Muslim Matters, 30 June 2015
By Hena Zuberi – “We are an occupied territory. We know the plights of our Muslim brothers and sisters in Palestine, Kashmir, but why doesn’t the Muslim world know about our struggle?” asks Uyghur diaspora leader from East Turkistan, Anwar Yusuf Turani. He is the founder and prime minister of the East Turkistan Government in Exile. Uyghurs are a Turkic people by race and language, Muslim by religion.
Read More →Reuters, 30 June 2015
Reuters – Turkey told Beijing on Tuesday it was worried over reports Uighur people had been banned from worship and fasting during the holy month of Ramadan in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, the foreign ministry said.
Read More →Radio Free Asia, 30 June 2015
RFA Uyghur Service – Ethnic Ugyhurs who attacked a police post in northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region last week were members of a Muslim family who had become increasingly devout as they struggled for almost 10 years to make a living after losing land to Han Chinese in what they considered an unfair business deal, sources said.
Read More →Today’s Zaman, 30 June 2015
Today’s Zaman – A petition has been launched on www.change.org by a boy named Mehmet Efe as a call upon China and the international community to stop what it calls China’s “apartheid-style” rule in East Turkistan, officially known as the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Read More →Today’s Zaman, 30 June 2015
Today’s Zaman – After 28 people were killed in East Turkestan during the holy month of Ramadan,actors, academics and politicians in Turkey have raised their voices criticizing the Chinese government and calling for the freedom of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Read More →The Globe and Mail, 29 June 2015
By Nathan VanderKlippe – A piece of plywood seals the hand-dug tomb on a hill in Palau. Buried inside is a toddler, a young boy of perhaps four placed with his face toward Mecca.
Read More →OnIslam, 28 June 2015
OnIslam Staff – A leading international Muslim scholars union has criticized China’s apparent ban on fasting the holy month of Ramadan in the Muslim dominant Xinjiang district, urging the Asian country to respect Muslim faith.
