At Jihad Watch I just posted information about a remarkable story in which the radical Muslim group Hizb-ut-Tahrir discloses its aims.
In the story, this organization shows that the laws of dhimmitude are very much part of the radical Muslim program. This is how non-Muslims would be treated in a Hizb-ut-Tahrir state — and everything in this list is taken straight from traditional manuals of Islamic Sharia law:
1. “Within the Caliphate, Christians and Jews would be allowed to drink alcohol, if that was required for religious rituals, and to regulate within their own communities marriage, divorce and the assignment of possessions.”
This is Sharia “tolerance.” But read on: laws mandating inequality on a large scale would also be in place.
2. “Islamic Sharia law would be imposed on all and faiths not mentioned in the Koran would be banned.”
3. “Ideally it was said, all the countries of the world would join the caliphate although Hizb-ut-Tahir plans to allow non-Muslim countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, not to join the caliphate provided that they pay a tax to it. They would then fall under the protection of the caliphate and it would defend their interests. If non-Muslim countries refused to pay the tax, the caliphate would launch military attacks against them.”
This is referring to the jizya, the special tax on non-Muslims, by which they buy their “protection.” It is designed to make non-Muslims feel “subdued” under Islamic law. It is the focus of an elaborate legal superstructure, and is ultimately based on the Qur’an’s Sura 9:29: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.”
4. “In the caliphate itself Christian and Jewish communities would be permitted because, according to the Koran, adherents of these religions are ‘people of the Book’. Other religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism and the Hare Krishna faith, would be considered pagan sects and would be banned.”
Throughout history, Muslim rulers have treated Buddhists and Hindus even worse than they treated Jews and Christians, because the former are not “People of the Book.”
5. “In particular, the caliphate’s leadership would oppose what it regards as sects within Islam itself (including Ahmadiyya, Bahai’ism and Ismailism). In Hizb-ut-Tahrir’s view, the only true Muslims are those who adhere to the four Madhabs {i.e. the four separate schools of legal interpretation within Shariah law). Those who depart from the Madhabs would be considered as apostates and liable to punishment according to Islamic law.”
Note that almost 90 percent of the world’s Muslims adhere to one of the 4 madhhabs. Hizb-ut-Tahrir thus envisions itself as a mainstream group.
6. “All citizens in the caliphate would have to abide by Sharia law when outside their homes. For example, all women would have to wear long dresses and scarves when in public places. However, Hizb-ut-Tahir members told Forum 18 that in Christian and Jewish quarters women could wear clothes permitted by the laws of their own religion.”
“In Christian and Jewish quarters!”
Meanwhile, “one Uzbek member of Hizb-ut-Tahrir expressed his regret to Forum 18 that Hitler had not succeeded in eliminating all Jews.”
Note also: this illegal group has “thousands” of members in prison, and who know how many operating freely today.