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إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

#Uyghur scholar and author Sheikh Muhammad Qasim Amin al-Turkistani passed away at the age of 93 in Saudi Arabia.

#Uyghurs #SaudiArabia

Born in 1927 in #Kashgar city of East Turkestan. He completed his primary education and then immigrated to Makkah in 1950 where joined Al-Falah schools in Makkah and classes at Masjid al-Haram. He worked in Jeddah Radio & he used to write for Saudi newspapers of Al-Bilad & Okaz.

Sheikh Muhammad dedicated his life to the cause of East Turkestan and translated #Uyghur books into Arabic and Arabic into Uyghur, including:

History of East Turkestan by Muhammad Amin Bagra. (From Uyghur to Arabic)

Greater Turkestan, Its Past and Present

He lived all his life in his modest library in the Al-Kanakari neighborhood in Al-Misfalah, Makkah. The door of his library was open to everyone. He loved his homeland and his only wish was to see #EastTurkestan liberated from the brutal Chinese occupation.

#Uyghurs

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