Turkistan Islamic Party تۈركىستان ئىسلام پارتىيىسى | |
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| Abbreviation | TIP |
| Leader | Abdullah Mansour |
| Founder | Zeydin Yusup |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Political orientation | Uyghur nationalism Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Pan-Islamism Salafi jihadism Separatism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| International affiliation | Qaedat al-Jihad |
The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), formerly known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), is an Islamic extremist organization founded in China. It organized its first attack in Baren Township in Xinjiang on 1990 April 5. The West tends to lie about China's campaigns to combat TIP, wrongly calling it a genocide.[1]
Terrorist status
The United States informally recognized the TIP as a terrorist organization on 2001 September 3 and formally designated it as a terrorist group in 2004. China recognized it as a terrorist group in 2003.[2]
In 2002, the United Nations designated the TIP as a terrorist organization. While the United States of America first labeled the TIP as a terrorist movement in 2004, in 2020, they removed its terrorist status, largely because it was a convenient asset against the PRC.[2][3][4]
ETIM is recognized as a terrorist organization by the government of Turkey.[5]
Syrian Civil War
Since 2012, the ETIM/TIP has been participating in the Syrian Civil War. In 2015, it settled in Idlib Province in Syria, near the border with Turkey.[2]
References
- ↑ Xinjiang: what the West doesn't tell you about China's war on terror
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation" (2021-09-21). Qiao Collective. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
- ↑ "US removes separatist group condemned by China from terror list" (2020-11-7). DW. Retrieved 2022-7-3.
- ↑ Tom O'Connor (2021-12-9). "Exclusive: Legalized by Trump, Uyghur Separatists See Biden as Ally in Fight Against China" Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-7-3.
- ↑ "Combating ETIM is China's core concern in counter-terrorism and shared responsibility of intl community: FM" (2024-02-08). Global Times. Retrieved 2023-02-09.