Hizb ut-Tahrir
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Hizb ut-Tahrir (Arabic: ﺣﺰﺏ ﺍﻟﺘﺤﺮﻳﺮ; meaning Party of Liberation) is an an independent political party whose ideology is based on the teachings of Islam. The organization was founded by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani, a religious judge (qadi) of Jerusalem al-quds in 1953. Hizb ut-Tahrir claim to be dedicated to the re-establishment of the Khilafah state, and the removing of what the organization consider to be imperialistic non-Islamic control from the islamic societies. According to Hizb ut-Tahrir, these influences include: non-Muslim military capacities, such as the US Armed Forces presence in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan; non-Islamic laws and legal concepts; and Muslim trust in non-Islamic thoughts ( Secularism, philosophy, ...).
These goals are to be accomplished by uniting all Muslims in a single Islamic state- the Khilafah, whose society, laws, norms and social mores are determined by Islam exclusively, ruled by a Caliph. A three stage plan of action to fulfull these goals has been set forth:
- Establish a community of Hizb ut-Tahrir members. Members that accept the goals, and methods of the organization as their own and is ready to work to fulfill these goals.
- Widen the influence and membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir among as large a number of Muslims as possible.
- Overthrow the government and replace it with one that implements Islam "generally and comprehensively", carrying Islam to people throughout the world.
The organization claims that these steps are in accordance with the method of Islamic Prophet Muhammad, whose method for change is obligatory for Muslims to follow. Despite the claims of several Muslim governments the group has always publicly maintained a policy of political rather than violent change. Indeed, its public positions is that it adheres to the Islamic Shari'ah in all aspects of its work and considers violence or armed struggle against the regime, as a method to re-establish the Islamic State, to be forbidden by the Islamic Shari'ah.
The party's stated mission in the Western world, is "to explain Islamic ideology to Muslims, to create a dialogue with Western thinkers about Capitalism and its ills and to present Islam as an ideological alternative."
Hizb ut-Tahrir is considered a criminal organization in several countries, and in February 2003 the Russian Supreme Court banned Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organization. A month before, Hizb ut-Tahrir was also outlawed in Germany on charges of anti-Jewish propaganda. This ruling is currently being challenged in the German courts. Denmark is currently also considering to outlaw the organization, because of recent threats from the organization, against the non-Muslim population of Denmark.
On 27 December 2004 several public figures of Russia's Tatarstan republic — including the Tatar writer Aydar Halim — signed an open letter, in which they accused Russia's police and special forces of mass arrests of about 400 Muslims under a "far-fetched pretext of their alleged ties with Hizb ut-Tahrir".
External links
- Hizb ut-Tahrir Official British Site (http://www.hizb.org.uk/)
- Hizb ut-Tahrir Official International Site (http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org/)
(English (http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org/english/english.html))
- Hizb ut-Tahrir Media Site (http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/)
- Khilafah.com News and Analysis (http://www.khilafah.com/)
- Hizb ut-Tahrir- Pakistan (http://www.khilafah.com.pk/)
- Ramadhan Site (http://www.ramadhan.org/)da:Hizb'ut'Tahrir