Documents of the Right Word

evolution and paganism portray an alarming scene of savagery
that should be a lesson for all humanity.
DESTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS BOOKS
AND MONUMENTS
In the cities of Bukhara, Semerkand, Kakant, Kazan, Khiva,
Ufa, Baku, Tashkent, Bakhchisarai, Derbent, Timirhan, Kashgar,
Almasta, Tirmi, etc., which had been ornamented with monuments
by the Turks after their embracing Islam and had been turned into
masterpieces of the East by Islamic architecture, the communists
seized all religious works, mainly copies of Qur’ân al-kerîm and
books of Hadîth-i-sherîf, and shamelessly and mercilessly tore,
trampled, and burned them in the streets. Also, after ordering the
people to give the religious, national and historical books they had
been keeping to the State, they confiscated these books and
likewise destroyed them. Meanwhile, some Muslims ran the risk of
life and, instead of giving their books to this murderous and
villainous gang, buried them in chests. In the process of these
events, thousands of religious people who would not hand over
their books were martyred.
OPPRESSION AND PROPAGANDA
AGAINST RELIGION
The pagan communist State, established on the corpses of
millions of innocent people after a heavy blow to religion and the
massacre of men of religion, carried on mainly the following
oppression and propaganda against religion:
1- Teaching religion in schools was prohibited.
2- Praying in mosques and in all kinds of temples was
prohibited.
3- Men of religion were given no place in State affairs.
4- Religious or national education of youngsters in their homes
was strictly prohibited.
5- Systematic propaganda against religion was carried on
through newspapers, magazines, TV and radio broadcasts, and
slanderous plays were performed.
6- It was constantly explained that Allâhu ta’âlâ – may He
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