Home Office Designates Hizb Ut-Tahrir as a Terrorist Organisation
Published on January 15, 2024
The international Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has been officially designated as a terrorist organisation, the UK’s Home Office announced. On Monday, the government said that Hizb ut-Tahrir’s praise of the Oct. 7 attacks and associated incidents in Israel, as well as describing Hamas as “heroes” on their central website “constitutes promoting and encouraging terrorism.” The proposal has to be debated and is subject to Parliament’s backing but, if agreed, a ban on the group would come into force on Friday. It added that the group “has a history of praising and celebrating attacks against Israel and attacks against Jews more widely.”...