Hizb ut-Tahrir Refused Public Space by Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has reported that Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) was banned by the Palestinian Authority (PA) from holding a conference on Saturday July 4 at Ramallah Secondary School, to mark the anniversary of the end of the Islamic Caliph's Rule.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is an Islamist revolutionary party devoted to the overthrow of secular governments and the re-establishment of the Islamic Caliphate. They have a very strong presence in the UK and last weekend's Sunday Times reported on an attempted HT coup in Pakistan which was linked to Britain via Tayyeb Muqeem, a member of the group in this country, who gained some notoriety recently by physically attacking Quilliam Foundation director and former leading member of HT, Maajid Nawaz. According to the Sunday Times:

"Tayyib Muqeem, an English teacher from Stoke-on-Trent, said he had moved to Lahore to convert Pakistanis to the movement.

At Lahore's Superior College, where Muqeem has set up a Hizb ut-Tahrir student group, he said the organisation's aim was to subject Muslim and western countries to Islamic rule under sharia law, "by force" if necessary.

In a caliphate, "every woman would have to cover up" and stoning to death for adultery and (...)