The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), or Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM), formerly known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and other names, is an Islamic terrorist and separatist organization founded by Uyghur militants in western China. Its stated goals are the independence of East Turkestan from China. According to the Chinese government, it is a violent separatist movement and is often responsible for terrorist attacks in Xinjiang. According to Chinese report, published in 2002, between 1990 and 2001 ETIM had reportedly committed over 200 acts of terrorism, resulting in at least 162 deaths and over 440 injuries. Since the September 11 attacks, the group has been designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union, Kyrgyzstan, (The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party, Org