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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn Political correspondent

What is ‘antisemitic’ Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir and what does it want?

Protesters from Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain outside parliament in 2011
Protesters from Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain outside parliament in 2011. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Hizb ut-Tahrir, the revolutionary Islamist organisation that is to be banned from organising in the UK, has been agitating and recruiting in Britain for nearly 40 years.

A ban on the group, which has been called “antisemitic” by the home secretary, James Cleverly, will come into force on Friday if approved by parliament, in a move that will put it on a par with al-Qaida and Islamic State.

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