Recent declarations by the Islamic State that it will target China in retaliation for its oppression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang will probably only be met by further Chinese restrictions on the region. But China's responses are illustrative of to what extent China uses the discursive terms of America's War on Terror to justify its suppression of the Muslim majority Uyghur population in Xinjiang and other parts of China...
On August 17th, a deadly “organized” detonation was ignited close to Erawan Shrine, downtown Bangkok. Why were Uyghurs singled out as possible suspects?...