> 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 t

> 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.