Hizb ut-Tahrir

Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami is an Islamist political party that wants to rule the world. It was founded by Taqiuddin an-Nabhani, a Palestinian Islamic jurist, in Jerusalem in 1952. Unlike al-Qaeda, it forswears violence, and unlike virtually all other Islamist parties, it refuses to participate in elections, because it believes democracy violates Islam. A group with such high ambitions and narrow operating constraints should have died out decades ago. But Hizb ut-Tahrir has not died out. It has grown. This book is about that surprising fact. The party's presence in more than 40 countries exposes it to a wide range of political conditions, giving it a tactical flexibility many of its competitors lack. A new, globally aware class of young knowledge workers dominates its organizational culture and helps drive party growth even in the face of significant obstacles to its goal of reviving the caliphate.

Autorentext

Matthew Herbert has been an intelligence professional for 20 years, with assignments to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Kosovo, Italy and Saudi Arabia. He holds a Masters degree in Philosophy from Loyola University-Chicago and a Command and Staff Diploma from the U.S. Naval War College.