Abdul Haq (ETIP)
| Abdul Haq | |
|---|---|
| Emir of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement | |
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Assumed office 2003 - 2010 2014 - present |
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| Preceded by | Hasan Mahsum |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 October 1971 Xinjiang Province, China |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
East Turkestan Islamic Movement al-Qaeda |
| Battles/wars |
Xinjiang conflict War in North-West Pakistan |
Abdul Haq (1 October 1971) is a Uyghur who Chinese security officials asserted planned terrorist operations in China. He is described as being the "overall leader" of the East Turkistan Islamic Party (ETIP). The United States Treasury reported he took over leadership of the organization in 2003, following the death of its previous leader, and took a seat on al Qaeda's shura, its central committee, in 2005.
The ETIP was designated as a terrorist organization in Executive Order 13224. The United Nations Security Council's 1267 Committee placed him on a list of individuals suspected of having a tie to Osama bin Laden.
In October 2008 Chinese security officials asserted that his real name was "Memetiming Memeti" (Uyghur: مۇھەممەتئىمىن مەمەت Memtimin Memet). They published half a dozen aliases. They reported he left China in March 1998, and became a trainer at a camp in a "South Asian country".
Al-Qaeda's leadership council included TIP member Abdul Haq al Turkistani, and the organization appointed TIP member Abdul Shakoor Turkistani as military commander of its forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Uyghur detainees at Guantanamo bay have confessed that they were trained by Abdul Haq and Hassan Mahsum in Afghanistan. Haq threatened terrorist attacks on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. al-Qaeda's command viewed Abdul Haq as authoritative and sent him to meet with Taliban factions along with al-Qaeda commanders.
If you do not wage jihad, you will never be able to get rid of the oppression of the infidels which makes you abandon the religion and which makes slaves of you. Thus, you will not be able to be rescued from the oppression of this world and the torments of the hereafter, or find eternal happiness until you return to the religion of Allah. . .
We are, Allah-willing, proceeding along this path with all of our strength in order to rescue our oppressed brothers in East Turkistan – and Allah-willing, we are working on rescuing our oppressed brothers from the hands of the Communists until we make Allah’s religion supreme and we live a precious life in the shadow of Islamic Shariah law, or else be rewarded with martyrdom in the cause of Allah We are plotting for the Chinese to suffer the torture of Allah, or else by our hands.
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