex-
cuse for forgetting and behaving as if nothing were going on. For this
reason, it is most important that all possible means be taken to stop the
silence that prevails in the whole world on the subject of East
Turkestan. If the true dimension of the inhumanity going on behind
closed doors is revealed, this will not only help the wronged people to
have their voices heard, but will also attract the world's attention to
bring justice to East Turkestan.
The aim of this book is both to identify the basic causes of this com-
munist oppression that has been going on all over China for more than
half a century, to make the voice of the wronged people of East
Turkestan heard, and once again to reiterate the urgency of the founda-
tion of the Turkish-Islamic Union. Initiatives taken to allow the Mus-
lims of East Turkestan to enjoy peace and security can only succeed if
the fundamental causes of their oppression are documented and the
requisite efforts are made together.
This work documents that the fundamental reason behind the op-
pression in East Turkestan is the materialist philosophy and communist
ideology that dominate the Chinese state. The violence caused by mate-
rialist philosophy, which regards life as a fight for survival (and sug-
gests that progress is only possible by means of conflict) can only be
eliminated if people turn to, and live by, the morality Allah commands.
Allah has commanded people to live by justice, love, compassion, re-
spect, sacrifice, sharing, self-denial, and forgiveness. Allah has made it
clear that ethnic differences are no justification for conflict, and that
people must respect each others' races, languages, and beliefs. The ac-
ceptance of that moral code worldwide is the only way to secure peace
and understanding. An intellectual war must be waged against the ma-

Communist China’s Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan