The same group on whose TV program Obama adviser Dalia Mogahed recently defended Sharia. “Islamists who want to destroy the state get £100,000 funding,” by Andrew Gilligan for the Telegraph, October 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): Leading members of a group that wants to bring down the British state and replace it […]
Bangladesh bans jihadist group; Obama adviser appeared on the same group’s TV show
On Obama adviser Dalia Mogahed’s appearance on Hizb ut-Tahrir’s TV show, see here. She says now that she was “misled.” In any case, the Bangladeshi government has done well. If only the U.S. government would follow suit. “Bangladesh Islamist group banned,” from the BBC, October 23 (thanks to Maxwell): The Islamist organisation, Hizb-ut Tahrir has […]
Hizb ut-Tahrir comes calling
British MP Harriet Harman got quite the surprise last week when members of Hizb ut-Tahrir came for a visit, taking advantage of Harman’s open-door office policy. The representatives of the violent Muslim group were there to complain about the British government’s efforts to outlaw their organization, in a story recounted by Nick Cohen in the […]
Jihadist groups active in UK universities
“Extremist groups active inside UK universities, report claims,” from the Guardian, with thanks to all who sent this in: Extremist organisations are operating on university campuses across the country and pose a serious threat to national security, according to a new report. Yesterday the education secretary, Ruth Kelly, ordered vice-chancellors to clamp down on student […]
Jihadists disguise themselves as salsa dancers
Rhumba, Són Montuno, Guaracha, Mambo, Cha cha cha, Sharia, Khalifa, Shehada. “Hardliners try to lead Quakers a merry dance,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to Interested: A HARDLINE Islamist group attempted to book a conference at a Quaker meeting house by disguising itself as a Latin American dance organisation. Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which Tony Blair plans to […]
Denmark targets extremist media
No, not jihadist media: Hizb-ut-Tahrir is still legal in Denmark, despite calling for the killing of non-Muslims. (Since they are a non-violent group, they must be, as Fjordman points out, advocating peaceful killing). But the Danish government has targeted Kaj Wilhelmsen, who has called for the expulsion of Muslim populations in Europe or the extermination […]
Islamic Group Vows to Fight Ban in Britain
The non-violent jihadists, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, are not going to go gentle into that good night. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Among the measures Blair announced Friday is the outlawing of the Muslim group Hizb-ut-Tahrir. The government did not elaborate on why the group was being proscribed, only naming it as part of the […]
Dilpazier Aslam Leaves Guardian
An update on the journalist who authored the “We Rock the Boat” editorial right after 7/7. It seems people are starting to ask questions they may not have asked before the bombings. From the UK Guardian News Blog, with thanks to D.M. Trainee journalist Dilpazier Aslam had his contract with the Guardian terminated today. The […]
Revolution without bullets or ballots
From AsiaTimes (thanks to Lek) comes this profile of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir group, one of the leading global exponents of the ideological jihad: KARACHI – From the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Bengal, there are violent reactionaries in the Muslim world who will kill and get killed, but beyond these fanatics there […]
Seven Jailed in Tajikistan
From Turkish Press, “Seven jailed in Tajikistan for membership in outlawed Islamic group,” : DUSHANBE – A court in Tajikistan handed down prison sentences of three to nine years Wednesday to seven people accused of belonging to an outlawed Islamic group Hizbi Tahrir and agitating for the overthrow of the Central Asian country’s government. “They […]
Ukraine’s orange revolution inspiring jihadists
“Islamists See Opening in C. Asia Chaos,” from Newsday, with thanks to JS: BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The only splash of color in the drab bluish gray office of Kyrgyzstan’s Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society was a wool orange scarf thrown over the back of its president’s chair. It was Edil Baisalov’s souvenir from Ukraine’s […]
Hizb-ut-Tahrir aided girl in jilbab controversy
Charles at LGF has posted a Times article revealing that Hizb-ut-Tahrir, the “peaceful” Islamic group that wants to establish Sharia wherever it can, was behind the girl who sued for the right to wear Islamic dress to school in England. Here is Hizb-ut-Tahrir’s agenda, as I summarized it at Jihad Watch last October: 1. Restore […]
Uzbekistan Update
March 29 Terrorist Attacks (REUTERS) Reuters has an update on the situation in Uzbekistan (complete with quotes around the word “terrorist”, but that is just part of their “objective” “journalistic” “style”). TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed in a series of explosions and shoot-outs in Uzbekistan in “terrorist” actions aimed at […]
Egyptian court convicts 26 men for trying to revive outlawed Islamic group
Pankhurst, Nawaz, and Nisbet (BBC) Egypt, which has an authoritarian government still to some degree rooted in Gamel Abdel Nasser’s Arab nationalism, has convicted 26 men of trying to revive the outlawed Hizb-ut-Tahrir group, which states openly that it wants to restore the caliphate and sharia — ostensibly through peaceful means, although that is hardly […]
No dhimmis in Kyrgyzstan
There’s a new report on religious freedom in Kyrgyzstan. It is instructive because there is a substantial Muslim population in the country formerly a part of the Soviet Union. “As in other Central Asian republics, authorities in Kyrgyzstan have banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international Islamic organization advocating the creation of a region-wide Islamic caliphate and […]
More on Hizb-ut-Tahrir
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 […]
A refreshingly honest admission
The Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir has given Forum 18 News Service a remarkably open acknowledgment of radical Muslim goals. It’s all here. Hizb-ut-Tahrir wants to: 1. Restore a worldwide Caliphate, uniting the world under Islamic rule; 2. Ban all faiths apart from Islam, Judaism and Christianity (members of other religions are not listed as “People of […]