A 2009 Urumqi riot triggered China’s campaign against Uighur Muslims

Evidence

Some think that while the Uighurs have always made China nervous, it was a riot in 2009 between Uighurs and majority Han Chinese in Xinjiang that touched off China’s current feeling that “something needs to be done” about Uighur Muslims. Originating in Urumqi, the region’s capital, the bloody riots left two hundred dead and massive destruction in their wake. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 167

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 167
• XREF: connects to: Over one million Uighur Muslims are imprisoned in Chinese internment camps — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 159; The global War on Terror legitimized China’s Han supremacist crackdown on Uyghurs; The American War on Terror facilitated China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 75 (+1 more)

Related

• Over one million Uighur Muslims are imprisoned in Chinese internment camps (similarity 0.86)
• China’s Xinjiang camps escalated from targeting religious leaders to erasing Uyghur identity (similarity 0.85)
• China’s internment camps aim to erase Uighur Islamic identity (similarity 0.83)
• The American War on Terror facilitated China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims (similarity 0.82)
• China bulldozes Uyghur mosques to erase the architecture of Islamic life (similarity 0.81)
• China’s Xinjiang camps target all 15 million Muslims, not just religious leaders. (similarity 0.81)
• China adopted the War on Terror as cover for pre-existing designs on the Uyghurs (similarity 0.81)
• MBS branded all Chinese Uighurs terrorists to sanctify China’s crackdown (similarity 0.80)
• The global War on Terror legitimized China’s Han supremacist crackdown on Uyghurs (similarity 0.80)
• Washington reluctantly designated China’s Uyghur separatists as a terrorist group at Beijing’s urging (similarity 0.80)
• The War on Terror gave China pretext to crush Uyghur self-determination (similarity 0.79)
• China has interned up to two million Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang camps (similarity 0.79)
• China’s suppression of Uyghurs constitutes an active genocide. (similarity 0.79)
• China deploys counterterrorism law to suppress Uyghur identity (similarity 0.79)
• China holds over a million Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang concentration camps (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The global War on Terror legitimized China’s Han supremacist crackdown on Uyghurs #qualifies (0.55)
• The American War on Terror facilitated China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims #qualifies (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 75
• China’s Xinjiang camps escalated from targeting religious leaders to erasing Uyghur identity #expands (0.40)