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The public and officials of various ethnicities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have denounced and expressed firm opposition to the signing of the so-called "Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020" by the United States.
Multiple terrorist activities in the past caused a lot of casualties in Xinjiang, and the region took a series of measures against terrorism and extremism. This is in line with both China's laws, and the international community's common wish to fight terrorism, according to members of the public and the officials.
Xinjiang has not seen a single terrorist attack for more than three years, which has optimally guaranteed the rights of subsistence and development of 25 million people of various ethnicities in the region, they said.
"Some U.S. politicians should stop their churlish words and actions, and stop doing things that hurt the feelings of the people in Xinjiang," said Abuduxvker Rehamdulla, vice president of the China Islamic Association and imam of Baida Mosque in Urumqi, the regional capital.
Facts have proven that Xinjiang's fight against terrorism and extremism is an act of justice, supported by people of various ethnicities in the region, and it guarantees people's safety and happiness, Rehamdulla said.
Xinjiang has resolutely tightened prevention measures, and launched strict crackdowns on terrorist forces in accordance with the law. It has protected, to the maximum, the basic human rights of the general public of Xinjiang from the harm of terrorism and extremism, said Iijan Anaghit, deputy head of the united front work department of the regional committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
"These U.S. politicians cared about the so-called 'human rights' with ulterior motives and signed the so-called bill," said Anaghit. "This is obviously an act of supporting the 'three evil forces' and chanting for violent terrorists."
Many people in Xinjiang said that the so-called suppression of ethnic groups and violation of religious freedom confused right and wrong and is an act of deliberate smearing.
Yimiarhasan Mahmut has been an editor at Xinjiang's Tianshan magazine for 22 years. He said that the magazine has many columns that present the literature works of ethnic writers in their ethnic languages.
"The cultures of ethnic groups have always received protection and have prospered," he said. "Where on earth is the so-called suppression of minority groups?"
Abdurehim Islam, with the Bagang Mosque in Urumqi, said that in recent years, the government has provided funds for every mosque to be equipped with air conditioners, television sets and floor heating systems, in addition to adding libraries and shower rooms, which have all protected the legal, religious activities of religious believers.
"I think this bill is a distortion of truth and an obvious attempt to throw mud at the Chinese government," Islam said. "It aims to hurt the bond between the CPC, the government, and the people."
It is an undisputed fact that various ethnic groups in Xinjiang are equal, and religious groups co-exist in harmony, said the members of the public. In fact, it is in the United States where white supremacy has risen, they said. In May, George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, died during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. His death led to large-scale protests.
"Some U.S. politicians ignore their domestic racism, try to distort the truth, and interfere in the internal affairs of China," said Sulayman Islam, an associate professor with the School of Economics of Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics. "They play the 'Xinjiang card' to try to contain China's development."
People of various ethnicities in Xinjiang will resolutely safeguard national unity, ethnic solidarity, and social stability, and any attempt by the United States is doomed to fail, Sulayman Islam said.
