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You think extremist Islamist ideology is mainly coming from the west? It predominantly comes from Saudi Arabia, and is paid for by oil money. You can't blame th

You think extremist Islamist ideology is mainly coming from the west? It predominantly comes from Saudi Arabia, and is paid for by oil money. You can't blame that on the west alone either--China is the single biggest purchaser of Saudi oil. Also I wonder why extremist ideology appeals to a minority people living under a repressive regime that bans their religious expression. Furthermore this goes much further than Islamic ideology. Uyghurs have been rebelling against the Chinese government off and on for at least a century. What they are doing is attempting wipe out Uyghur identity to tighten their grip on Xinjiang.

CharlesColeman 7y ago
> Furthermore this goes much further than Islamic ideology. Uyghurs have been rebelling against the Chinese government off and on for at least a century. What they are doing is attempting wipe out Uyghur identity to tighten their grip on Xinjiang. Exactly. The PRC has been doing similar things to Tibetans, who aren't Muslims, e.g. this story from 2013: https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/18/china-benefit-masses-campaign-surveilling-tibetans https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/18/china-benefit-masses-cam... These policies have little to do with Islamic terrorism per se, but more with suppressing independence-minded minority ethnicities.