"Al-Quds [Jerusalem] cannot be liberated by resorting to protests and sit-in… it can only be restored by mobilizing armed forces to eliminate the Jewish entity!
"That way is to mobilize the Muslim armies and bring together all able bodied Muslims to eliminate the Jewish entity from its roots and only then will the al-Aqsa be liberated and cleared of the scum and evil of the Jews and their offsprings…
"The way is to regard the entire Palestine as one right from the banks of the river in the east to the sea in the west, without differentiating the lands occupied in 1948 or in 1967; whoever relinquishes even one part of the land, actually facilitates surrender of part after part, whoever displays weakness, humiliation is his destiny…"
18th Shawwal, 1430 A.H. Hizb ut-Tahrir. October 6, 2009.
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FEBRUARY 16, 2011 - For the past three years I have been following the activities of one of the most blatant antisemitic organisations allowed to flourish. Plainly put, Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), which is in favour of the destruction of Israel, as well as the killing of Jews, is banned in many countries around the world including Germany, Russia, Turkey, Syria and Egypt. It has grown into a multinational, active in over 50 countries.
In a report published in 2008 by Islam in Europe, the Dutch security service AIVD said:
"The movement [Hizb ut-Tahrir] operates exceptionally secretly and has a cell structure with an almost military hierarchy. The ideology is characterized by virulent anti-Zionism, and intense aversion to secular governments and ideologies, the complete shunning of those who believe differently and prescribing a confrontational and strongly polarizing message."
Wojciech Grabowski of the Department of International Relations at the University of Gdansk stated in a published paper: "Hizb ut-Tahrir is in opposition to capitalism, democracy, Zionism (all dialogue with other religions is forbidden) and to the West." He says, "every element of the organisation’s ideology has two sides: radical and liberal, peaceful and armed."
Hizb ut-Tahrir is not designated as a terrorist organization in the UK or the United States, however many consider it to be a stepping stone to more militant organizations.
In 2009, at a conference held in Chicago, the United States finally awoke to hearing first-hand what the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir also wants for America. Sharia law in place of the U.S. Constitution.
On July 19, 2009, Hizb ut-Tahrir America (HTA) hosted a conference in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago, in support of the establishment of a Caliphate.
Here’s how Madeleine Gruen of counterterrorismblog.org a unique, multi-expert blog to the counter-terrorism community, described HTA.
"Hizb ut-Tahrir America Enters Public Stage
Hizb ut-Tahrir America (HTA) has indicated that it has transitioned from its covert status to a public phase of operations by issuing an announcement, signed in its own name, that it will host a conference in July 2009 to support the establishment of a Caliphate. [in the USA]"
WHAT EXACTLY IS HIZB UT-TAHRIR?
According to Pakistan's PAK Institute For Peace Studies(PIPS) Hizb ut-Tahrir is a "global revolutionary Islamist movement, with branches in around 50 countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States… HT’s goal is to establish an expansionist super-state they would call the Khilafah (caliphate)." -Go to the following video link at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeVhQvzt4k&feature=related
PIPS adds: "HT is an ideological group that falls somewhere between political Islamists and militant Islamists, and may also be classified as a kind of a revolutionary Islamist set-up. HT emphatically asserts that the only way to progress, prosperity and development is the implementation of Islam as an ideology in Pakistan and in the whole world. In Pakistan, it has an anti-constitutional and anti-democratic outlook and agenda, and its narrative on militant and violent movements and groups in the country remains vague. It has well developed tactics to communicate with the masses and propagate its ideology. The danger in discourses such as HT’s is not so much in its ability to achieve popular appeal in Pakistan. Rather, its appeal will always remain niche and exclusive. The group primarily targets Pakistan Army, the educated youth, bureaucracy and the business community to win their support and sympathies to realize their Khilafah plan…
"Most analysts tend to watch madrassas and popular mass movements for signs of radicalization. The danger with HT is ever more serious and often overlooked because it is not always visible and does not conform to stereotypes."
In Denmark, Martin Henriksen (Danish People's Party) has said it's now time to ban HT in Denmark. Karen Hækkerup (Social Democrats) agrees and says it's objectionable that people who live in Denmark talk about armed struggle and show pictures of dead Danish soldiers.
The preponderance of evidence from countries as varied as Germany, Denmark, Turkey, Bangladesh, Russia and Egypt support the assertion that the U.S. administration in 2011 might well be advised to reassess its position on the organization, especially as Hizb ut-Tahrir itself proclaims that the U.S. is a state “with whom we are in an actual war."
And in the UK? We wait, and wait and wait and wait for government action!