Inside terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir that calls for jihad to create global caliphate with gold currency & women enslaved

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ISLAMIST extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir was dubbed a terrorism organisation by the UK government today, amid rising tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.

The fundamentalist organisation’s leader in Britain even celebrated Hamas’ brutal October 7 attacks in Israel.

A Hizb ut-Tahrir protest in London, November 2023[/caption]

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s aim is to unite Muslims around the world under a Caliphate – the rule of an Islamic political leader, in a world with gold currency and where men rule over women.

Founded in 1953 in Jerusalem by a Palestinian Islamic scholar, the group lays out a “constitution” for its Caliphate plans.

It believes all Muslim countries should be united under this Caliphate and that God, or Allah, will punish those Muslims who do not join.

Through military intervention it would then expand to non-Muslim regions.

The group is utterly opposed to Western democracy, believing their religious beliefs should be the foundation for laws under the Caliphate.

It’s constitution states that the currency of this world order would be “restricted to gold and silver”.

And it also writes that in marriage the wife is “obliged to obey her husband”.

Every boy aged 15 and over would also have to undergo military training.

In education “weekly lessons of Islamic disciplines and Arabic language” would be “equal to the lessons of all other sciences”.

One think tank analyst previously described the group’s plan as: “First they convert new members.

“Secondly, they establish a network of secret cells, and finally, they try to infiltrate the government to work to legalize their party and its aims.”

An academic described the group as the first step in a “conveyor belt” that leads to more violent extremism.

The organisation has denied this, and claims it does not promote violence, but the UK has clamped down on it due to recent events.

One of their recent protests in London caused alarm after a man was seen shouting “jihad jihad”.

And the leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain – Abdul Wahid – celebrated Hamas’ October 7 attack as a “welcome punch on the nose” for Israel.

Home Secretary James Cleverly today said the group would be proscribed under the 2000 Terrorism Act, making it an offence to belong to the organisation or express support for it.

While its groups around the world usually meet in smaller numbers to study – in the UK they have organised protests, conferences, engaged with the media and promoted their beliefs through a website as well as written material.

It was thought to have strong support in the UK compared to other non-Muslim countries – it even has subgroups on University campuses.

The organisation views the history of the world through a lens of conflict between Islam and those who don’t believe in its religion.

And it states that Jihad – which in most contexts is understood as an armed struggle against nonbelievers – to be a crucial step in getting everyone to submit to Islamic rule.

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s beliefs have spread to over 50 countries and it apparently charges a membership fee starting at tens of thousands of pounds, Le Monde reports.

It has headquarters in Jordan, bordering Jerusalem and Israel, but also in London.

The group has already been banned in Germany, China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, other central Asian countries and all Arab countries except Lebanon, Yemen and the UAE.

It has a UK website which discusses the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the Red Sea crisis and British politics.

And before the government’s decision to ban it today, the organisation had produced leaflets and books in England to be disseminated around the world.

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s leader from 1977 to 2003, Abdul Qadeem Zallum, described the UK as the land of the “arch enemies of Islam”.

Abdul Wahid is head of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the UK and was revealed last year to be a family doctor, Dr Wahid Asif Shaida.

GP Mr Wahid told a rally outside the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in October: “Victory is coming and everyone has to choose a side. Whose side are you going to be on?”

While the organisation has said it is not anti-Semitic, many have disagreed including the World Jewish Congress who accused it of promoting offensive ideas about Israel.

Home Secretary, James Cleverly said on Monday: “Hizb ut-Tahrir is an antisemitic organisation that actively promotes and encourages terrorism, including praising and celebrating the appalling 7 October attacks.

“Proscribing this terrorist group will ensure that anyone who belongs to and invites supports for them will face consequences. It will curb Hizb ut-Tahrir’s ability to operate as it currently does.”

There are currently 79 terrorist organisations proscribed in the UK, including Hamas since 2021.