We present the translation of the documentary entitled “Rejected by the
Motherland” broadcasted via “Uzbekistan” TV channel two years ago. This film
shows the attitude of the Karimov regime to political refugees. Following the
deportation order against a group of the Uzbek citizens from Norway in 2014,
this film became very relevant. The film helps to understand why Uzbek
authorities use lies against those who seek international humanitarian protection
and why they are portrayed as “traitors of the Motherland”; why those who
communicate with the “traitors” are imprisoned and the family members of are
forced to give evidence against their loved ones who criticise the regime.
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| Film "VATANGADO" (translates as Rejected by the Motherland) |
When talking about present day of Uzbekistan, development of a secular
state, largest economic projects by new production capacity and incomparable
creativeness present themselves before one’s eyes. Such large-scale cooperation
merits unparalleled political significance, since any company or financial
institution, if included in any project, first brings thoughts about its
perspectives in the future and the firm belief in the future. This is a
recognition that we are on the right path. In fact, when the whole world and
even the most developed countries are swallowed by the economic crisis and the
worsening of their financial and economic situation, the growth rate of the
economy of Uzbekistan, for several years now, is as high as 8% and it is the
highest growth rate in the world. If you look carefully, in recent years, our
government has been hosting large scale international forums in the fields of
economics, finance, education, medicine, and other fields. This demonstrates,
once again, that we have carried out extensive work in these areas and they are
recognised by the world community.
However, it is wrong to think that all these huge changes and
developments taking place in our country, bring pleasure and delight to
everyone’s eyes.
There are some evil-eyed people who hate our successes and are ready at
any moment to destroy our calm and peaceful life. Unfortunately, there are such
dark forces, people with villainous intentions, a group of people hiding behind
the faith groups, political purposes, which ignore all creative activities
taking place in Uzbekistan.
At the same time, without any specific strategic plans, or certainty of
beliefs and goals, based on their own understanding and scattered, individual
reflection, they ultimately try to put forward ideas that lead to the decline
and degradation, which in essence is a terror. To this end, if necessary, they
do not shy away from spilling blood, organising terror, poisoning brain washing,
going against the people, against their parents; dissemination of all sorts of
wrong and untrue statement become the main instrument in the exercise of their
vulgar ideas and plans.
On the screen: «So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you
will be superior if you are [true] believers» (Surat 'Ali `Imran [139] - the
Noble Qur'an)
Those day labourers and hired-labourers escape their homeland in order
to betray it and wander in foreign countries, soaking up the side of those
countries and forces that have ulterior motives in our regions, turn into their
instrument, pour water in their mills. Inspired by these forces, they actively lead
group which operate in interests of these wanderers, trying to combine the
traitours goals, they put forward the idea of quarrelsome and sow discord. These
groups consist of criminals, disguised under the guise of political and
religious ideas, they set themselves the ultimate goal - the conquest of power
by the analysis of the socio-political situation of the country and implementation
of hostile ideas which create an unhealthy environment with the help of people
who have committed crimes and flee abroad.
What type of people claim leadership and who joined this movement? When
we introduce clarity on this issue, then we will have a clear idea about the
real purpose of these crowds and flocks.
Take, for example, Muhammdsolikh Matyakubovich Adutov. He was born on 27
May 1969 in the Turtkul District of the Republic of Karakalpakistan. Between
1990 and1995 he came under influence of “Jihad” teachings. In 1996, he was
sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment on several criminal charges. Following his
release, he initially moved to Kazakhstan, then to the Russian Federation, and
finally to Europe, where, in Sweden he claimed and was granted asylum.
Who is Muhammadsolikh Abutov? Why was he sentenced and why does he live
abroad, what does he do there? Who is in realty this character? This can be elicited
from his personality, the crimes he carried out, moral of his behaviour and
other indicators, because while abroad, he manages those who consider
themselves opponents.
Jumaboy Matyakubov (Chief Imam-Khatib of the Beruniy District): «He did not study well,
tried to enrol in higher education, but could not. He was rejected first by the
Msocow, then the Leningrad and later the Tashkent Universities. Unlucky
Muhammadsolikh in 1990-91 was educated in little chambers of illegal madrassas.
In the process of this training, his mind was poisoned by corrupt political
ideas. In general, he turns into a completely different person, with changing
beliefs, behaviour and ideology».
Saidkamol Abutov, (prisoner, Muhammadsalikh Abutov’s brother): «When I arrived, my father's
words were not really true, what we have been taught, was also not correct. In
fact, religion is different thing, we have to live by Islamic law, his thoughts
and views changed. When I left, he was not this kind of person, he was a normal
person. At the time, there was his temper, easily excitability, some peculiar
requirements, simply, he had different views.
Muhammadsolikh returned home with such changes; he began to spread and
infiltrate the idea he learned from his mentors among relatives, peers, even to
the chief imam khatib of the area mosque. Muhammadsolikh armed himself with inhuman
ideas that to achieve one’s goals, as well as any other dogma, one can resort
to any immorality and promiscuity, and in this way one can be justified to
betray his parents and relatives.
Jumaboy Matyakubov (Chief Imam-Khatib of the Beruniy District): “Salikh had an uncle, who approached
me saying, «Master, please, give instruction to my nephew, because of his behaviour
we can no longer live among the people. We went to see him; he sat alone in the
mosque, which was built by Alamlihuzha. After greetings his brother said - Hey
brother, why cannot you walk straight and honest path that our fathers and
grandfathers followed. Because of your behaviour we are ashamed to walk with
your head held upright. He suddenly said in a rude tone, - I did not call you
here, and do not need your advice, do not teach me wits, get up and walk away
from here.
Then I replied to him, - Hey, brother I do not think this is the right
response, why are you so rude? Do you thing the way you are behaving is right?
Both of your parents are elderly and your father is sick. Should you not get a
job, earn your living and help your parents and children as a pious Muslim.
Should you not be ashamed of sitting here and waiting for someone to bring you
a couple of pieces of bread and go hungry if no one brings them? Then, the man
replied to me that he does not have such parents. I asked why he claims not to
have parents, did they not bring him to this world? He replied, - they brought
me to this world but I do not consider them to be my parents because they are
not Muslims, they are mushrik, they are infidels”.
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| VATANGADO (Rejected by theMotherland) |
When I walked away, he came up to me and asked:
- Is a mosque house of Allah?
- Of course, all mosques are houses of Allah.
- the house of Allah should remain open during all the 24 hours
- Of course, equally to everyone.
- Then we request that it stays open during all of the 24 hours.
- You have to provide for us to access as and when we would like to come.
- Ok, we shall grant such access and conditions. What will you get up to
when you are here?
- This is none of your business. We are not accountable to you in our
conduct.
- Then I have to reject your request.
Then he said that on the Judgement Day he will have a claim against me
in front of Allah because I forced him out from the house of Allah, and he
left.
They were angry with me. They found a room in a house and began to meet
regularly. I infiltrated my man for observation and asked him what they were
getting up to all night? He told me that they were practicing martial arts,
sambo, fighting, karate, then fall asleep and did not even get up for the
morning prayer.
As he wrote in his memoirs, he wanted to frighten or to avenge the Imam
Khatib, who was very much afraid of changes, who does not want to follow in his
path and offers resistance to his ideas.
Jumaboy Matyakubov: “In 1996 the month of Ramadan, I went gathering for iftar [evening
meal during the Muslim fast], I lead a Tarawih [extra prayers performed by
Sunni Muslims at night in the Islamic month of Ramadan] and after Tarawih
returned home late and my wife said that I had a lot of calls. 20-30 times
asking where I was when shall I return. They wanted to know the time of return
home. After returning home, I went to bed to rest until saharlik (a meal before
dawn, during the Muslim fasting) and heard a loud rumble, ran out to the
courtyard and saw that the gates of the house were burning. What they did was
to take a bundle of cotton, poured gasoline over it and set fire to the upper
part of the gate. Inside, there was a car of "Volga -21" model.
Gasoline reached the car. Neighbors came out quickly and helped put out the
fire.
In 1996, by the decision of the court Muhammad Abutov was sentenced to 7
years of imprisonmen for these actions. Did his criminal acts, or the
machinations end there and during the period of his sentence he became a better
person reaching right conclusions? There is a saying «if a good person turns bad
- believe it and do not believe, if bad person turns good.” For, our "hero"
yet again proved it to be true”.
Saidkamol Abutov (prisoner, a
brother of Muhammadsalikh Abutov): In 2004, after his release he worked on the road-surface-coating
plant, and after 3 months left for Kazakhstan to work. He used to bring disks from
Kazakhstan containing Abduvali Domla’s lectures/preaching and multiply them. The
same way, he went there, to bring books and printed them with the guys using a
computer and disseminated this literate. In addition, during the period of his detention
in 2000, he creates an illegal religious group entitled "Ahly Tavbad"
and supervised its activities.
One of the pupils of this group Oltiboy Khakberdiyev (title) his name is
Saxtus (prisoner) later, following the Muhammadsolikh’s instructions crosses
the border to Afghanistan illegally and gets training in guerrilla camps. On
his return, he gets arrested by the authorities when attempting to blow-up a
German military base located in the Termez city of the Surkhandarya region.
After the authorities uncovered this misdeed by Muhammadsolikh Abutov, he left
initially for Kazakstan and then to Russia. We shall come back to where he went
next, but, for now, let us draw your attention to the family situation of
Abutov. If you paid attention, one could notice that from early childhood
Muhmmadsolikh Abutov had an unlucky life. He could not find his place in the
society, neither by this study nor by this work or by any other medium for that
matter. The same can be said about his position in his family.
Saidkamol Abutov (prisoner, a
brother of Muhammadsalikh Abutov): While still at the school, he
(Muhammadsalikh Abutov) married a girl named Mukhayo, he kidnapped her at the
age of 16 or 17. They lived together for no more than 2-3 months. When he put
her under pressure demanding that she lived according to Sharia, she escaped.
He demanded respect not only from his wife but from her brothers too. He often
argued and demanded the Sharia law to be followed.
Saidkamol Abutov, continues: I often had
arguments with my younger brother on the subject that my wife was not wearing a
head-scarf. In one of such arguments he threatened that there will be
bloodshed. I replied so be it. In one of the arguments, he took a heavy mixing
tool from the kitchen and hit me on my head 4 times. I do not remember what
happened next. When I recovered I left escaped the home. I told my father that
I cannot live with him under the same roof anymore. I asked for his blessing
and explained that I cannot live in arguments continuously”.
Long story short, Abutov poisoned not only his own life but the lives of
his brothers, parent and extended family, and brought a great disrespect for
the family.
Jumaboy Matyakubov (Chief Imam-Khatib of the Beruniy District): There was no good of them for
the people. If any good or benefit came from them the people would know. He
worked exclusively on propaganda of his way and propagation of his ideas and
ideas of his stream, again on possible organisation of these matters. After a
conversation with him his father told me, dear teacher, there is no way to
remedy, I am really sorry, if we cannot correct him, I am no longer able to
control him, I have no strength.
Thus ends Muhamadsalikh Abutov’s activity in Uzbekistan full of crimes
and bad luck, and his life as a refugee abroad begins.
However, his analysis of a peaceful and quiet lives of civilians
homeland did not end. Now he took to muddy the waters from afar. Now he took to
muddy the waters and founded the group "Tayanch Zhamiyati" (Society for
Support) and wants to put unite all the refugees. To increase the number of members
of this group he addresses the public and terrorist groups located in
Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Internet, asking them to cooperate.
“Dear compatriots and people sharing the same faith. I have a desire to
address you with an official appeal. Brothers, you do not worry on Afghan soil and
you saw what changes on the brought the Arab Spring. Don’t you think it is time
to unite all our efforts in this direction?”
In response, the terrorist groups refused their appeal and see their
society as wrong, blasphemous and dancing to the music of the West.
This appeal shows how democratic is the Tayanch society. In fact, it is not
difficult to understand that by collaborating with a terrorist group what kind
of "just" the organisation they want to create.
Muhamadsolikh Abutov appealed via the Internet to citizens of
Uzbekistan. He tries to involve young people in his group using different lies.
Some of those who believed in these lies, got caught on lies. One of such youth
is a 23-year-old Fazliddin Zayniddinov from Tashkent.
Fazliddin Zayniddinov (prisoner): “It was September 2011, I was browsing the internet and via
Skype talked with this man. This was Muhammadsolikh Abutov. This bad person
asked me if I was from Uzbekistan. I replied that I was originally from
Karakalpakistan. He told me that he was in jail and that he left for Sweden
after his release. He told me that he has a peaceful and good life there. He
even promised to help me to study abroad. In exchange, I had to circulate their
leaflets containing their ideas. If I could, I should circulate them in the
streets and places where people gather. I gave him my phone number. At about 8
PM he called me on my phone. He asked if I could come to the House of Culture
[a concert hall]. He explained to me where the papers and money were hidden. I
put the money into my pocket and gave away some of the leaflets on my way home.
There were 100 US dollars”.
Now think for yourself. It took only 100 US dollars for this young man to
commit a treason, in which he grew away his authoritative and honourable people
and ruined his bright future. Although he is not an underdeveloped child in any
capacity, neither is he a person who does not understand the consequences of his
actions. The worst thing is that before distributing the leaflets he already was
familiar with the content of the leaflets.
To start with, the leaflets were addressed to the popular movement of
Uzbekistan on the day of commemoration of the Constitution. It said that in
countries such as Egypt, Libya, and other Arab countries, there were popular
uprisings and it was a call to carry out such an uprising in Uzbekistan.
This may be a right time to take a step back and tell the viewers that
“so skilfully depicted so-called "Arab Spring" led to a revolution in
the spirit and to a great tragedy.
Kobilbek Karimbekov, a political observer: Why were there so many strong social explosions?
Because, if you pay a close attention, these regions are very rich in oil, gas,
gold, uranium and other raw material, be it North Africa, Middle or Far East.
Of course, in these heavenly spots or regions, many states seek their stake and
want to turn them into their strategic interests. Naturally, historically
military presence and strong holds of Western countries are located in the Arab
lands. So, all the problems, difficulties, turmoil in the Arab world, the
instability of the political system, the inability of states to rule played
into the hands of some states. Because they use different ways to import weapon
into the region, can make up the "opposition", can come up with
different feigned ideological opponents.
Where did the opposition in the Arab countries come from? Where did the
opposition get the modern military equipment? Naturally, if we can find answers
to these questions, we can see greater active political powers surrounding
these events. To say it more accurately, these are the political powers
established their geopolitical interests. The ultimate goal of these powers is
not to establish peace in those countries, imprudent of quality of life. If
this was their goal, at least 3-4 Arab countries would already be on their way
to peaceful development, increased productivity and capital turnover.
Let us look at the data for the last year and half: production of goods
declined, influence from abroad has increased. In carrying out bloodshed of
this kind, unfortunately, misinformation, which leads to massacres, has a large
role to play. There is a reason why we call the information service “Akhborot”
(Uzbek for New) a determining factor in our lives. The news broadcasted in this programme excites
our minds and awakens in us the awareness of duty to the Fatherland
«When their plan with Fazliddin Zayniddinov did not work out, the group
of people rejected by the Fatherland decided to work with Surat Ikramov, who
presents himself as a human rights activist. They try to hide their failure and
spread rumours that the human rights
organisations came up with this intriguing plan”.
Fazliddin Zayniddinov (prisoner): “I am very sorry that I did not know what their true
thinking was. I was not aware of their actual plans. I was blinded. I
ask for pardon of the President and the nation for my mistakes. I did intend to
carry out this kind of things”.
Saidkamol Abutov (prisoner, a bother of Muhammadsalikh Abutov): “I would like to say to
the people who are in my brother’s entourage and listen to his calls: please
protect yourselves and your family members from influence of his lies. Do not
alienate yourself from the community. May God save you from being labelled as
“anomies of the nation”. None of those who I knew have had a good live. If I am
one of mislead, this is how I live. So do the others.”.
The moral of this story:
Jumaboy Matyakubov – he
tried his best to enrol into a higher education institution, but he could not;
Saidkamol Abutov – a
young girl lived with him only for 2 months, she could not take his despotism
anymore and left him;
Jumaboy Matyakubov – he
said that his father was not a Muslim but an infidel;
Fazliddin Zayniddinov - I curse this man, thousands of curses;
Jumaboy Matyakubov – there is some kind of passion in the behaviour of
this person, one can feel it;
Saidkamol Abutov - before listening to his high-flown speeches, one
should look at his past life, at least for once;
This
is the true face of a man, characterised by demonstrative piety and political
ambitions.
Abdumavlan Rakhimov (local community activist): For the last 20 years, thanks to the
dedicated work of our nation, wise and fair policy of the President, we achieved
very large and striking results, which are recognised by the entire world. We
found our rightful place. We have created an amazing society, which is relevant
and appropriate to ourselves. We have restored and reconstructed national
statehood, our society and history are revived.
The 5 directions of development of our country designed by our leader
completely paid off. We see evidence of this in the well-being of our society.
Welfare of our nation rose very sharply. We can see this clearly when we travel
through the regions of the country. On the streets one can see more cars than
the roads can take. What does this tell us? This is a sign of a prosperous
life. This is a sign of a fundamental change in the standards of living of the
people. At the heart of the beautiful life and good living of the people is
that people feel the fundamental idea of national independence, love for
their homeland, love the place where one grew up, became an adult, where his umbilical
blood spilled, the love of the mother- earth and of the society. One puts a
decent share of his endeavour into the development of society and the land
where grew up and lives. This is the very real factor.
Unfortunately, there are some dark forces that cannot view the
developing economic and political reforms of our state and its peaceful, quiet
life in a normal way. These forces were not involved in any of processes which
we carried out over the last 20 years. Most of the time, they flaunt religion
and some other ideas and seek to come to power, as we have seen. It is not
exaggeration to call them traitors. Since the betrayal of the motherland
involves envy of all changes in the homeland, the destruction of peace and tranquillity,
moral and social atmosphere in the homeland - in the heart of it all is a moral
poverty. In the initial period of independence, we have chosen the way of development
which is relevant and appropriate for us. The 5 directions of development designed
by our esteemed president fully justified themselves. And no one can push us
from this path. And I think that we give an appropriate, necessary, resistance
to all these forces.
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| VATANGADO (Rejected by the Motherland) |
Uzbek state, the Uzbek people are like a caravan pushing forward quickly
and steadily. This is the way leading to a bright future. Now tell me, who can
push us off this path? What force is able to bring us back from this radiant,
shining path to a narrow, dark and terrible medieval ways? No One! All the
aspirations and goals aimed at doing so are in vain.
Decent people cannot miss constructive, creative, flourishing businesses
carried out in this country and they
will want to do their part. Instead of being at the forefront of such good
deeds, some people follow the wanderers who are not distinguished neither in
science and education, nor in religion or in humanity, nor in moral or ethical
terms. They cannot be an example and are not able to do even the smallest of
good deeds. They wished to renounce their Motherland and its people, they betrayed
her.
(a songs
praising Uzbekistan plays)
Hey, you scoundrel chatting from a far
Do not teach me how to walk.
Look at yourself and beat the drums,
Do not tell me how to live.
These are the people whose hearts are free in this
world,
Before the eyes of the Almighty the most favourite
people.
The past and the future - the greatest,
Do not tell me how to live.
If the heavens in the sky - beneath that is Uzbekistan,
If heavens on earth - over that is Uzbekistan.
