Muslim rule in India, Israel and…, banned Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir conference in Canada sparks row, aim is to…

Banned Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, who targets to place Islamic rule across the globe, including in in Israel and India, is reportedly organizing a ‘Caliphate Conference’ in Canada, triggering controversy attributable to the neighborhood’s extremist views. The convention, which became once earlier scheduled to be held in  Mississauga, is now going to be held in Hamilton city in Ontario on January 18, 2025, after Mississauga city mayor Carolyn Parrish adverse the event and denied permission, citing issues.

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s deliberate ‘Caliphate Conference’ targets to push its agenda of the neighborhood’s scheme of making an Islamic Caliphate across the world which would possibly be governed by Sharia legislation. The event seeks to unite Muslim-majority international locations below a single Islamic divulge.

Notably, the Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned in international locations several international locations, including the UK, India, China, masses of Arab international locations, and even Pakistan, however operates freely in Canada. Its Canadian arm– the Hizb ut-Tahrir Canada– has repeatedly rejected allegations of the neighborhood being a violent organization.

‘Islamic Caliphate’ in India, Spain, Balkans

In an announcement, the neighborhood said it targets to place a Sharia-based Caliphate in the Muslim world however rejects violence as a manner to pursue its self-imposed targets, claiming that it operates inner Islamic guidelines.

Per a document by the Jerusalem Put up, the Hizb ut-Tahrir’s Canadian unit, describes itself as a non-violent neighborhood who needs to prepare a level-headed convention on setting up caliphate rule in the Muslim world, however the ads of the event, devour also included international locations like Greece, India, Spain, aspects of Balkan international locations, and even a colossal a part of Africa, in a self-styled ‘blueprint’ of their so-known as ‘Caliphate’.

Furthermore, the convention will also place discussions the USA, Israel as being the enemies of Muslims, and the liberation of Palestine, the document said. On its decent internet place of abode, Hizb ut-Tahrir highlights the oppression of Palestinians and Israel’s alleged “genocide” in Gaza, West Financial institution and Lebanon.

The neighborhood also urges Muslims in Islamic international locations to overthrow the “puppet regimes” in these international locations and advance together to present a united Caliphate of Muslims. The neighborhood, formed in Jerusalem in 1953, is vociferously in opposition to the Jewish divulge of Israel, and its “occupation” of Palestinian lands, and advocates for its annihilation, in addition to setting up an Islamic Caliphate in Southern European, Asian, West Asian and African international locations.

Calls to end convention, ban Hizb ut-Tahrir

Within the meantime, the Hizb ut-Tahrir’s upcoming convention has been adverse by several Canadian MPs, over issues of extremism and anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Conservative birthday celebration MP, Don Stewart, who represents the Toronto—St. Paul federal electoral district, said the event mustn't ever allowed in Canada attributable to the neighborhood’s extremist views. CIJA also urged  Ontario authorities to end the convention and designate the anti-Semitic organization as a terrorist neighborhood.