Hizb Ut-Tahrir Britain
Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain (also known as HT Britain, HTB, HT in the UK, and HTUK Baran, ''Hizb ut-Tahrir: Islam's Political Insurgency'', 2004:17) is the official name of the United Kingdom branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a transnational, pan-Islamist and fundamentalist group that seeks to re-establish "the Islamic Khilafah (Caliphate)" as an Islamic "superstate" where Muslim-majority countries are unified Ahmed & Stuart, ''Hizb Ut-Tahrir'', 2009: p.3 and ruled under Islamic Shariah law, and which eventually expands globally to include non-Muslim states such as Britain. The Home Office of the UK government describes HTB as "radical, but to date non-violent Islamist group" that "holds anti-semitic, anti-western and homophobic views"; a BBC programme described the party's website as promoting "racism and anti-Semitic hatred", calling "suicide bombers martyrs", and urging "Muslims to kill Jewish people". As in other countries, HT preaches that re-establishing the caliphate is a religious ...
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