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Radical Islam in Xinjiang – Evolution and Current State

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dc.creator Jiri Suchanek
dc.date 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier 1214-6463
dc.identifier 1802-7199
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/dd7b9206099f463b9164635e560ffbe8
dc.description The article analyses the evolution and the current state of radical Islam in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Chinese government considers Islamic radicalism as a serious threat, in particular in the Xinjiang region, which borders on some states in Central Asia as well as Pakistan and Afghanistan. The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate roots and historical development of significant groups, in particular the East Turkestan Islamic Movement – ETIM. In its next part, the article deals with the contemporary situation as well as the cooperation between Uyghur radicals and other radical Islamic movements, in particular al-Qaeda and Taliban, and their activities. The article concludes that contemporary Uyghur Islamic radicalism cannot be considered as a major security threat, since the activities of these groups have largely shifted to Pakistan and rather have the nature of a propaganda war.
dc.language Czech
dc.language Slovak
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of Defence
dc.relation http://www.defenceandstrategy.eu/en/current-issue-1-2012/articles/radical-islam-in-xinjiang-evolution-and-current-state.html
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1214-6463
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1802-7199
dc.source Obrana a Strategie , Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 041-052 (2012)
dc.subject China
dc.subject Xinjiang
dc.subject Pakistan
dc.subject Islamic radicalism
dc.subject ETIM
dc.subject TIP
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.title Radical Islam in Xinjiang – Evolution and Current State
dc.type article
dc.provenance Journal Licence: CC BY-ND


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