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|type of villains = Islamic Extremists}}The '''Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)''' (Arabic: الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني, romanized: ''ālḥzb ālإslāmy āltrkstāny'') or '''Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM)''', formerly known as the '''East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)''' and other names, is an Islamic extremist organization founded by Uyghur jihadists in western China, considered broadly as a terrorist group. Its stated goals are to establish an independent state called "East Turkestan" in Xinjiang. According to a Chinese report, published in 2002, between 1990 and 2001 the ETIM had committed over 200 acts of [[terrorism]], resulting in at least 162 deaths and over 440 injuries. The UN Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has listed ETIM as a terrorist organization since 2002. | |type of villains = Islamic Extremists}}The '''Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)''' (Arabic: الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني, romanized: ''ālḥzb ālإslāmy āltrkstāny'') or '''Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM)''', formerly known as the '''East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)''' and other names, is an Islamic extremist organization founded by Uyghur jihadists in western China, considered broadly as a terrorist group. Its stated goals are to establish an independent state called "East Turkestan" in Xinjiang. According to a Chinese report, published in 2002, between 1990 and 2001 the ETIM had committed over 200 acts of [[terrorism]], resulting in at least 162 deaths and over 440 injuries. The UN Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has listed ETIM as a terrorist organization since 2002. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Since the [[September 11 attacks]], the group has been designated as a terrorist organization by China, the European Union, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and | Since the [[September 11 attacks]], the group has been designated as a terrorist organization by China, the European Union, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its Syrian branch Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria is active in the Syrian Civil War. They are allied with [[Al-Qaeda]] and the [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]], and possibly with the [[Taliban]]. | ||
The NEFA Foundation, an American terrorist analyst foundation, translated and released a jihad article from ETIM, whose membership it said consisted primarily of "Uyghur Muslims from Western China." The East Turkestan Islamic Movement's primary goal is the independence of East Turkestan. ETIM continues this theme of contrasting "Muslims" and "Chinese", in a six-minute video in 2008, where "Commander Seyfullah" warns Muslims not to bring their children to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also saying "do not stay on the same bus, on the same train, on the same plane, in the same buildings, or any place the Chinese are". | The NEFA Foundation, an American terrorist analyst foundation, translated and released a jihad article from ETIM, whose membership it said consisted primarily of "Uyghur Muslims from Western China." The East Turkestan Islamic Movement's primary goal is the independence of East Turkestan. ETIM continues this theme of contrasting "Muslims" and "Chinese", in a six-minute video in 2008, where "Commander Seyfullah" warns Muslims not to bring their children to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also saying "do not stay on the same bus, on the same train, on the same plane, in the same buildings, or any place the Chinese are". | ||