Hizb-ut-Tahrir may become dangerous than ISIS: Report (One Million Members)

The Business Standard ^ | February 15, 2015 | Press Trust of India

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Radical Islamist group Hizb-ut- Tahrir which cleverly avoided global scrutiny while spreading its ideology may become a more dangerous terrorist group than the ISIS and it's presence in South Asia should be a cause for concern for India, according to a report.

"While ISIS runs amok in Syria and Iraq, demanding media attention through acts of barbarous cruelty, HuT (Hizb-ut- Tahrir or the Party of Liberation) is quietly building a global infrastructure of radicalised youth and deep-pocketed Arab support in preparation for the global Khilafat," said the report published in the latest edition of CTX Journal.

The group has cleverly avoided any intense global scrutiny while spreading its ideology and support base in nearly 50 countries, said the report.

The group commands a base of over one million members worldwide. This is far higher than what ISIS claims to have.

Citing reports, the journal said HuT has an armed wing called Harakat ul-Muhojirinfi Britaniya that is training its cadres in chemical, bacteriological, and biological warfare.

"HuT, therefore, has the potential to become an even more dangerous terrorist group than ISIS," said the journal from US-based Global Education Community Collaboration Online.

Founded in Jerusalem in 1952 and headquartered in London, the group has branches in Central Asia, Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, where it has managed to garner great influence.

In South Asia, HuT has a significant presence in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

"Although HuT has reportedly found a foothold in India, its presence and influence have not made any significant impact," said the multimedia journal on strategic and security affairs.

"HuT's growing presence in neighbouring Bangladesh and Pakistan should be a cause of concern for India and the larger global community," it said.

On its website, HuT claimed that it had organised a demonstration in 2010 at Batla House in Delhi in protest against Israel's alleged atrocities.

The demonstration, which was attended by about 1,000 people, was HuT's last reported activity in India, said the report prepared by Surinder Kumar Sharma, who is associated with Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

Noting that at the ideological level there is much in common between HuT and ISIS, the journal said "the majority of individuals and entities who support ISIS also support HuT."

It said HuT's strategy is different from ISIS and the group is slowly increasing its social capital by keeping away from overt acts of terrorism while luring the educated youths.

ISIS is an al-Qaeda splinter group and it has seized hundreds of square miles in Iraq and Syria. Al-Qaeda has distanced itself from the group, chiding it for its lack of teamwork in its aggressive, brutal expansion.

[caww]

Some say they are the whipping boy of ISIS...but from I've found one and the same when the going gets going...Both Hizb ut-Tahrir and ISIS are violent anti-Semitic fascist organizations dedicated to the establishment of a world-wide Islamic theocracy that has no place either for other faiths or disbelief. Those who disagree with their aims are killed.

Hizb ut-Tahrir advocates the establishment of a caliphate under which all must live in accordance with sharia law where:

Islamic law extinguishes any existing legal framework.

Misogynist and selective laws specifically designed to oppress women.

Homosexuality is outlawed and punishable by death.

No age limit for marriage of girls.

Access to education is almost exclusively male.

Sanctioned murder to apostates, adulterers, rapists and thieves.

Imam Detained In Southern Kyrgyzstan For Hizb Ut-Tahrir Membership...the imam was calling for the creation of a caliphate and calling for people to go to Syria to take part in fighting there.

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Muslim cleric Ismail al-Wahwah....THE leader of an extremist Islamic group has sent a veiled threat to Prime Minister Tony Abbott that they will move underground if banned by the Federal Government.

The Federal Government is taking steps to shut down Hizb Ut-Tahrir under a new round of counter terrorism legislation which will outlaw Islamic groups that preach hatred and promote extremism.

The legislation, that will be introduced to parliament by the end of the month, will allow Australia to label Hizb ut-Tahrir a terrorist organisation.

In an open letter to Mr Abbott, Muslim cleric Ismail al-Wahwah said that to succeed in banning Hizb ut-Tahrir, “you would have to attempt that which has not been attempted before”.....He said despite regimes in Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Russia and others banning the group, the “failure of those regimes in exterminating the call of Hizb ut-Tahrir is evident”....“If the German example may appeal to you, then I advise you to consult them and take a lesson or two from their failure, before you follow suit.”

The Hebron-born preacher, who also goes by the name Abu Anas, said Mr Abbott would have to “prevent the flow of air” to stop them.

“You will be successful in banning ideas and their spread when you are able to prevent the flow of air itself.”

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks.

[caww]

Looks like this guys the top dog of the organization..."Ata Abu Rashta"...they all are freaks IMO...Dark Aged Old men leading a brainfried people to do their bidding....they all need to be gone! They offer the world nothing but death and destruction....

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Million here, million there. Good thing Obama has ended the war.

[Biggirl]

World War 4 rather.

[dennisw]

Islamist group Hizb-ut- Tahrir worse than ISIS.....

The Aztecs would not be impressed by these clowns

[onedoug]

ø ecstatic.