Even China is Not Immune From Islamic Extremist Terrorism
Chinese officials in the Xinjiang province have foiled a plot to blow up oil fields, power plants, and highways in the region.
The officials have confiscated 41 tons of explosive material in the region since 1990. Officials call the problem one of three forces of religious "extremism, separatism and terrorism" in the mainly Muslim region.
Islamic Extremists appear to be trying to wreak havoc in this area as the number of violations of rules governing explosives increased by 195 per cent last year.
The reason for the strife and unrest in this region seems to be that
The officials have confiscated 41 tons of explosive material in the region since 1990. Officials call the problem one of three forces of religious "extremism, separatism and terrorism" in the mainly Muslim region.
Islamic Extremists appear to be trying to wreak havoc in this area as the number of violations of rules governing explosives increased by 195 per cent last year.
The reason for the strife and unrest in this region seems to be that
"Armed Uighur separatists, who are Central Asian by blood and Muslim by
religion, have been for decades attempted to make the predominantly Muslim
region of Xinjiang an independent Islamic state called East Turkestan."
In a nation such as China were religion is repressed, it is interesting to see that they are not immune from the activities of Islamic Extremists either.
