Yesterday evening, British parliament passed a draft order proscribing the
global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (“Party of Liberation”) a terrorist group.
The proscription, which took effect at midnight GMT, comes after months of
escalated rhetoric from the group’s UK chapter, Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain, which
since October 7 has praised Hamas’s attacks, openly calling for Jihad and for
‘Muslim armies’ to invade Israel.





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CEP APPLAUDS UNITED KINGDOM FOR PROSCRIBING HIZB UT-THARIR


(New York, N.Y.) — Yesterday evening, British parliament passed a draft order
proscribing the global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (“Party of Liberation”) a
terrorist group. The proscription, which took effect at midnight GMT, comes
after months of escalated rhetoric from the group’s UK chapter, Hizb ut-Tahrir
Britain, which since October 7 has praised Hamas’s attacks, openly calling for
Jihad and for ‘Muslim armies’ to invade Israel.



CEP Senior Advisor Professor Ian Acheson, former Director of Community Safety
at the Home Office said:



“This action will be welcomed by all right-minded people. Hizb ut-Tahrir is an
antisemitic hate group who have been allowed to pedal their vile beliefs openly
for far too long on Britain's streets. Calling the terrorists of Hamas 'heroes'
for the 10/7 atrocity is just the latest example of their unfitness for public
life. The police and Security Service must now make full use of their extensive
powers to pursue, arrest and charge anyone who continues to espouse their views
including shell organizations that will inevitably spring up in the aftermath
of this welcome ban.”



CEP CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace said:



“I commend this decisive move from Britain’s Home Secretary. Hizb ut-Tahrir
has long spewed hateful, bigoted, and vitriolic rhetoric, and has the track
record of violent alumni to match. Other Western European countries should
follow the British example, while the group’s branch in the United States,
which holds and annual “Caliphate Conference” in Chicago, also deserves such
examination.”



Two previous attempts to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir under both Labour and Conservative
governments failed, in large part because the group has avoided direct calls
for violence—a hurdle that appears to have been surmounted by the group’s
recent public support of Hamas. Also significant for proscription purposes is
the fact of HT’s organizational unity. As Security Minister Tom Tugendhat noted
in a House of Commons speech yesterday, “one branch cannot be separated from
another. The UK branch is important when taking down the network around the
world.” Tugendhat went on to cite the group’s anti-democratic and illiberal
values: “Hizb ut-Tahrir has antisemitism at its very core. They reject
democracy and engage in vile homophobia as an organization.”



Historically, the group has been associated with several prominent individuals
who have moved onto overt violent jihadism.Omar Bakri Muhammad
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found and lead al-Muhajiroun, a proscribed terrorist group in Britain. Other HT
alumni include British ISIS executionerMohammed Emwazi
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John,” andAbu Musab al-Zarqawi
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), whileKhalid Sheikh Mohammed
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mastermind of the 9/11 attack, has also reportedly been associated with the
group.



Hizb ut-Tahrir is already banned in several Muslim-majority states, including
Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, as well as in Germany
and China. The U.K. proscription makes it a criminal offense to belong to or
promote the group, with conviction carrying up to 14 years in prison.



To read CEP’s Briefing on the United Kingdom’s ban, please click here
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To read CEP’s report on Hizb ut-Tahrir, please click here
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To read CEP’s Blog “Follow Britain’s Lead on Banning Hizb ut-Tahrir,” please
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To read CEP’s call to cancel Hizb ut-Tahrir’s conference on Facebook Live,
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