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Rahima Mahmut

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2023-03-20

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2023-03-20

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1. “So the so-called Xinjiang is geographically in the heart of Central Asia. So the reason we call it East Turkestan, although it also has the political meaning, but also the geographically you have this west Turkistan, the land of the Turks. So the Western Turkestan and where we are is the east of the land of Turkic people.”

   2023-03-20 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 10: Rahima Mahmut: The Uyghur Genocide · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “So weyhurs, we are Turkic people, so we speak Uyghur language, which is almost same as the Uzbek language. And the only difference is the kind of dialect. So the root we call a lot of Turks call us Uyghur Turks. And we believe in Islam as we are Muslim. And East Turkestan or the Chinese government official title Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. And Xinjiang means the new frontier or the new territory, although the Chinese government claim that the Xinjiang is historically part of China, but the name itself gives it away in Xinjiang. So the Us are very different from the Wei that we look and also because of our very different cultural traditions, of course, the language and belief as Muslims”

   2023-03-20 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 10: Rahima Mahmut: The Uyghur Genocide · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source