noun
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
• Syn: ↑East Turkestan Islamic Movement
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Xinjiang, ↑Sinkiang, ↑Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.