NEW DELHI: Government on Thursday officially declared Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), an international pan-Islamic organisation founded in Jerusalem in 1953, as a banned group due to its alleged involvement in promoting terrorism and radicalising vulnerable youth to join terrorist organisations like ISIS.
The Union home ministry issued a notification saying that HuT uses various social media platforms, secure apps, and conducts ‘Dawah’ meetings to encourage susceptible individuals to engage in terrorist activities and raise funds for such purposes.
According to the home ministry, HuT’s objective is to establish an Islamic state and caliphate on a global scale, including within India, by overthrowing democratically elected governments through jihad and terrorist activities. The ministry believes that this poses a serious threat to the country’s democratic system and internal security.
“And whereas, the central government believes that Hizb-ut-Tahrir is involved in terrorism and has participated in various acts of terrorism in India,” the notification declared, officially banning the group under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.