It's not just Uyghur Muslims, it's also Tibetans & the Falun Gong. I'm sure there's other groups as well. It seems to mostly be about ensuring there's no comp

It's not just Uyghur Muslims, it's also Tibetans & the Falun Gong. I'm sure there's other groups as well. It seems to mostly be about ensuring there's no competing power structures, the strongest of which usually revolve around religion. Effectively, China really doesn't want another Taiping Rebellion.