LONDON: The British government has outlawed a Muslim group called Hizbut Tahrir, criminalizing any association with it forthwith.
A government official and the home department announced today.
“I have made the decision to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir in the UK. Their promotion and encouragement of the abhorrent attacks perpetrated by Hamas goes against everything our country stands for. Belonging to and inviting support for this group will be a criminal offence,” said home secretary James Cleverly.
Separately, the home department in a post on X stated, “Today, we took action to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation. The encouragement and promotion of Hamas’ unlawful attacks, and the group’s antisemitic ideology, are appalling. Being a member and inviting support for the group will be a criminal offence.”
For years, successive governments in Britain have planned to ban the group but couldn’t take any final decision.
The group’s public position is that it does not support Hamas or advocate the use of violence to achieve an Islamic state, said a news report.
The ban came into force on Friday after parliamentary approval and effectively places the group in the same category as banned organisations Al Qaeda and the militant Islamic State group.
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