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Turkestan Islamic Party
The Turkestan Islamic Party (also known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement) is an organization dedicated to creating a separate Muslim Uighur entity in the Xinjiang region of China.
- 5 MEF articles
- 1 MEF profile page
Profiled on MEF Sites
- Jihad Intel group profile Origins, leadership, ideology and attacks of the group.
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- Turkestan Islamic Party
Cite: Middle East Forum, MEF Research by Name, “Turkestan Islamic Party,” accessed October 13, 2026, https://entities.meforum.org/e/turkestan-islamic-party/