Most Muslims do not Know what was the greatest achievement
of Usman, r.a., regarding the Qur'an.
[This is where the sectarians stumbled.]
by Dr. Kaukab Siddique
The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet, pbuh, and he recited
it to his Companions, sahaba, r.a., in each case telling
them which verse and which sura followed which. [What the
Prophet, pbuh, transmitted is known as hadith. Thus the
Qur'an was transmitted through hadith of Muhammad,
pbuh..}
The scribes of the Prophet, pbuh, memorized the revelations
and wrote down the revelations on sheets, tablets , palm
branches, bones and other materials available to them. This
connection of memory with writing is unique in human
history.
After the Prophet, pbuh, early in the caliphate of the first
Caliph, Abu Bakr, r.a., many who had memorized the Qur'an
were killed in the battle of Yamamah. Abu Bakr, r.a., was
very concerned by the martyrdom of some of the memorizers.
After consulting with the sahabah, he asked Zayd ibn Thabit,
r.a., to seek out all that had been written and memorized
and collect it on sheets. Zayd, r.a., used to write the
revelations for the Prophet, pbuh and was very much
trusted.
Thus the Qur'an was written down and given to the second
Caliph, Umar, r.,a, who gave the written pages for safe
keeping to his daughter, Hafsah, r.a., the widow of the
Prophet, pbuh. The entire Ummah, including Ali, r.a., agreed
with the written Qur'an before it was given for safe
keeping.
During the caliphate of Usman, r.a., the third caliph, when
Muslim armies from Iraq entered Armenia and Azerbaijan [as
they are called now] they found new Muslims reciting the
Qur'an in a variety of ways which was gradually changing the
meaning and the emphasis.
Sahabah noticed the slanted recitations and brought the
problem to Usman, r.a. The Caliph understood the problem. He
requested Hafsah, r.a., to send him the Qur'an written on
sheets during the time of Abu Bakr, r.a. He then asked four
of the sahaba to copy the Qur'an and sent to original back
to Hafsah, r.a,.
The main point to note here is that Usman, r.a., was not
involved in the writing of the Qur'an but in its recitation.
Three of the sahaba who copied the Qur'an were Qureshi and
recited in the language of the original Qur'an and one was a
non-Qureshi to listen and note. {This is where writers
hostile to Islam stumble. They think Usman, r.a., wrote or
re-wrote the Quran.]
Once the entire ummah of Islam in Madinah agreed to the
recitation, it was written, sent out and recited to the
entire Muslim ummah over the years.
Thus the great achievement of Usman, r.a., was that he made
sure the written script and the recitation were in full
agreement.
May Allah reward Usman, r.a., for the Qur'an today in our
hands and recited around the world.
Referencess
Sahih Bukhari, Kitab fada'il al Quran [English translation.]
Al-Suyuti, Al-itqan fi ulum ul Qur'an. [Urdu translation.]
Al-Qurtubi, al-Jami li Ahkam al-Quran. [English incomplete]
Dr. as-Sallabi, Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq: His life and Times. [English]
Pakistan
JI report
Failure of Imran regime noted.
Murder of Pakistani famiy in Canada part of global Attacks
.
by Qaiser Sharif
LAHORE- JUNE 8: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has said
that every institution including the parliament has
witnessed further decline during the past three years of PTI
rule.
Talking to party workers at Mansoora on Tuesday, he said the
ruling party had lost all its credibility among the masses
after not-fulfilling any one of the promises it made with
the people during the election campaign.
He said the prime minister vowed to strengthen the
accountability drive but the country witnessed rise in
corruption culture during the PTI regime. The government, he
said, had virtually given control of the economy to the IMF
and it was the main reason behind skyrocketing inflation and
unemployment. He said the people believed no relief would be
given to them in the upcoming budget rather the government
was all set to impose heavy taxes on common man. He said
there would another wave of inflation after the budget. He
said the prime minister had not made even a little progress
on his promises to provide jobs to millions of youth and
shelter of five million families. He said the government was
still clueless to run the economy.
The JI chief condemned the killing of four member of a
Pakistani-origin family in Canada and demanded of the west
to take action against the rising trend of Islamophobia. He
said Muslims were the target of terrorism in entire world
and international organizations, west, human rights groups
and other champions were posing a criminal silence on it. He
said the Muslim Ummah should demonstrate unity among its
ranks to cope with the challenge.
Karachi's Bahria Town Attacked by provincialist groups.
New Trend reports summarizing Pakistani media
Crowds of "protestors" arrived from the interior of Sindh
province and attacked one of the most highly developed
areas of Karachi known as Bahria town.
They set fires, damaged property on a big scale and shouted
ethnic slogans and anti-Pakistan chants.
There should be investigation of this attack. Sindhis have
become a minority in Sindh owing to massive immigration
into Karachi from various provinces and refugees from
India.
Police seemed to be helpless as the damage was done. PPP,
a party of landlords, rules Sindh. It is very muddled in
its
religious thinking and often just follows what big land
owners say.
War News
Afghanistan
Latest news. June 13.
Four districts in 4 provinces have fallen to the
Taliban.
Heavy clashes are reported in 9 districts in eastern and
south eastern zones of the country.
In Gardez city, capital of Paktia province, 42 regime
militia surrendered to the Taliban,
Syria
June 12. Heavy artillery from joint Kurdish and Assad troops
hit the town of Afrin in northern Aleppo province killing
21, mostly civilians, including children, and wounding 23.
Turkey retaliated with artillery strikes on numerous Kurdish
communist positions. Details not available.
Assad regime's artillery also hit Jabal al-Zawiyah on the
Irbid border followed by a Russian air strike killing
several pro-Turkey Syrian fighters.
Earlier in the week, SOHR reported a surprise attack by
Islamic State raiders in the Mayadeen desert eastern Deir ez
Zor, killing 23 Assad regime troops including a Brigadier
General, Russia launched 40 air strikes to stop the Islamic
State advance. Three IS were killed.
In another IS attack, this time in eastern Homs province,
three Assad officers were killed.
In north eastern Latakia, Assad forces exchanged heavy fire
with an Islamic group known Fath al-Mubeen.
SDF searching for IS sleeper cells killed three IS
fighters.
Iraq
June 12
The Baghdad regime supported by the US launched military
operations against IS in the rural areas of Diyala
province
The regime has sent forces to seal the border with Syria to
stop IS infioltration.
Attempts by pro-Iran groups to hit American base al-Balad.
No losses. Three drones tried to hit US assets in Baghdad
but missed.
Nigeria
[June 11]
Military Bases and towns overrun by Islamic Groups.
[BBC]
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that he
has failed to end insecurity in the country, a promise he
made when he was elected in 2015.
In a TV address, he said the fight against Islamist
militants in the north had had the unintended consequence of
spreading violence to other areas.
Mr Buhari extended his "heartfelt condolences" to families
of victims.
The Boko Haram Islamist group, which began its insurgency in
2009, has stepped up attacks in recent months.
After his election in 2015, President Buhari said the group
had been "technically defeated" by an army offensive.
But there have been dozens of attacks in the north-east
since the start of the year, and a number of military bases
as well as towns have been overrun by the militants.
Weapons, food and medicines have also been looted.
Mali
[West Africa]
France facing Defeat [Expressed in non-Muslim language]
[June 11]
France to scale down West Africa military operations
France has 5,100 troops in the Sahel region
France is to scale down counter-terrorism operations in the
Sahel region of West Africa after eight years, President
Emmanuel Macron has said.
The existing 5,100-strong task force will be incorporated
into a broader international mission, he announced.
French forces have been operating in Mali, Chad, Mauritania,
Niger, and Burkina Faso to fight militants.
Last week, France paused operations in Mali following a
military coup.
Militants linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS)
group have strengthened their grip on the region, which has
become a front line in the war against Islamist
extremism.
It is also a major transit route for illegal drugs, weapons
and jihadists.
"We will keep a counter-terrorism pillar with special forces
with several hundred forces... and there will be a second
pillar that will be co-operation, and which we will
reinforce," Mr Macron said during a press conference on
Thursday.
He said those left in the region would work with other
European nations as part of the Takuba Task Force which is
fighting militants in the Sahel alongside the armies of Mali
and Nigeria.
News Within the U.S.
Inner Turmolil of Male Sexual Assault Victims
by Sis. Aisha
[Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York]
Coach Bo Schembechler was a legendary football coach at the
University of Michigan. He coached the Wolverines from
1969-1989. Unfortunately, during his tenure, Dr. Robert
Anderson handled the examinations of many student-athletes.
Dr. Anderson was employed as the university team physician
from 1968-2003. Bo Schembechler passed away in 2006 and Dr.
Anderson in 2008. And, what is surfacing about them has
tarnished the legacies of both Bo Schembechler and the
University of Michigan.
Beginning in 2018, hundreds of University of Michigan
student-athletes came forward to publicly reveal that they
were sexually abused by Dr. Robert Anderson throughout his
time there. WilmerHale, LLP is a legal firm that was hired
to further investigate these allegations and discovered that
accusers had reported incidents against Dr. Anderson
throughout his career to coaches and other school staff with
no action taken. In one instance, a student went to the
police but, there is no record of any official report of the
incident.
Dr. Anderson was so well-known for his unnecessary exams of
male private parts that student-athletes nicknamed him "Dr.
Glove" or "Dr. Drop Your Drawers." One victim stated that it
did not matter what the reason was for seeing the doctor, he
would always require a urological examination. He also
provided assistance in exchange for sexual favors. For
instance, during the Vietnam War, he would send letters to
draft boards claiming students were homosexual, thereby
helping them avoid the draft.
On June 10th, a special press conference was held where more
victims of Dr. Robert Anderson came forward. It was at this
press conference that Bo Schembechler's own son, Matt
Schembechler, came forward to reveal that when he was ten
years old he told his father that Dr. Anderson touched him
inappropriately, during a physical exam. According to Matt
Schembechler, his father's response was to punch him clear
across the room, as well as get physical with his mother,
Millie, who complained to the school. Matt said that Dr.
Anderson was terminated as a result of his mother's
complaint but that his father intervened and got Dr.
Anderson reinstated!
Another student reported a similar incident of unwanted
touching by Dr. Anderson to Coach Bo Schembechler, who told
the student to "toughen up." Sexual assaults or sexual
humiliation has always been a way of one person
demonstrating power over another. Most Americans still blame
the victim for not accepting the assault and moving on in
silent defeat. The American point of view, especially the
media, still identifies with the oppressor, not the victim.
Supposedly, the shame is in being the victim.
Matt stated that his relationship with his father was
forever strained after the mishandling of this incident.
Unsupportive parents under these circumstances are not that
rare. Shame, embarrassment, and powerlessness are common but
weak reasons for families not supporting victims. It could
also be that the truth is just too difficult and ugly to
confront.
Silent victims of sexual or racial violence are applauded,
especially by their victimizers. Their resiliency may be
commended for accepting their oppression, at the hands of an
individual or society, without "complaining about it." But,
those who speak out against evil of any kind are censured
and/or publicly humiliated. They are perceived as
troublemakers.
The authentic hadith tells us that stopping evil with our
hands or mouths is the strongest demonstration of faith in
Allah although, it is certainly not easy!
These boys and young men came forward and spoke up,
beginning in the 1960s, which was a time when it was taboo
for a male to reveal that he was victimized sexually. It
still is now, although some older victims at the June 10th
press conference stated that they felt better revealing
their ordeal because society's attitude is improving for
sexual assault victims. The hope for these men is that
publicly coming forward will stop students from being preyed
upon sexually and will encourage them to speak up.
Many of these men at the June 10th press conference were
very successful, careerwise. However, as a result of the
abuse suffered at the hands of Dr. Robert Anderson, many of
them have found romantic relationships with women difficult.
Some of these victims blame their intimacy issues and
multiple marriages on the sexual abuse they suffered as
students.
From the Catholic Church, Boarding Schools, reformatories to
large universities, these institutions have always looked to
protect guilty sexual predators just to avoid a public
scandal. Unfortunately, Penn State's Sandusky Scandal is not
the only sex scandal to taint a college sports program. But,
Jerry Sandusky is alive and serving 30 to 60 years for
sexually abusing young boys. I suspect that there are many
more student-athletes, especially males, who are silent
sexual assault victims, in colleges across America.
I am hopeful that more victims will come forward, sooner,
rather than later, and while the abuser can still face
serious repercussions for his or her actions.
(Source: Yahoo.com & FreeP.com)
Opinion
Africa is resisting but UN is Supporting LGBTQ.
{Muslims Beware. This is coming to you.]
See how non-Muslims write about it.
LGBT activists arrested in Ghana win bail
A group of 21 lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and
gender-diverse activists who were arrested last month while
attending a conference in southern Ghana have been granted
bail.
They are charged with "unlawful assembly", and at the time
of their arrest were accused by police of sharing books and
flyers with titles including "Coming out" and "All about
Trans".
Human Rights Watch said in 2018 that queer Ghanaians "suffer
widespread discrimination and abuse both in public and in
family settings".
There is no law in Ghana that says being LGBT is illegal,
but same-sex relationships are criminalised.
Last week the UN called for the group's immediate release,
saying "all evidence available points to the fact that they
were detained while they were peacefully exercising their
rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and
association."
The group' previous bail application had been denied. Their
case will now be heard at a later date, Citi Newsroom
reports
Invitation to Think
Historian David Irving was the Target of a unique Censorship Scandal.
THE FAMOUS New York firm of publishers, St Martin's Press,
which had previously published several books by David Irving
and requested him to provide jacket-puffs to promote the
works of their other authors, contracted to publish his
biography Goebbels. Mastermind of the Third Reich in April
1996.
SMP came under savage assault from the Anti-Defamation
League [ADL] from February 1996, and their chairman Tom
McCormack, who had visited Irving in London and dined with
him over the previous years, suddenly became A Denier. SMP
dumped the book, the product of eight years' research, in an
unprecedented action of jibbering, craven, panic. It did not
save McCormack; he resigned six weeks later.
' Bismillahir Rehmanir Raheem'
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'Assalam Alaikum Wa Rehmath Ullahi Wa Barkatahu'.
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*PROPHET* ﷺ ~ said...
'Three {3}Things that I swear to be True are ---
A man's property does not become less on account of
(giving) Charity !
That when a man is wronged
and bears it Patiently,
ALLAH will give him great honor
on that account...
and --- ?
When a man begs (without dire need)
ALLAH opens for him a door
towards Poverty'.
[ Source: Al-Tirmidhi- Hadith # 1397. ]
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Allah (Most High) says in the 'Qur'an'---
'Help you, one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa
( Virtue, Righteousness & Piety )
but do not help one another in Sin and Transgression.'
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[Source~ 'Qur'an' ~Surat al-Maaidah (5)~ A # 2]
Y a s m i n.
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"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide {Forever}
the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor"
{'Qur'an'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
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I Want to Die With my Forehead on the Ground!
The Sunnah in my Heart, Allah on my Mind,
Qur'an on my Tongue, and Tears in my Eyes!
('In Shaa Allah'! 'Aameen' )
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' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days,
whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.
{Al-Hasan Al-Basree (r) }
Hadith of the Week
Speak-up When You Should Concerning Allah.
Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri, r.a., reported: The Messenger of
Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Let not one
of you belittle himself" They said, "O Messenger of Allah,
how can any one of us belittle himself?"
The Prophet said: "He finds a matter regarding Allah about
which he should speak up but he does not. Allah the Exalted
will say to him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented
you from speaking up about such a matter? He will say: It
was out of fear of the people. Allah will say: Rather, it is
I who deserved to be feared".
Source: Sunan Ibn Majah 4008
Thank you for such valuable books.
Dr. Kaukab Siddique received this great book from his
daughter as a birthday present:
The Mauritanian by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
412 pages
about an African who spent 14 years in GTMO prison. Earlier
the US sent him to be tortured in Jordan.
Also a gift from Br. Salahuddin:
America's Deadliest Export:
DEMOCRACY.
by William Blum.
356 pages.
A stunning book about US foreign policy. Very bold. He even
quotes Shaykh Osama.
Thanks to other friends too who have been exchanging books
with me.
Du'a and Message
from Imam Badi Ali
Patience [Sabr]
.
As-slamu alaikum,
In life, no matter the circumstances you face, face them
with a smile because these are written by Allah.
Every hardship is a gift from Allah and should be cherished
with patience because you do not know what reward is in
store for you.
Sabr is precious; Allah is with you when sabr is in you.
Don't lose Sabr. Sabr is bitter but its fruit is sweet.
Oh Allah, grant us patience when things don't go our way.
Ameen.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen
is calling for a Shoora conference on Masjid al-Aqsa and
Zionist influence in America.
If you have suggestions write to:
ksidd37398@aol.com
CBCCBC
Montreal vigil honours Muslim family slain in Ontario while
calling for end to hate
Wed., June 9, 2021, 9:57 p.m.·
About 100 people gathered in downtown Montreal on Wednesday
to pay tribute to the family killed in the recent vehicle
attack in London, Ont. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press -
image credit)
About 100 people gathered in downtown Montreal on Wednesday
to pay tribute to the family killed in the recent vehicle
attack in London, Ont. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press -
image credit)
When Ehab Lotayef first heard that a motorist had run over a
Muslim family in London, Ont., he hoped the reports that it
was a deliberate act weren't true. But as more details were
released and the story developed, so too did his sorrow.
"I really felt sad — not only for the Muslim
community, not only for the victims — but for us as a
society, as a country," said Lotayef.
Lotayef was one of the organizers of a vigil in Montreal on
Wednesday evening that drew more than 100 people, all paying
tribute to the victims while also calling for an end to
anti-Muslim hate and violence.
The vehicle attack on Sunday killed four members of one
family and left a nine-year-old boy severely injured. Police
have said they believe it was premeditated and motivated by hate.
For many Canadians, the incident stirred up memories of the
2017 mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque that left six
dead and five injured.
'Today more than ever, we must all show our solidarity
against hatred in all its manifestations and against
Islamophobia,' said a joint statement issued by the event's
organizers.
'Today more than ever, we must all show our solidarity
against hatred in all its manifestations and against
Islamophobia,' said a joint statement issued by the event's
organizers.(Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
At that time, Lotayef said, the mosque attack was seen as an
isolated incident.
"We convinced ourselves that this is a one-off; we convinced
ourselves that we are a better society than that," he
said.
"What happened in London, Ont., now shows us that this is
really not the case — that there's really something
that threatens us all, that threatens the peace."
The tragedy also shows that anybody can commit a violent or
hateful act at any time, he said, calling the thought "very
frightening."
Solidarity against hatred, Islamophobia
Several advocacy groups — ranging from the National
Council of Canadian Muslims to the Citizens' Rights Movement
— were involved in organizing the vigil at Place des
Arts in downtown Montreal, where people gathered and held
signs that read things like, "Love For All, Hatred For
None."
"Today more than ever, we must all show our solidarity
against hatred in all its manifestations and against
Islamophobia," said a joint statement issued to promote the
event..
China & Helpless Muslims
Intent Behind Birth Control Policies.
[Daiy Sabah. Turkey, June7]
{via Dr. Firoz Kamal]
China is deliberately pursuing birth control policies to
cause a reduction of 2.6 million to 4.5 million births among
Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in southern
Xinjiang within 20 years, representing up to a third of the
estimated minority in the region, according to a new
analysis by the German researcher.
The report, shared exclusively with Reuters ahead of
publication, also includes a previously unreported cache of
research produced by Chinese academics and officials on
Beijing's intent behind the birth control policies in
Xinjiang, where official data shows birth rates have already
dropped by 48.7% between 2017 and 2019.
Adrian Zenz's research comes amid growing calls among some
Western countries for an investigation into whether China's
actions in Xinjiang amount to genocide, a charge Beijing
vehemently denies.
Zenz's research is the first such peer-reviewed analysis of
the long-term population impact of Beijing's multi-year
crackdown in the western region. Rights groups, researchers
and some residents say the policies include newly enforced
birth limits on Uyghur and other mainly Muslim ethnic
minorities, the transfers of workers to other regions and
the internment of an estimated 1 million Uyghurs and other
ethnic minorities in a network of camps.
"This (research and analysis) really shows the intent behind
the Chinese government's long-term plan for the Uyghur
population," Zenz told Reuters. The Chinese government has
not made public any official target for reducing the
proportion of Uyghur and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
But based on analysis of official birth data, demographic
projections and ethnic ratios proposed by Chinese academics
and officials, Zenz estimates Beijing's policies could
increase the predominant Han Chinese population in southern
Xinjiang to around 25% from 8.4% currently. "This goal is
only achievable if they do what they have been doing, which
is drastically suppressing (Uyghur) birth rates," Zenz said.
China has previously said the current drop in ethnic
minority birth rates is due to the full implementation of
the region's existing birth quotas as well as development
factors, including an increase in per capita income and
wider access to family planning services.
"The so-called 'genocide' in Xinjiang is pure nonsense,"
China's Foreign Ministry told Reuters in a statement. "It is
a manifestation of the ulterior motives of anti-China forces
in the United States and the West and the manifestation of
those who suffer from Sinophobia."
Official data showing the decrease in Xinjiang birth rates
between 2017 and 2019 "does not reflect the true situation"
and Uyghur birth rates remain higher than Han ethnic people
in Xinjiang, the ministry added.
The new research compares a population projection done by
Xinjiang-based researchers for the government-run Chinese
Academy of Sciences based on data predating the crackdown,
to official data on birth-rates and what Beijing describes
as "population optimization" measures for Xinjiang's ethnic
minorities introduced since 2017. It found the population of
ethnic minorities in Uyghur-dominated southern Xinjiang
would reach between 8.6-10.5 million by 2040 under the new
birth prevention policies.
That compares to 13.14 million projected by Chinese
researchers using data pre-dating the implemented birth
policies and a current population of around 9.47 million.
Zenz, an independent researcher with the Victims of
Communism Memorial Foundation, a bipartisan non-profit,
based in Washington. He has previously been condemned by
Beijing for his research which has been critical of China's
policies on detaining Uyghurs, mass labor transfers and
birth reduction in Xinjiang.
China's foreign ministry has accused Zenz of "misleading"
people with data and, in response to Reuters' questions,
said "his lies aren't worth refuting." Zenz's research was
accepted for publication by the Central Asian Survey, a
quarterly academic journal, after peer review on June 3.
Reuters shared the research and methodology with more than a
dozen experts in population analysis, birth prevention
policies and international human rights law, who said the
analysis and conclusions were sound. Some of the experts
cautioned that demographic projections over a period of
decades can be affected by unforeseen factors.
The Xinjiang government has not publicly set official ethnic
quota or population size goals for ethnic populations in
Southern Xinjiang, and quotas used in the analysis are based
on proposed figures from Chinese officials and
academics.
'End Uyghur dominance'
The move to prevent births among Uyghur and other minorities
is in sharp contrast with China's wider birth policies. Last
week, Beijing announced married couples can have three
children, up from two, the largest such policy shift since
the one child policy was scrapped in 2016 in response to
China's rapidly ageing population. The announcement
contained no reference to any specific ethnic groups.
Before then, measures officially limited the country's
majority Han ethnic group and minority groups including
Uyghur to two children - three in rural areas. However,
Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities had historically been
partially excluded from those birth limits as part of
preferential policies designed to benefit the minority
communities.
Some residents, researchers and rights groups say the newly
enforced rules now disproportionately impact Islamic
minorities, who face detention for exceeding birth quotas,
rather than fines as elsewhere in China.
In a Communist Party record leaked in 2020, also reported by
Zenz, a re-education camp in southern Xinjiang's Karakax
county listed birth violations as the reason for internment
in 149 cases out of 484 detailed in the list. China has
called the list a "fabrication".
Birth quotas for ethnic minorities have become strictly
enforced in Xinjiang since 2017, including though the
separation of married couples, and the use of sterilization
procedures, intrauterine devices (IUDs) and abortions, three
Uyghur people and one health official inside Xinjiang told
Reuters.
Two of the Uyghur people said they had direct family members
who were detained for having too many children. Reuters
could not independently verify the detentions. "It is not up
to choice," said the official, based in southern Xinjiang,
who asked not to be named because they fear reprisals from
the local government.
"All Uyghurs must comply... it is an urgent task." The
Xinjiang government did not respond to a request for comment
about whether birth limits are more strictly enforced
against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. Xinjiang
officials have previously said all procedures are voluntary.
Still, in parts of Xinjiang, where Uyghurs are the majority
ethnic group, birth rates dropped 50.1% in 2019, for
example, compared to a 19.7% drop in majority ethnic Han
counties, according to official data compiled by Zenz.
Zenz's report says analyses published by state-funded
academics and officials between 2014 and 2020 show the
strict implementation of the policies are driven by national
security concerns and are motivated by a desire to dilute
the Uyghur population, increase Han migration and boost
loyalty to the ruling Communist Party. For example, 15
documents created by state-funded academics and officials
showcased in the Zenz report include comments from Xinjiang
officials and state-affiliated academics referencing the
need to increase the proportion of Han residents and
decrease the ratio of Uyghurs or described the high
concentration of Uyghurs as a threat to social stability.
"The problem in southern Xinjiang is mainly the unbalanced
population structure ... the proportion of the Han
population is too low," Liu Yilei, an academic and the
deputy secretary-general of the Communist Party committee of
the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a government
body with administrative authority in the region. Liu was
speaking at a July 2020 symposium, published on the Xinjiang
University website. Xinjiang must "end the dominance of the
Uyghur group," said Liao Zhaoyu, dean of the institute of
frontier history and geography at Xinjiang's Tarim
University in 2015, shortly before the birth policies and
broader internment program were enforced in full. The
foreign ministry did not comment on their remarks, or on the
intent behind the policies.
Intent to destroy?
Zenz and other experts point to the 1948 Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which
lists birth prevention targeting an ethnic group as an act
that could qualify as genocide.
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