Washington Uighur Research Center's activities in Malaysia ended on April 21 with a meeting with diplomats held in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Malaysians who heard their report emphasized that they will help the Uyghurs, which is the duty of being a Muslim and a human being.
Mr. Khairul Anwar, vice president of Malaysia Abim Islamic Youth Organization, who has been studying Uyghurs for many years and has hosted events in Malaysia, received our telephone interview and said: "This time, we welcomed Abdulhekim Idris, director of the Uyghur Research Center. These activities are important to the Malaysian community and university students. This is our second meeting. In this meeting, we discussed how to keep the Uyghur issue on Malaysia's agenda, and how to cooperate with non-governmental organizations, political parties, and universities in Malaysia. Another thing we did was we submitted a letter of request to the Chinese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. We know that the Chinese government will not respond to our letter, but we will continue to put it before China. "The Chinese government continues to invite non-governmental organizations and religious communities from Malaysia to visit China and carry out an eye-painting policy. We have been emphasizing that they should not go to China."
Mr. Khairul Anwar emphasized the need for the Malaysian community and the political level to support the Uyghurs and to act to achieve this: "In short, we will do our best to mobilize our government by broadcasting the Uyghur massacre in Malaysia, and we will help the Uyghurs materially and spiritually. If we don't support the Uyghur Muslims, we will not be able to answer before God.
Mr. Abdulhekim Idris, director of the Uyghur Research Center, accepted our phone interview and talked about the activities. He said: "Our activity in Malaysia started on April 13 with a presentation activity at Sultan Abdul Halim Muzam Shah University in Kadagh City. At the meeting, I, Mr. Khairul Anwar, the vice president of Abim Islamic Youth Organization of Malaysia, and Mr. Hazratali Hosur from the United States gave a report on the Uyghur language, history, culture, and the current serious situation. "University leaders, faculty and students listened and asked positive questions. Interest was high."
According to Abdulhekim Idris, Mr. Khairul Anwar, Ms. Astrid Nadya Rizqita, head of the Indonesian branch of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Youth Cell, and Uyghur Research Center expert Hazratali Hosur from Texas, USA, will visit 3 major universities in Malaysia from April 13 to 20. In addition to lecturing about Uyghurs in 3 research centers, he asked the Muslim community and Malaysian leaders to make efforts to stop the Uyghur genocide at large iftar banquets given by non-governmental organizations.
A large number of university leaders, teachers and students participated in their briefings held on April 14 at the Malaysian University of Education and April 17 at the Islamic Malaysian University of Sciences. In addition to these, several think tanks that participate in the formulation of Malaysia's foreign policy, such as the International Institute of Islamic Studies, also held a briefing on the serious situation of the Uyghurs.
Mr. Abdulhekim Idris summarized the one-week activities held in Malaysia: "The thing that caught our attention the most in the meetings held in Malaysia was that, in the briefing sessions, Malaysian leaders and participants said: ``We support the Uyghurs unconditionally.'' We support the Uyghurs because it is a duty for us, in humanity and in our religion. "If we don't take care of Uyghur Muslims, if we don't protect their rights and rights, we won't be able to answer before God, and our face will be black."
Mr. Khairul Anwar said about the activities he plans to do in Malaysia after that: "We are thinking of starting a movement that includes all parties by meeting with members of parliament. We want to organize a fundraising event to help Uyghurs who are in trouble in Turkey.
The committee led by Abdulhekim Idris first visited Indonesia and held academic activities in several universities and public institutions.
Police officer: "Only people over 60 years old are allowed to read Eid prayers"
In Uyghur, this year's Eid prayer was banned in some places, and few mosques were opened in some places. Authorities conducted street and house searches to prevent Eid prayers being offered secretly in homes.
After the mass kidnapping of 2017, ethnic customs and religious practices were severely restricted and punished as "crimes", while restrictions were relaxed and even encouraged. Therefore, there is uncertainty and confusion not only among the residents but also among the public officials on duty regarding the right or wrong of worship such as fasting and praying. We called the relevant units in various places in Uyghur Eli to find out how this year's Ramadan started, especially if Eid prayers are allowed or not.
Yining County's Doumazar and Nilga County's Olastai Police Stations could not answer our questions about whether Eid prayers were read this year. One of the residents, who did not want to be identified, said that the mosques in Nilqa and Qunas are now almost empty, and even if Eid prayers are allowed, there is no place to pray. The Aktopa Police Station of Nyutara County could not speak about the Eid prayer.
A lady who received our call from a family camp in Maralbeshi County said that Eid prayers were not offered in Maralbeshi County this year, and there was no Eid greeting among relatives and friends.
One of the residents of Kashgar Pizwat said that this year's Eid-ul-Azha did not have sangza at home, nor did they visit others for Eid-ul-Fitr. But he could not answer whether there was any notification about the prohibition of Eid.
A police officer in Yarkovruk village of Aksu said that a mosque in the village was opened for Eid prayers, but the mosque was closely monitored by the police.
According to an officer of Angkor village police station in Bai County, a mosque in this village was also opened for Eid prayers. But only those over 60 years of age are allowed to pray the Eid prayer. The official also said that people under the age of 60 are not allowed to pray the Eid prayer; Those over the age of 60 have the freedom to read or not read Eid-ul-Fitr.
It turns out that after the big kidnapping in the Uyghur region, the residents, who were shocked, chose the "freedom" not to pray the Eid prayer. As a result, only 12 people participated in the Eid prayer in Angkor village with a population of 10,000 in Bai County. These 12 people read the Eid prayer under the supervision of 3 official policemen and several assistant policemen; The police recorded the IDs of those who participated in the festival.
Dear radio listeners, above in Uyghur El, we broadcasted that this year's Eid prayer is prohibited in some places, and in some places it is performed with a small number of people over the age of 60.
How is China's "marriage reform" being implemented for Uyghurs?
An article entitled "A Look at Marriage Reform" published on China's "People's Web" on April 20 was widely distributed in the state media in various provinces of China at the same time. According to reports, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a document titled "Experimental Points of Marriage Reform" in 2020. The document emphasizes points such as "reducing marriages in Chinese weddings, simplifying wedding ceremonies, and reforming the rules and regulations." The report also mentioned that the provisions of this document will be implemented on a trial basis in 32 locations across China from April 2021.
So, how is the "marriage reform" issued by the Chinese Ministry of People's Affairs being implemented for Uyghurs?
In the news of "Tangritag Network" on September 21, 2021, it was reported that the Tudonghaba district of Urumqi was designated as one of the 32 "trial sites for marriage reform" in China. It mentions that China's "marriage reform" will be implemented on a trial basis in the Tudonghaba district of Urumqi from September 2021.
Ms. Mehriai Mamteli, who used to teach Uyghur folklore at Xinjiang University, and now lives in the United States, accepted our interview about this. It is the documented implementation of the so-called "marriage reform" by the Chinese government, especially its pilot implementation in the Uyghur region. The Uyghurs, who are fundamentally different from the Chinese in terms of religious beliefs, culture and customs, have been continuing their ethnic, religious and all-cultural activities throughout history. They pointed out that their traditions are nothing more than Chineseization.
For more than 70 years since the Chinese Communist regime ruled the Uyghur land, the Uyghur have been trying to change their religious practices and traditional beliefs involving Islam in the name of "simplifying weddings, eye-lighting events, and reforming some religious links in ceremonies." According to China's so-called "marriage reform" regulations, simple marriage ceremonies were promoted until the 1990s. After the 2000s, young people were encouraged to hold a new type of collective wedding ceremony in the Uyghur region; Since 2017, propaganda news promoting the marriage of Uyghurs and Chinese people has increased continuously.
On February 21, 2017, "Congratulations on the wedding of Ainurgul and Tian Changxing (Qaisarjan)" on "Tangritag Network"! A photo of the wedding ceremony with the slogan ". Since then, propaganda stories about Chinese men marrying Uyghur girls have continued to increase.
In the photo news of "Tangrit Tori" on March 26 of this year, it was reported that during the Flower Festival in Lopnur County, 8 pairs of young men and women dressed in Chinese style had a collective wedding ceremony. The report mentioned that among the young people who had a new collective wedding ceremony, there were Uyghur couples married to Chinese people.
Although we called the civil affairs bureaus in the Uyghur region to find out about the implementation of China's so-called "marriage reform" regulations in the Uyghur region, the phones of these units were not answered.
An official of the tourism office in Kashgar interviewed us and said that there are no restrictions on Chinese and Uyghur weddings in Uyghur land.
He called this "freedom of marriage" and said: "Of course, there are many cases where Han and Uyghurs get married. Now that's allowed. Because we have entered the 21st century. It is now freed in this regard. Is that so?'
He asked us, "Are there many Uyghurs married to Chinese in Kashgar?" "Everyone is equal now," answered our question. 56 All nations are like family members. "Because of the freedom of marriage, everyone can marry whoever they want."
It turns out that the initiative to marry Chinese people in the Uyghur land was ramped up during the 2017 wave of arrests of Uyghur internment camps. Marriages to Uyghur girls in Chinese government news became a propaganda tool to attract Chinese immigrants to Uyghur lands. That is, in such campaigns, it was widely advertised that Chinese people marrying Uyghur girls would receive 50,000 yuan, free housing, free land, and free education for their children.
Ms. Sheng Xu, a Canadian human rights activist and writer, believes that the Chinese government's encouragement of Chinese people to marry Uyghurs in the name of "marriage reform" is a part of the genocidal policy being applied to Uyghurs.
He said: "It is not just the intention to destroy the Uyghur culture and customs, but the Chinese government is encouraging Chinese people to marry Uyghurs through rewards." "The Chinese government is now using very evil means to carry out a genocidal policy against the Uyghurs."
According to China, the Uyghurs had the lowest rate of intermarriage with ethnic groups of other religions, especially Chinese. During the more than 70 years that the Chinese Communist regime ruled the Uyghur region, Uyghur marriages with Chinese were at the lowest rate compared to other ethnic groups in China, even less than 1 percent. Therefore, for the past few years, the Chinese authorities have been using various methods to promote the marriage of Uyghurs and Chinese as a policy.
Dr. Free Ekram, a teacher at Turkey's Haji Tapa University, believes that the Chinese government's current "marriage reform" and advocating intermarriage between Chinese and Uyghurs is part of its national assimilation and ethnic cleansing policy in the Uyghur region of China.
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