Isn't this special? China Confirms Protests by Uighur Muslims. An intractable political philosophy meets an intractable religious movement.
Will Osama Bin Laden organize a Jihad against Beijing? Will planes crash into the Forbidden City?
Probably not. The Chinese don't put up with that crap. They just annex the territory of anyone who causes them trouble and isn't strong enough to oppose them. Besides, what chance do a billion scattered Muslims have against 1.6 billion Chinese who have an army of millions of frustrated, single men because all of the extra girls were killed off?
The clash of cultures; the battle of barbarians. Stay tuned for more in the NY Times.
Hard to choose between a culture that kills baby girls because they are an economic burden or one that kills them when they get older to protect the "honor" of some misogynist (not that India is any better in this respect)...