Since the September 11 attacks , the group has been designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union , Kyrgyzstan , ( The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party , Organization for Freeing Eastern Turkistan , and the Islamic Party of Turkistan were outlawed by Kyrgyzstan 's Lenin District Court and its Supreme Court in November 2003 . ) Kazakhstan , Russia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , the United Kingdom , China , the United States , and Pakistan outlawed the group . Its Syrian branch Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria is active in the Syrian Civil War
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Turkistan Islamic Party