Islam in China
China appoints first anti-terror tsar: State media
China has appointed its first counter-terrorism chief, state media said on Dec. 21, as it wages a controversial campaign to stamp out ethnic violence linked to the western Xinjiang region.
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China to prosecute former Xinjiang editor who queried party line
China will prosecute the former editor-in-chief of the official Communist Party publication in the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang on charges of corruption after he expressed doubt about government policies, the paper said on Nov. 2.
Hundreds have died in the last few years in Xinjiang unrest blamed by the government on Islamist militants.
Pakistan says has eliminated Uighur militants from territory
Pakistan has eliminated all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its territory, but must remain vigilant to ensure they don't return, the country's defence minister said in Beijing on Oct. 18.
In Uighur heartland, China vows 'heavy pressure' to defeat militants
China will maintain "heavy pressure" to defeat militants in its far western region of Xinjiang, China's fourth most senior leader said during a visit to its ethnic Uighur heartland, urging religious figures to take the lead in opposing extremism.
At least five Chinese police reported killed dead in Xinjiang knife attack
At least five police officers have been stabbed to death by separatists in a knife attack at a coal mine in China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang, U.S.-based Radio Free Asia reported on Sept.23.
The incident happened on Sept.18 at the Sogan colliery in Aksu, the report said, citing police from the area. Dozens were also injured, it said.
Thai police claim Bangkok bombing suspect fled to Turkey
A key suspect in last month's bombing at a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people has fled to Turkey, Thai police said on Sept. 14.
Returning Uighurs attacked Thai, Chinese police, China says
Some of the 109 Uighurs returned to China from Thailand last month attacked Thai and Chinese police while being taken aboard a flight back to Xinjiang, as they believed they would be executed on their return, Xinjiang's government said on August 4.
Uighurs "on way to jihad" returned to China in hoods
Some of the Uighurs deported to China last week from Thailand had planned to go to Syria and Iraq to carry out jihad, state television said, showing pictures of them being bundled out of an aircraft with black hoods over their heads.
China says Uighurs being sold as ISIL's 'cannon fodder' in Turkey
Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as "cannon fodder," a senior Chinese official said.
Reports on Chinese practices in Xinjiang largely inaccurate, says Turkey's Erdo?an
Many news reports on China?s alleged restrictions on Muslim Uighurs during the holy month of Ramadan do not reflect reality, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said, amid anti-Chinese demonstrations by Turkish nationalists over the treatment of the Turkic-speaking, largely Muslim minority in China?s Xinjiang region.