Chinese Oppression On The Uyghur Muslims • It is the eighth largest country subdivision in the world,Located in Central Asia, spanning over 1.680,000 km2 (640,000 square miles).Which is equals almost 6 times of Malaysia. • This area with a documented history of at least 2,500 years, a succession of people and empires have vied for control over all or parts of this territory The territory came under the rule of the Qing dynasty in the 18th century around 50 years, after that Uyghurs built their own East Turkestan republican in 1933,since 1949 China invaded the country with the help of Russia and called it Xinjiang. East Turkestan borders the countries of Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. It is home to a number of ethnic groups, including the Uyghur, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz. Majority population are the Uyghurs whose population is 30 million. But the Chinese authority announces that 13 million. The map on right side said East Turkestan in 1865, but the map in the left side it said Xinjiang East Turkistan Islamic Republic in 1933 Capital city Urumqi Other cities Colorful mountain Altay mountains which is next to the Himalaya mountain Who are Uyghur? • The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group who live in East and Central Asia. • The Uyghurs are a Eurasian population with Eastern and Western Eurasian anthropometric and genetic traits. • The physical features of many Uighurs, characterized by a mixture of European and East Asian characteristics. • The Uyghurs are of Turkic descent and live in East and Central Asia, having done so for hundreds of years. Although spread over a large area, people of Turkic descent share similarities in religion, culture, language and appearance, which often contains both European and Asian characteristics Video shows Uyghur people Religion Era Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan in 934, he was one of the first Turkic rulers to convert to Islam, which prompted his Kara-Khanid subjects to convert. Since then all of the Uyghurs converted to Islam and made Islam as their country religion. Uyghurs consider Islam to be part of their identity, religious observance varies between different regions. In general, Muslims in the southern region, Kashgar in particular, are more conservative. For example, women wearing the full veil (brown cloth covering the head completely) are more common in Kashgar but may not be found in some other cities. This is Uyghur women traditional clothes. Uyghurs are all muslims but among females there are some people also don’t wear hijab as in here some malay women don’t wear hijab. Language By the 11th century, it was noted by Mahmud al- Kashgari that the Uyghurs (of Qocho) spoke a pure Turkic language, but they also still spoke another language among themselves and have two different scripts. Writers of the Karakhanid period, al-Kashgari, referred to their Turkic language as Khāqāniyya (meaning royal), or the "language of Kashgar", or simply Turkic. The modern Uyghur language is classified under the Karluk branch of the Turkic language family. Modern Uyghurs have adopted a number of scripts for their language. The Arabic script, known as the Chagatay alphabet, was adopted along with Islam. Uyghur Script Literature • The literary works of Uyghurs were also narrative, poetic, and epic works apparently original to the Uyghurs. However, it is the literature of Kara-Khanid period that is considered by modern Uyghurs to be the important part of their literary traditions. • Amongst these are Islamic religious texts and histories of Turkic peoples, and important works surviving from that era are Kutadgu Bilig "Wisdom of Royal Glory" by Yusuf Khass Hajib (1069– 70), Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwānu l-Luġat al-Turk "A Dictionary of Turkic Dialects" (1072), and Ehmed Yükneki's Etebetulheqayiq. • Modern Uyghur religious literature includes the Taẕkirah, biographies of Islamic religious figures and saints. The Turki- language Tadhkirah i Khwajagan was written by M. Sadiq Kashghari. • Between the 1600s and 1900s many Turki language tazkirah manuscripts devoted to stories of local sultans, martyrs and saints were written • Perhaps the most famous and best-loved pieces of modern Uyghur literature are Abdurehim Ötkür's Iz, Oyghanghan Zimin, Zordun Sabir's Anayurt and Ziya Samedi's novels Mayimkhan and Mystery of the years. Yusuf has Hajip and Mahmud Kashgari Recent years writers, and dedicated their whole life for the Uyghur people. They are the famous writers and University professors. Music and Dance • Uyghur people has been known for their vibrant music and ethnic dances since very anciant times. Music and dance occupy a significant place in life of the Uyghurs. There are no holidays, parties and wedding festivities without music and dances. Uighur traditional songs are remarkable for their melodious originality. • The most prestigious and well-known genre of Uyghur music is the Muqam. Uyghur Muqam is a composite of songs, dances, folk and classical music, and characterized by diversity of content, dance styles, musical morphology and instruments used. • Uyghur Muqam can be classitied into four main categories, namely the Twelve Muqam, Dolan Muqam, Turfan Muqam and Qumul Muqam. Among them, Uyghur Twelve Muqam , known as the mother of Music, embodies as a concentranted reflection of the wisdom and talent of the Uyghur People in Music creation. It consists of more than 300 pieces of a total length of over 20 hours. • Folk songs and Muqams are performed to the accompaniment of folk instruments, which the Uyghurs have in a great number. Some of the principal Uyghur musical instruments are Dutar, Tembur, Rawap, Chang, Qalun, Satar, Ghijek, Khushtar, Dap, Naghra, Sunay, Balaman, Ney, and Qowuz. Architecture Crafts Wherever you see the, it all represents Uyghurs. Uyghurs Food Uyghur Education Historically, the education level of Old Uyghur people was higher than the other ethnic groups around them. The Uyghurs became the civil servants of Mongol Empire and Old Uyghur Empires enjoyed a high status in the Mongol empire. In the Islamic era, education may be provided by the mosques and madrassas. In the late nineteenth and early 20th century, school were often located in mosques and madrassah. Mosques ran the informal schools, known as mektep or maktab, attached to the mosque. The maktab provided most of the education and its curriculum was primarily religious and oral. Boys and girls may be taught in separate schools, some of which may also offer modern secular subjects in the early 20th century. In Madrasas, poetry, logic, Arabic grammar, and Islamic law were taught. In the early 20th century, theTurkic Muslims from Russia spread new ideas on education, and popularized the identity of "Turkestani". Uyghurs are the people who really intelligent and hard working. Many Uyghurs are studying abroad for further their study especially in Egypt and Turkey for religious purpose and in America or Europe for academic purpose What is Uyghur Like Now? • Now Uyghur Muslims are being Oppressed by Chinese government and whole purpose of china is to disappear Uyghur Muslims from the earth. • They are not only disappearing Uyghurs culturally but also they are forcing every single Uyghur to deny Allah but only recognize Chinese communist party. This is how its like in the city The state is surveillant with the facial recognition system.No one can be free. CCTV is every where. Uyghurs forced to be like this But now they are forcing to dress modernized clothes which is short and they are being forced like this Uyghur traditional hat is the part of Uyghur’s identity, men’s beard is also their ego ,but now they are being forced to TAKE OFF all All of the men being forced to shave their beard Thousands of mosques theralready e being demolished and rest of the mosques not allowed to enter only playing a role of tourist attraction or museum. The Quran and other Islamic goods including prayer mat are all collected from every family and being burned. Huge change with the Uyghur population and the jamaeh going to the mosque. Every single item related to Islam are collected and burned They even changed the doa, Athan, and tasbih Before the Eid prayer they must raise the Chinese flag first then allowed to pray by the authority (Video) This is the Hui (Chinese) muslim(Video) The mulims are protesting when the Chinese authority come and demolish the mosques, but always ends up with arrest the people and demolish still (Video) He died at the age of 82 in the prison because of the torture. As you can see Uyghurs house are very unique structure but now their house is also being demolishing with the reason of too much Islamic style Uyghurs are being forced to hang up Chinese flag in their living room’s main wall. And on the street everywhere. Before the streets are like this But Now all was changed And the houses are like this , on the main wall they took off all the Islamic items and forced to hang the Chinese flag in every household And the houses are like this , on the main wall they took off all the Islamic items and forced to hang the Chinese flag in every household Uyghurs have thousand of years tea culture and they use to go to the tea house but now they are being forced to drink alcohol As you can see Uyghur dance is famos worldwidly but now their dance is also being forced to be in Chinese style As you can see Uyghurs are also take very important on family gathering but now they have to welcome their new relatives who are Chinese government servants for detecting Uyghur muslims even at their own homes. And eat them together , learn with them together, sleep with them together, even live with them together.