Conservative Religion Comforts Believers but Hides
Catastrophic Inhumanity
Eerie Similarity between Cultures and Epochs so far
Apart
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
I am reading two books in various times of the day. Both are
rare but deep in their implications. Seemingly nothing could
be so different from these two books.
America's Deadliest Export: Democracy by William Blum,
356 pages, Zed books, 2014. I got it as a gift from my dear
friend Salahuddin in Colorado.
Gardens of Purification by Shaikhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah,
728 Hijri, translation from Dar as-Sunnah, En gland, 336
pages.
It is from my dear friend Kwame Madden in New York.
Strangely enough both books reflect on the attitudes of
religious people while great tragic events are taking
place.
Ordinary people in America are very religious. When a dear
one dies, they say, he/she is in a better place. The
government of USA can invade other countries, support brutal
dictators, nothing changes the religious attitude of the
people. The army can bomb other countries, obliterate entire
cities, the people here still remain proud of their country
and their armed forces. Think of Iraq, Afghanistan, drone
attacks on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan
Nothing stirs the conscience of the people.
In the era of Ibn Taymiyya, just before his birth, Baghdad
was devastated. All four Sunni schools of thought were busy
debating each other but could not resist the Mongols. The
vast city was destroyed in 13 days!
Ibn Taymiyya explains that there are two kinds of religion.
One is that of the Sufis and Shias which teaches religion
for its own sake. Pray all day, do Dhikr a thousand times,
stay up all night in laylatul qadr. The Muslim waits for
Ramadan to end so that he/she can go back to feasting.
The Prophet, pbuh. taught a balanced religion so that
Muslims could fight the forces of oppression and
exploitation. What kind of charity we give that poverty
never ends!
Ibn Taymiyya taught that Jihad is central. Pray so that the
ability to stand against overwhelming evil becomes
possible.
Look at the Muslims of America: They don't say a word in
defense of Aafia Siddiqui. The Black community has not been
able to liberate Jamil al-Ameen and Mumia.
In Pakistan, the Brelvi sect is so widespread that the
people could not hold funeral prayers for Osama.
In America there is freedom of expression but a tiny
religious group located in a far away country is in
control.
Pakistan
PTI Government is a complete Failure.
JI Leader Addressed Mass Rally.
Women and Children also Rallied.
by Qaiser Sharif
FAISALABAD: MARCH 12- Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has
said that the PTI government has proved a complete failure
in two and half years and masses felt deceived in the name
of "change".
Addressing a big rally at Faisalabad's Dhobi Ghat ground
here on Friday, he said it had been proven that the PTI like
its predecessors the PML-N and the PPP had also proved
itself the agent of the status quo.
"The system needs to be revamped. People of Pakistan demand
a durable democracy, powerful and independent election
commission and a system based on the true Islamic
values."
Criticizing the election of Senate chairman and deputy
chairman, he said the trading of votes and muk muka politics
had badly damaged the respect of the upper house. He said
the trend of selection in the name of election should end
now. He said the establishment should stay away from the
politics and the politicians should also stop acting as tool
of establishment. He said the political parties strictly
avoid dragging establishment into politics. He said the
so-called three political parties were the product of
establishment and they pretend to be the champion of
democracy only to deceive the masses. He said the nation
started fully recognizing the politics of the self-service
of the PTI and the PDM.
He said the JI was emerging as true voice of the people of
Pakistan because it was staying away from the political
gimmickry of both sides of the so-called political divide.
He appealed to the masses to vote for the JI if they wanted
to resolve their problems and put the country on track. He
said the political elite ruling over the country for decades
did nothing for the betterment of masses instead they raised
their wealth and looted resources of Pakistan. He said
Pakistan was created to lead the Muslim Ummah but the
corrupt rulers shattered the dream of the founding fathers
of the country.
The public meeting in Faisalabad was part of the JI's
ongoing campaign against inflation, unemployment and other
anti-people policies of the government.
A large number of women and children also participated in
the rally.
INDIA
Rebuttal of Newsweek's Attempt to link Muslim "moderates" to
"radicals."
The defamatory piece, titled "COVID Relief Funds Went to
Violent Extremists" and published by Newsweek website on
December 7, 2020, had alleged that IAMC was connected with
the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), an
organization that the Indian Government has banned.
"It is disappointing that Newsweek, once one of America's
best news organizations, chose to publish an allegation of
terrorism against us without first reaching out to us for
comment," Mr. Rasheed Ahmed, Executive Director, IAMC, wrote
to Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Nancy Cooper. "Providing the
opportunity to respond to an allegation — especially
one so grave as to accuse an organization of being linked
with terrorism — is a fundamental principle of
journalism, something that Newsweek has clearly failed to
uphold in this case."
Mr. Ahmed reminded Ms. Cooper that she had herself sought
the same privilege in response to a piece that Columbia
Journalism Review published against Newsweek.
"Your failure to provide us that opportunity is especially
hypocritical considering that you demanded a similar
opportunity when Daniel Tovrov published a detailed report
against Newsweek in Columbia Journalism Review in October
2019," Mr. Ahmed wrote.
"If you deserve an opportunity to set the record straight on
allegations against you, so do we on allegations against us."
Mr. Ahmed added that it was "truly ironic" that while
Newsweek's article criticized IAMC for receiving Covid
relief stimulus worth $1,000, Newsweek itself had faced heat
for receiving a whopping $350,000 of the same relief, in
violation of the stimulus provisions.
Mr. Ahmed said that the allegations against IAMC contained
in the Newsweek article, authored by Sam Westrop of the
Middle East Forum, an Islamophobic organization that has
been repeatedly called out by the Southern Poverty Law
Center, were false.
"We challenge you to provide a single piece of evidence in
support" of the allegation that IAMC was connected with
SIMI, Mr. Ahmed wrote. He added that the claim was based
entirely on a report from the Hindu American Foundation
(HAF), a US-based organization that is "as Islamophobic" as
the MEF.
The HAF is tied to the RSS, the Hindu supremacist
organization to which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and his political party belong. It has continued to support
Mr. Modi despite his government's "massive persecution of
its non-Hindu minorities," Mr. Ahmed wrote.
Mr. Ahmed pointed out that the cofounders of HAF were former
executive council members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of
American (VHPA) which is allied with the Indian Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (World Hindu Council) that has been classified by
the Central Intelligence Agency as a "religious militant"
organization.
"The VHP has also been denounced by Human Rights Watch and
Amnesty International for orchestrating mass violence
against India's Christians and Muslims. In a report on
violence agaisnt women in India, Amnesty wrote that "calls
to rape Muslim girls and women were contained in pamphlets
produced by the VHP and the RSS and distributed in Ahmedabad
months before the violence was started in 2002. The
International General Secretary of VHP called for a new law
that would behead anyone attempting to convert a Hindu," Mr.
Ahmed wrote.
The only claim that HAF report made was that IAMC had hosted
Mohammad Siddiqi, SIMI's founder. But after founding SIMI in
1977 Dr. Siddiqi left it in 1980, 21 years before the Indian
Government banned it, and migrated to the US becoming a US
citizen and retiring in 2015 after 28 years as a tenured
Professor of Journalism and Public Relations at the Western
Illinois University.
"Not once in the 44 years since SIMI was founded in 1977, or
in the nearly two decades since SIMI was banned in 2001, has
any law enforcement agency or prosecution, either in the US
or in India, named Dr. Siddiqi as an accused or as a person
of interest," Mr. Ahmed wrote. "Dr. Siddiqi's name has not
featured as an accused or as being connected, even
indirectly, to SIMI in the court filings India's Government
has submitted for each of the eight times it has banned
SIMI, the last in 2019."
In fact, Dr. Siddiqi had never been accused by police in any
part of India of any crime. As a US citizen of Indian
origin, he had traveled to India multiple times to meet with
his extended family, including after SIMI's ban in 2001, but
not once did Indian law enforcement agencies question
him.
"Not only did Dr. Siddiqi have nothing to do with SIMI, he
criticized it for its turn to extremism. In an interview
headlined "The SIMI I founded was completely different"
published by Rediff, a leading Indian news website, in 2003,
Dr. Siddiqi said he believed that SIMI had been "hijacked by
elements in other countries and other Muslim societies" and
that "some of them at least have become misguided and
radical in their beliefs."
"
CONTACT
Indian American Muslim Council
Twitter: @IAMCouncil
Twitter.com/IAMCouncil
Address: 6321 W Dempster St. Suite 295, Morton Grove, IL 60053.
War News
Afghanistan
March 14, A high ranking Pakistani delegation in Iran
mutually with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister expressed deep
concern over the presence of Islamic State groups in
Afghanistan,
March 13. A car bombing in Herat, targeting a police base
killed 22 and injured 70 including civilians.
Taliban raids in northern Kunduz and Balkh provinces
killed 11 regime troops.
Syria
March 14. Syrians supporting Turkey carried out rocket
attacks on Kurdish Communists in northern Aleppo province in
response to regime attack which killed two civilians.
March 13. An ISIS raid on al-Tabqa airport [al-Raqqa
province ] killed 2 SDF guards.
An RPG attack on SDF headquarters [eastern Deir ez Zor]
caused material damage. [SDF is supported by the US.]
Russian air strikes destroyed ammunition warehouses of the
Islamic group known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in western
Aleppo province.
SDF trops backed by US helicopters killed 6 ISIS fighters in
southern Deir ez Zor.
March 13. SOHR reports 22 Russian air strikes against the
Islamic State fighters in eastern Hama province. {another 25
air strikes hit IS on March 12.]
Assad's troops and Islamic groups exchanged mortar and
machine gun fire in north-western Hama province and southern
Idlib province.
Earlier in the week a Jihad group hit Assad regime's forces
in eastern Idlib province with homemade rockets, killing 3
of Assad's troops and injuring 10.
In Latakia province too regime troops and mujaheddine
exchanged machine gun fire.
In Sahl al-Ghab area of north-west Hama, heavily armed Assad
forces tried to advance but were forced to retreat by an
Islamic group.
Iraq
March 14. The regime is reporting a gunfight with Islamic
State which continued for half an hour in the Mount Sinjar
area. The report says a regime officer was killed in the
fighting but gives no details.
The regime is also reporting infiltration attempts by IS
from Syria into Iraq but both attempts were foiled.
[No details.]
In Dohuk governorate [northern Iraq] an operation by Turkey
against the PKK Communist group is successfully
undergoing,
Also on March 14, Shia demonstrators rallied against the
Shia regime in Najaf. The police opened live fire on the
protestors. Twenty people were wounded.[Shafaq News.]
Myanmer
After the military coup, the public has been rallying on a
huge scale against the coup on a daily basis. It is the 4th
week now, The Buddhist regime is using brute force and
opening direct fire on the crowds.
A conservative death toll puts it at 78 killed and several
hundred injured.
News Within the U.S.
Within New York's Elitist Corruption,
the most Corrupt are used and then Dropped!
by Sis. Aisha
[Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York.]
Friday, March 12th,
NY1 News announced that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R.
Vance Jr. was going to forego any re-election campaign and
retire. He was mentored by staunch Zionist Robert
Morgenthau, who lacked any moral compunction when it came to
the wrongful convictions of innocent Blacks and Latinos.
Although D.A. Vance Jr. wants a pat on the back for,
finally, convicting Hollywood predator Harvey Weinstein, the
#MeToo Movement criticized him for refusing to bring
charges, initially.
D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr. also sabotaged his own rape case
against Dominique Strauss Kahn by leaking insignificant
information about the alleged victim to the media, which
damaged her credibility. Although in spite of Vance's
efforts, a grand jury still indicted Kahn, Vance was able to
get the entire case dismissed!
Cyrus Vance's legacy, as a district attorney, is not as
great as he thinks. Maybe that is why he is retiring. His
office has long been accused of being weak against corrupt
law enforcement officers and sexual predators.
There are nine people who want to become the next Manhattan
District Attorney, including Palestinian-American Tahanie
Aboushi, who is a civil rights attorney running on the
Working Families Party ticket.
In other news, there are new calls from democrats, including
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, for New York State
Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign. Even top Zionist politico
Senator Chuck Schumer has been recommending that Governor
Cuomo resign. A total of six women have come forward
claiming that Governor Cuomo sexually harassed/assaulted
them. He denies touching any of these women
inappropriately.
While his own democratic party is suggesting he resign,
Governor Cuomo refuses to do so until after the
investigation into his conduct is completed by Attorney
General Letitia James.
The two popular ways to bring down powerful men have always
been through illicit sex or questionable financial
practices. Either way, someone or some group has decided
that, just like ex-President Trump, Governor Andrew Cuomo is
now a liability and expendable. In politics, they all love
you until you make them mad. This anger towards Gov. Cuomo
has nothing to do with unwanted advances toward women
because a lot of politicians are guilty of this behavior.
Governor Cuomo has been accused of bullying people and being
an egomaniac. He sees himself as the King of New York and
this imposed lockdown can create that illusion.
These are the types of disagreeable characteristics that
brought down another powerful Italian: Julius Caesar.
(NY1 News & CityandStateNY.com)
Invitation to Think
Women's History Month: Muslim Women
Hajirah (peace be upon her) the Founder of Makkah and the
new Civilization.
Aishah, r.a., the leader of Muslims.
by Imam Ali Siddiqui
She started a New Civilization from scratch in an
uninhabited area, this was not even on the Caravan route! No
oral tradition, no maps, and of course, no google maps. It
was a barren land without any resources called Bakka in
Quran 3:96. Started with a new born child, Ismail, his
mother, an African woman, Hazrat Hajirah (as), and no
resources. Then the land was blessed with water, the people,
and two great prophets of Allah.
The story began with Ibrahim (as) was commanded to migrate
from Ur, the seat of Mesopotamia, with a few selected
members of the family including his nephew Lot. They passed
through Nubia aka Egypt. The Nubian king was impressed by
Ibrahim (as) and offered some presents and a royal lady by
the name of Hagar to him. Ibrahim (as) and Sarah did not
have any child, so when Hagar was presented to Ibrahim (as)
by the king of Nubia (Egypt), Sarah married her to Ibrahim
(as) so that they can have a child. Ibrahim (as) was 85 when
he married young Hagar, Hajirah in Arabic. All of them
earnestly prayed to Allah for righteous progeny.
Allah blessed Ibrahim (as) a son from his second wife,
Hajirah (as), an African woman. While Ismail (as) was still
a baby, Allah commanded to take his new wife and the son
from her, and leave them in a place called Bakka (Quran
3:96). It was a barren place, no vegetation, no water, no
other human being, and it was not even on the Caravan Route.
Ibrahim (as) left his wife, Hajirah (as), and the only son
in Bakka. He prayed to Allah: "Our Lord, certainly, You know
what we keep secret and what we make known. And nothing
whatever is hidden from Allah, whether in the earth or in
the heaven." (Quran 14:38-39)
رَبَّنَا
إِنَّكَ
تَعْلَمُ
مَا
نُخْفِي
وَمَا
نُعْلِنُ
ۗ وَمَا
يَخْفَىٰ
عَلَى
اللَّـهِ
مِن
شَيْءٍ
فِي
الْأَرْض¦ وَلَا فِي
السَّمَاŸِ ﴿٣٨﴾
Ibrahim (as) settled his family at Bakka. Ibrahim (as)
didn't do anything on his own except what is commanded by
Allah. He took Ismael and his mother Hajirah (as) to the
appointed land in the wilderness of Arabia and while
settling them there offered the following prayer:
"Our Lord, I have settled some of my progeny in an
uncultivable valley near Your Sacred House. Our Lord, that
they may observe prayer. So make hearts of human beings
incline towards them and provide them with fruits and that
they may be thankful." (Quran 14:37)
رَّبَّنَ› إِنِّي
أَسْكَنت¥ مِن
ذُرِّيَّžِي
بِوَادٍ
غَيْرِ
ذِي
زَرْعٍ
عِندَ
بَيْتِكَ
الْمُحَر§َمِ
رَبَّنَا
لِيُقِيم¥وا
الصَّلَاَ
فَاجْعَل¨
أَفْئِدًَ مِّنَ
النَّاسِ
تَهْوِي
إِلَيْهِ¥ْ
وَارْزُق¨هُم مِّنَ
الثَّمَر¤اتِ
لَعَلَّه¥مْ
يَشْكُرُ¨نَ ﴿٣٧﴾
First, Hajirah (as), was stunned, being new bride, new
mother of a baby, when she got herself together and got
strength, she finally asked Ibrahim (as): Why are you
leaving us in this place? Ibrahim (as) kept on walking. She
asked him loudly: "Did Allah ask you to do this?" Ibrahim
(as) said "Yes!" without turning around, without stopping,
and he kept making Dua.
Soon, Baby Ismail got thirsty as Hajirah (as) breast milk
started drying up due to lack of water. She ran around, up
and down, and between Mountains looking for Water. Those
mountains are named later: Safa and Marwa. And this running
between Safa and Marwa became the ritual of Hajj. The baby
continued to cry and throwing his legs on the rugged
surface. When Hajirah (as) returned unsuccessful, she sadly
looked at the baby, and she was surprised: the baby was
happy and joyful and water was gushing out under the feet of
the baby.
That water is the gift of Allah called Zam Zam. It took care
Hajirah (as) and baby Ismail and Zillions people pass
through, came for Hajj and the future Hajjis. What a
blessing! This spring shows no signs of drying out.
The presence of water made that rugged and barren land
mountain bloom. The caravans started stopping and Hajirah
(as) and Ismail started taking care of them. Slowly, slowly,
the place "Bakka" became a town founded by Hajirah (as) with
the help of her son Ismail (as). Their sufferings and
sacrifices paid off. Thus the Birth of a New Civilization
began. Eventually, Bakka became Makkah, the center of the
New Civilization. (Allah calls it Makkah first time in Quran
48:24.)
Aishah (ra) the Leader of Muslims
The life of Aishah (ra) is the proof that a woman can be far
more learned than men and that she can be the teacher of
scholars and experts. Her life is also proof that a woman
can exert influence over men and women and provide them with
inspiration and leadership. In her youth, already known for
her striking beauty and her formidable memory, Her life is
also proof that the same woman can be totally feminine with
striking beauty, joy and comfort to her husband. She was
classically educated and trained first by her father, Abu
Bakr (ra) and then by Prophet Muhammad (saw). Her lectures
are studied in faculties of literature, her legal Opinions
(Fatwas) are studied in the colleges of law, her life is
studied and researched by students and scholars of Islamic
History for over a thousand years.
Aishah lived on almost fifty years after the passing away of
Prophet Muhammad (saw). She spent ten years in learning and
acquiring knowledge of Quran and Sunnah from Prophet
Muhammad (saw) himself. Aishah was one of three wives who
survived Prophet Muhammad (saw) including Hafsah (ra) and
Umm Salamah (ra). They have memorized the Revelation of
Quran. Aishah (ra) had her own script of the Quran written.
Aishah (ra) transmitted most Hadith after Abu Hurayrah (ra).
Besides Fiq (Juris-Prudence), Aishah (ra) was proficient in
Medicine, Mathematics, and Poetry She was one of the
greatest scholars and many of the learned companions of the
Prophet and their followers benefitted from Aishah's
knowledge. Abu Musa al-Ashari (ra) once said: "If we, the
companions of the Messenger of God, had any difficulty on a
matter, we asked Aishah (ra) about it." Some sought her
advice concerning questions of Inheritance (Wiratha) which
required a highly skilled Mathematical mind. Islamic
Scholars regarded her as one of the earliest Jurists
(Fuqaha) of Islam along with Umar ibn al-Khattab (ra), Ali
Ibn Talib (ra), and Abdullah ibn Abbas (ra).
Aishah (ra) also stood up against wrong, evil, and injustice
and led an Army of imminent men companions of Prophet
Muhammad (saw) at the Battle of Camel, named after her Camel
she rode on to lead the Army.
Was Salaamu Alaikum, With Peace.
Imam Ali Siddiqui
Director, Muslim Institute - Interfaith Studies &
Understanding, Washington D.C. 20018
Coordinator. Interfaith Dinner Dialogue, Fairfax, VA
Congregation Action Network, Washington D.C.
Researcher/Lecturer, Muslim History Workshop
Muslim Interfaith Liaison; DMV Clergy Social Action; DMV
Hospital/School Chaplain
alisiddiqui.imam@gmail.com
;
707-534-0041
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
Look with the "eyes" of the Heart.
'Assalam Alaikum Wa Rehmath Ullahi Wa Barkatahu'.
'For indeed, it is not Eyes that are blinded, but
blinded are the Hearts that are within the Breasts.'
{Source: Qur'an~Sûrat al-Hajj: 22: A #46}
It is reported that Khâlid b. Ma'dân [Allâh have mercy on
him] said.
There is not a person except he has Four [4] Eyes...!
Two in his Head with which he sees the
matters of this worldly life, and...
Two in his Heart with which he looks to
the matters of the Hereafter... !
So if Allâh wants good for his servant,
He opens his Heart's Eyes... !
and so he perceives what he has been promised
in the unseen world.
Thus he is saved from the unseen punishment
through the unseen reward for the obedient.
~'SALAAMS' TO ALL~
Y a s m i n.
"Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah"
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by Sad, r.a.:
The Prophet visited me at Mecca while I was ill. I said (to
him), "I have property; May I bequeath all my property in
Allah's Cause?" He said, "No." I said, "Half of it?" He
said, "No." I said, "One third of it?" He said, "One-third
(is alright), yet it is still too much, for you'd better
leave your inheritors wealthy than leave them poor, begging
of others. Whatever you spend will be considered a Sadaqa
for you, even the mouthful of food you put in the mouth of
your wife. Anyhow Allah may let you recover, so that some
people may benefit by you and others be harmed by you."
Bukhari Volume 7, Book 64,
Number 266
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Du'as
from Imam Badi Ali
Be Like a River
March 12 and 13
As-slamu alaikum,
In generosity and helping others,
be like a river!
Remember a river doesn't just
carry water, it carries life.
And remember, a river has
many curves but it always
reaches the target.
So be like a river!
And think like a river if you want
to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future
generations!
Ya Allah, accept our good deeds
& acts of sacrifice and giving.
Grant us what is best for us.
Ameen.
Just like the sky opens after a
rainy day, we must be open to our brothers and others.
Learn to love your brothers for
who they are and clear your heart
of any assumptions.
Let the sunshine come through.
May Allah guide us to help one another and to unite us in
this dunya and the Hereafter.
Ameen
Elections in Gaza
Yahya Sinwar won the leadership election in Gaza on March
12. He got 167 votes from the Gaza Shura as opposed to his
rival Nizar Awadallah's 147 votes.
He has spent many years in Israeli prisons and is expected
to be a strong leader against Israeli aggression.
Thosands Protest Strict Health Measures
[Courtesy Yahoo News]
Montreal police say they handed out 144 tickets and made 10
arrests during a protest Saturday against COVID-19 lockdown
measures imposed by the Quebec government.
"From the beginning, we had police officers who intervened,
made arrests and gave out fines for violation of health
measures," said Montreal police spokesperson Manuel Couture.
As protesters moved through the streets they chanted slogans
of "Liberty" and "Legault in prison."
While the march was mostly peaceful, police say some
protesters threw projectiles at officers as the event was
winding down.
Police confirm they used pepper spray to push back and
disperse the small group.
Police say the arrests were made for obstruction, possession
of a firearm, assault and assault on a police officer.
The tickets were handed out to those not wearing a mask at
the demonstration, which drew several thousand people.
Protesters assembled around 12:30 p.m. at the intersection
of McGill College and Sherbrooke Street, not far from the
Montreal office of Premier Francois Legault.
Orders for Destruction of Uighur Muslims came from the
top.
[Courtesy al-Jazeera]
In its Tuesday report, the Newlines Institute for Strategy
and Policy said Chinese President Xi Jinping set in motion
the effort to destroy Uighurs as a group when he launched
the "People's War on Terror" in Xinjiang in 2014.
Newlines said its report was the first independent analysis
of China's treatment of the Uighurs under the 1948
Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide. It involved the contributions of more than 30
experts, who examined all available evidence that could be
collected and verified, including Chinese government
communications, witness testimony and analysis of satellite
imagery.
The experts found "clear and convincing proof that China is
responsible" for committing all five acts that constitute
genocide, the report said.
These acts are: killing members of the group, causing
serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group,
deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to
bring about the group's physical destruction in whole or in
part, imposing measures intended to prevent births and
forcibly transferring children of the group to another
group.
Mass deaths, forcible sterilisations
The report said there were credible reports of mass deaths
under the mass internment drive, while Uighur leaders were
selectively sentenced to death or sentenced to long-term
imprisonment.
"Uyghurs are suffering from systematic torture and cruel,
inhumane, and degrading treatment, including rape, sexual
abuse, and public humiliation, both inside and outside the
camps," it said.
Chinese authorities have also systematically imprisoned
Uighurs in unliveable conditions, particularly men of
childbearing years, while also transferring members of the
ethnic group into forced physical labour and forcibly
imposed birth prevention measures on Uighur women.
In 2019 alone, the Chinese "government planned to subject at
least 80 percent of women of childbearing age in [Xinjiang]
to sterilizations or IUD placements" it said, adding that
the mass-birth prevention strategy meant that the population
growth rates in the two largest Uighur prefectures decreased
by 84 percent between 2015 and 2018.
Finally, with Uighur parents increasingly detained in
internment and forced labour facilities, Uighur children are
being sent to state-run orphanages and raised in
Chinese-language environments, the report said.
One county in the city of Kashgar built 18 new orphanages in
2017 alone, the report said, while a Ministry of Education
document revealed that between 2017 and 2019, the number of
children separated from their families and placed into
state-run boarding schools in the region increased by 76.9
percent.
The report said these policies are directly orchestrated by
the highest levels of state, including Xi and the top
officials of the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang.
Government orders on Xinjiang used language such as
"eradicate tumours" "wipe them out completely ... destroy
them root and branch," "round up everyone," and "show
absolutely no mercy", according to the report.
It said Xi also praised the "success" of the Xinjiang
policies during a September 2020 speech.
