Australian Hizb Ut-Tahrir Leader Espouses Violent Islamic Revolution

Hizb ut-Tahrir is a secretive organisation known as the Party of Islamic Liberation, which advocates the destruction of Western civilisation and the overthrow of governments and their replacement by Islamic rule....

its influence has grown and it now has a presence in about 45 countries.

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Call for overthrow of non-Muslim governments
Sheik is 'leader' of mysterious Hizb ut-Tahrir
Group banned in Europe, China and Saudi Arabia

By Natalie O'Brien
September 26, 2007 12:15am

THE mysterious sheik behind the Australian chapter of Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has revealed the organisation's support for military coups and revolutions to overthrow non-Muslim governments worldwide.
Ismail Al Wahwah, who was little known until last month when he was banned from a Hizb ut-Tahrir conference in Indonesia, spoke out on an Arabic radio program that revealed him as the "active member" of the group in Australia.
In an interview on SBS radio last month, he attacked the West's lack of values and backed the use of suicide bombings in Iraq and Palestine, even if they killed Australians.
"I say any occupied people have the responsibility to defend their country," he told SBS's Arabic radio program. "The victim should not be asked how he is defending himself."

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