"Hizb ut-Tahrir, founded in the early 1950s by a Palestinian judge dissatisfied with the Muslim Brotherhood, has existed in Britain for a number of years and remains legal in other Western countries, including the United States. But it is banned in a number of Muslim countries, particularly those — including Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia — that feel vulnerable to its calls for the overthrow of their governments."
Here's the education link again.
"A strictly run cell-based organization, the party does not announce membership numbers. It remains potent on British university campuses,..."
Listen to this:
"Most people in the Muslim world want Shariah, the code of Islamic law based on the Koran, he said.
“Our feeling is: what gives Western governments the right to impose a set of values on a people who don’t believe in them?” he said, referring to the United States and Britain pushing for democratic values in the Middle East. "
Well let's see, Iraq and Afghanistan held elections where millions of Muslims in both countries participated in those "democratic values" - when they were freed from Shariah and allowed to vote.
So what does HT plan for Britain?
"Why did Hizb ut-Tahir not work for the goal of the caliphate in Britain, asked someone in the audience during a question-and-answer session.
“We focus our work where we can get the quickest results,” said Mr. Abuzahra, the academic."
Those "results" are overturning democratically elected governments and notice he leaves open their future plans for Britain.
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