| NOUN | group | East Turkestan Islamic Movement, East Turkistan Islamic Movement | a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang |
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| Meaning | A group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression. | |
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| Synonym | East Turkistan Islamic Movement | |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
| Instance of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
| Region | Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region | An autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan |
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