Al-Muhajiroun
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Al-Muhajiroun (Arabic: The Emigrants) was an ultra-extremist Islamist group operating in the United Kingdom, which splintered from Hizb ut-Tahrir in 1996. It was led by Anjem Choudary and was notorious for its conference "The Magnificent 19", praising the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks.
The Vision of Al-Muhajiroun
Al-Muhajiroun's proclaimed aims were as follows:
- To establish public awareness in society about Islam as a belief (Aqeedah) from which emanates a complete system of life i.e. Shari'ah in order that Islam becomes the Intellectual leadership in society.
- To create public opinion in society about Islam as a complete system of life and about the call of Al-Muhajiroun.
- To persuade Muslims to implement Islam and to persuade non-Muslims to embrace Islam or to accept it as a political way of life and a solution for their problems.
- To highlight the issues and the problems facing Muslims locally or globally in order to establish an Islamic bond between the community and the Ummah i.e. Muslims worldwide.
- To create a high profile for Al-Muhajiroun to enable them to penetrate into the society and to let the whole world talk about them and their ideas in order to establish contact and links with the masses and the people of power i.e. the army.
- To formulate a fifth column as a community pressure group which is well equipped with the Islamic culture e.g. ruling, social, economic, judicial, penal and ritual systems in order to become capable of implementing Islam fully and comprehensively in society.
- To establish Al-Khilafah in order that Islam dominates the World (Izhaar ud-Deen) and becomes the World order.
Possible disbandment
On October 13, 2004, Choudary stated that "There is no need any more for al Muhajiroun. Basically, the Muslims are uniting together under the banner of all those people who are following the messenger of Islam, Muhammad. We find that Muslims need to shed their party banners and unite in order to defend the lives of Muslims against this global crusade". However, it is believed that Al-Muhajiroun may in fact still be operating under the cover name of The Saviour Sect.
External Links
- The Saviour Sect W ebsite (http://www.thesavioursect.com/)
- Al-Muhajiroun Website (http://www.muhajiroun.com)