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January 30, 2007
Kazakhstan: Islamists Repent - Leave Hizb ut-Tahrir
News from Interfax-Religion reports that in Kazakhstan, 55 members of the anti-democratic Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, illegal in most nations in Central Asia, have publicly renounced their involvement in the group.
The individuals, who come from Almaty, Karaganda, Taraze, Chimkent, Pavlodar, Baikonur, Kentau, Saryagashe and Ekibastuze, were said to have abandoned membership after leaders of the group in Kazakhstan were detained by the authorities, according to the Kazakh National Security Council.
The Hizb former members handed over 9 booklets, 508 books and 134 magazines to the National Security Committee. They also gave up 309 Hizb ut-Tahrir leaflets. Their actions were said to be voluntary.
Hizb ut-Tahrir, founded in Jerusalem in 1952 is an international organization which seeks to overthrow national borders and democracies, to establish a Muslim Caliphate. The last Caliphate was that of the Ottomans, which was dissolved by Turkish nationalists, led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in March 1924.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at January 30, 2007 11:04 AM
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