Hizb ut-Tahir

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Hizb ut-Tahir (HT) is an Islamist political movement, which states it wants to reestablish the Caliphate in traditional Muslim lands, but by nonviolent means. It also wants to build Muslim community in the West. [1] Ahmed Rashid wrote that it is theologically close to Wahhabism, but is basically nonviolent, although it has been banned in Germany and there is pressure to do so in Britain. [2]

It was formed in 1952 by Taqiuddin an-Nabhani, a Palestinian Jurist; its current leader is Ata ibn Khaleel Abu Rushta.

References

  1. ↑ Media Information Pack, Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain
  2. ↑ Ahmed Rashid (2006), Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, Viking, ISBN 9780670019700, pp. 164-165
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