Since the September 11 attacks, the group has been designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union, Kyrgyzstan, (The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party, Organization for Freeing Eastern Turkistan, and the Islamic Party of Turkistan were outlawed by Kyrgyzstan's Lenin District Court and its Supreme Court in November 2003.)
Sejak serangan 11 September, kelompok tersebut dicap sebagai organisasi teroris oleh Uni Eropa, Kirgizstan, (Partai Islam Turkistan Timur, Organisasi untuk Pembebasan Turkistan TImur, dan partai Islam Turkistan dinyatakan melanggar hukum oleh Pengadilan Distrik Lenin di Kirgiztan dan Pengadilan Tertinggi-nya pada November 2003.)