Nick Holdstock , in a New York Times interview claimed that no organization is taking responsibility for attacks in Xinjiang , and that there is not enough proof to blame any organization for the attacks , that most " terrorism " there is " unsubstantiated " , and that posting internet videos online is the only thing done by the " vague and shadowy " ETIM . Wall Street Journal claimed that Al-Qaeda was not connected to Uyghurs and claimed that no attacks were performed by ETIM ( TIP ) . French journalist Ursula Gauthier claimed that the ETIM is currently not classified as terrorist by the USA approvingly cited people who called into question whether it is real , suggesting that they are wrongly being blamed by China for violent attacks and she claimed " probably " " abuse , injustice , expropriation " of Uighurs justified retribution in the form of mass slaughter at a coal mine . Reuters cited claims that there is no group called ETIM ( TIP ) . The " Doğu Türkistan Bülteni Haber Ajansı " which supports the TIP , cited a Reuters article which claimed that Uyghurs are viewed as terrorists in China . The " Doğu Türkistan Bülteni Haber Ajansı " praised a TIP member , Hamza ( Muhammad Ali Told Rahim ) , who joined the Turkistan Islamic Party as one of the " mujahideen " fighting in Khorasan ( Afghanistan ) on 15 December 2006 and returned to Kashgar to participate in the 2011 Kashgar attacks in which he was killed , citing from a Human Rights Watch report which praised Hamza
2011 Kashgar attacks
2011 Kashgar attacks
Turkistan Islamic Party