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To lead our nation out of
this desperate situation
FROM ENVER TO DERVISH:(Selam Brother Dervish,)
You brought up a point
which is at heart of every single Uyghur and as far as our present situation
concerned your diagnostic is O.K.
On the other hand,it is again up to us to move away from this
desperate situation and look for alternatives. Ofcourse it would have been the
best if we had a naturally born leader who had the charisma and skills to lead
the Uyghur people, and while we do not have such a leader we must create an
environment for
poosible candidates to prove themselves as to haw to lead us. In the
history therehave been lucky nations
who had such leaders in emergency situations, and there have been others who
found alternative ways. Fortune or unfortune, we Uyghurs at this stage of
history must look for a way O U T ! A simple
alternative is getting organized internationally: Creation
of a international body with participation of as much as possible diaspora
Eastern Turkestani organizations and prominent personalities; election of
a Board either with rotation presidency (collective leadership) or election of
individual, mostly suitable to the position. The first step for it to
succed is that we Uyghurs abroad upheld it, unite under its banner, make
positive and constructive inputs, respect it, see and show the Board as the
supreme organ of Uyghurs. The above is just a simple
example. One could sit down and discuss it in detail and work out somthing
feasible. Most important
is we should not stay idle,outcry, paint everything black, demoralize and
disillusion ourselves and others, but seriously think, participate and look for
a way out of the present miserable situation. Today, we Uyghurs reached
the stage either we fight for exixtance or we will be whiped out. And it is up
to us how to move away from this....I think, if the expression is correct, the
"Know-how" is there, and it will be the Uyghurs to learn how to use the
Know-how, no one else would do it for us. Everything in this world has its
price. We must pay the price ourselves if we want again to be masters of
our motherland. I am
confvinced that If we, at least the Uyghurs abroad: try to
unite under one single international banner; try to put the
interests of the nation above ourselves, if try to put personal differences
aside, if more Uyghurs participate in the cause, if we try financially to
contribute (even less then 10% of our income) to the cause if we ask
every night the question ourselves: what did I do today for my people at home?
If we make positive and constructive inputs to work being
done if we
learn how to appreciate, instead of destuctive and synical critizism,if we
realize that a possible leader is also a human being like the rest of
us finally,
if we really want our homeland back for us
I am sure
there will be: --Many candidates (at least
one of them) to become our leader.Perhaps there are many possible candidates
among us (both at home and abroad) who might have been waiting for the correct
timing or has the charisma and skills, but lack the favourable
environment --A unified political
party if we establish and stay behind it...--Will be a liberation ideology
if work on it and forge one...--Will be
an economic base, first of all we Uyghurs abroad create a Fund (Homeland Fund)
and contribute
to it at least 5% of our income monthly, then ask the mankind for
help... --Will be a proper
representation, first of all, if we create one, recognize it, uphold it,
strenghten it...--Will be the promissed land of Uyghurs, if we are ready to
sacrify ourselves for it, and pay the required price for it. There are enaugh
examles in the history about it. But in every case it was the nominal people
themselves who regained it. --The Uyghurs in the West,
may be few, but not at all politically immature. We are mature, if not
enaugh ,so there
are good possiblities to maturize ourselves... --The Uyghurs in Eastern
Turkestan are depressed and frustrated, but ready for the national
struggle, they wait for the right moment and need ...--Some of the Uyghurs in
Central Asia used to be indifferent, but not anymore. They are looking for their
homeland, they do not know where they belong to. It is the most favorable moment
to organize and mobilize them. They need a supreme body to lead them
towards correct direction…--The Uyghurs in Muslim countries are not different
then the Uyghurs in other countries. They love their motherland at least as much
as others. They also need a leadership to lead them and beneficially use their
financial contribution... --There will be a common
view and collective political action if we sit down and work out and implement
it... --The tragedy the Uyghur
people face today will be beginning of a new era; the era of real national
struggle; the era of
struggle for existence of the Uyghur nation. The only thing we must do is: work
hard, be frank, constructive, get toghether, consult, take decisions and
implement and to look for ways what to do, how to do... --So I think
what we luck( at least those abroad) is not a leader, what we luck is the will,
decisiveness, resolution, steadfastness and action to regain our homeland and to
build the Uyghur nation The above is
what thought laudly. I was encouraged by your couragious outcry. I hope
all this would serve at least for a reflection! I would expect more and more
subtle views from our intellectuals around the world preferribly on what
to do, how to do next! to lead our nation out of this desperate situation and
show them the torch
of hope! With best wishes,/Enver
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