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East Turkestan Islamic Movement
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/East_Turkestan_Islamic_Movement
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
militant
gptkbp:affiliation
gptkb:al-Qaeda
gptkb:Taliban
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:ETIM
gptkb:Turkistan_Islamic_Party
gptkbp:dissolved
uncertain; activity continues under different names
gptkbp:flag
blue flag with white crescent and star
gptkbp:foundedIn
1997
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Hasan_Mahsum
gptkbp:goal
independence of East Turkestan
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Waziristan_(historically)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
East Turkestan Islamic Movement
gptkbp:ideology
gptkb:Islamism
Uyghur nationalism
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Uyghur
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Abdul_Haq_al-Turkistani
gptkbp:mediaType
gptkb:Islam_Awazi_(media_arm)
gptkbp:membership
primarily Uyghurs
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:2013_Tiananmen_Square_attack
gptkb:2008_Kashgar_attack
gptkb:2011_Hotan_attack
gptkbp:notableEvent
leadership killed in US drone strikes
split into factions
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:United_States_(military_operations_in_Afghanistan)
gptkb:Chinese_government
gptkbp:region
gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Xinjiang
gptkbp:relatedOrganization
gptkb:Turkistan_Islamic_Party_in_Syria
gptkbp:religion
Sunni Islam
gptkbp:status
designated terrorist organization by European Union
designated terrorist organization by United Nations
designated terrorist organization by China
designated terrorist organization by Russia
removed from US terrorist list in 2020
gptkbp:target
gptkb:Chinese_government
civilians in Xinjiang
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Xinjiang_conflict
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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