Hizb Tahrir planned Arab spring in Pak

[pak-marine]

Intelligence warning: Hizb ut-Tahrir planned ‘Arab spring’ in Pakistan

By Irfan Ghauri / Zia Khan


Classified report says the radical group sought to recruit ‘like-minded’ military officers to its cause. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE

ISLAMABAD:
Several weeks before the military detained a group of senior officers for alleged links with the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir earlier this year, the country’s intelligence agencies warned that the banned organisation was planning an Egypt-style uprising in Pakistan by seeking support from ‘like-minded’ elements within the armed forces.

In a correspondence among the Punjab police, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the government in April this year, made available to The Express Tribune, there was a clear warning of the outfit attempting a ‘deep infiltration’ of the military and academia.

Wary of its burgeoning network and in what appeared to be an early warning of the group’s growing influence, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the police called for taking ‘appropriate’ steps to control the group that calls for establishing a caliphate in Pakistan by overthrowing the government.
“All were forewarned about what was coming,” an official told The Express Tribune on Sunday about the letter.
Officials said the arrest of Brigadier Ali Khan and four hitherto unknown majors in May came after months of such correspondence between various law-enforcement and intelligence agencies, hinting at ‘suspicious’ activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir activists and their possible collaboration with military personnel, particularly in Punjab.
The brigadier and majors are still in the military’s custody and might face a court martial for ‘inciting fellow officers for a mutiny’.
The crucial letter urged law-enforcement officials to take ‘preventive or pre-emptive measures’ to avert any untoward incident and make efforts to “identify and apprehend the miscreants before they succeed in their nefarious designs.”

According to the document, Hizb ut-Tahrir was working on a plan to seek an uprising in Pakistan similar to ones in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year. “They wanted an Arab spring in Pakistan,” said an official familiar with the letter.

Hizb ut-Tahrir had regularly been distributing pamphlets and leaflets in middle and upper-middle class residential areas of large cities. This activity gained momentum after the successful uprising in Tunisia.
In its pamphlets, Hizb ut-Tahrir specifically addressed the armed forces, urging military personnel and the general public, especially the youth, to make a concerted effort to get rid of the government, citing the example of Tunisia.

The pamphlets also sought to utilise the public’s anti-American sentiments, inciting them against what it called the ‘pro-American’ generals who they said had engaged a ‘Muslim’ army in a war with their fellow brothers in the tribal areas at the behest of the United States.
Intelligence agencies warned that Hizbut Tahrir was trying to mobilise public opinion in favour of establishing a caliphate in Pakistan by overthrowing the government. As a first step towards their proposed revolution, they want to have an Arab-style uprising which would have the support of the armed forces.

If the organisation could not get generals to support its plans at the institutional level, it would seek officers who were supportive of its ideology to carry out its mission in an individual capacity.
After the arrest of serving army officers for their alleged links with Hizb ut-Tahrir, the government also detained some office bearers of the banned group.
Hizb ut-Tahrir has launched a campaign for their release, with posters seen on walls in different parts of Islamabad, condemning the arrests.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2011.

 

[Icarus]

HT does have some support in the military and other govt agencies however, it is not enough to be able to instigate a rebellion or revolt of any kind.

 

[MilSpec]

Not sure if that stuff will work in Pak... It's much stronger nation

 

[pak-marine]

isnt it correct that HUT is based on british soil ??

 

[StormShadow]

Not sure if that stuff will work in Pak... It's much stronger nation

As long as current Pak Govt is working for US, rest assured, there will be no uprising.

 

[T-Faz]

Why do they want an Arab spring roll and not a Pakistani or Chinese spring roll?

I don't like the idea of this spring roll.

 

[pak-marine]

Why do they want an Arab spring roll and not a Pakistani or Chinese spring roll?

I don't like the idea of this spring roll.

the brigadier and his men caught i am hoping are enjoying all sorts of Pakistani rolls in their little joint

 

[jamesavery]

Hizbut Tahrir are also in Pakistan? They seem to be everywhere in Britain trying to convince honest people (muslims)that they should repel democracy and live by Sharia law.

 

[Imran Khan]

will never happen here they are fools .pakistanis now have 103 sat channels and they know very well every thing.hizb tahrer is nothing but only 200 pakistanis may member of this BS .

 

[muse]

Pay More attention to the ideas not the brand name -- There are multiple brand names but they are all selling the same ideas.

 

[muse]

Clearly radical Islamists find welcome in the UK, how come? - Below is a dated piece but I think it's important



Is Hizb-ut-Tahrir another project of British MI6?
March 21, 2010
By Yousuf Nazar

General Pervez Musharraf acknowledged in his book, ‘In the Line of Fire’, that Omar Saeed Sheikh – the man who was convicted for killing Wall Street Journal’s correspondent Daniel Pearl, in 2002, was recruited by MI6, the British intelligence agency.

We also know that Omar Saeed Sheikh conducted terrorist strikes in India and was also very close to the sectarian terrorist outfits in Pakistan besides being very close to the former Intelligence Bureau Head, Brig. (rtd) Ijaz Shah. Omar Saeed was also linked (in the reports of the Associated Press, DAWN, CNN, Fox News, ABC News, among others) to transferring $100,000 to Mohd. Atta, who allegedly led the hijackings of 9/11.

So when people talk about a nexus of the Western intelligence agencies, Pakistani spy masters, and the terrorists in Pakistan, it is more than just conspiracy theory. Some of the facts have been so well documented and in some instance, as in the case of Omar Saeed Sheikh, acknowledged by people like Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto.

This article provides links to material and reports that indicate that Hizb-ut-Tahrir is in fact a project of the MI6.

From 1986 to 1996, under the leadership of Syrian born Omar Bakri Muhammad, Hizb ut-Tahrir grew from a very small organization in Britain to a one of the most active Islamic organizations in the country. In 1996 Bakri split with Hizb ut-Tahrir over disagreements on policy, style and methods, and focused on another organization Al-Muhajiroun.

A report in Foreign Affairs Journal claims that Hizb ut-Tahrir “dominates” the British Islamist “scene” with some 8,500 members in the United Kingdom, compared to only 1,000 for a rival, Muslim Association of Britain.

Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain emphasized the importance of Muslims choosing loyalty to their religion above loyalty to Britain or any other country. In Hizb ut-Tahrir’s view, Islam is anti-nationalist, transnational and pan-Islamic in nature. Although it was founded decades ago and is active in many countries, its activities in Central Asia are considered as of vital importance to MI6 as part of Anglo-American strategy to contain the Russians and since the last decade to counter the growing influence of China.

Following the 7 July 2005 London bombings the British government announced its intention to ban the organization but abandoned the ban. According to The Independent Blair “shelved the ban after warnings from police, intelligence chiefs, and civil liberties groups that it is a non-violent group, and driving it underground could backfire and according to the Observer because the Home Office believed a legal ban would not stick.

In July 2007, Leader of the Opposition David Cameron asked the new Prime Minister Gordon Brown why the organisation had not been banned from the United Kingdom, arguing it was an extremist group. Gordon Brown responded that more evidence would be needed before banning a group and, when pressed further, John Reid the previous home secretary stepped in arguing that there had already been two reviews of the group with insufficient evidence to justify a ban.

In November of 2009, Mr Cameron again questioned the Government over Hizb ut-Tahrir, claiming that government Pathfinder fund aimed at combating violent extremism was being used to fund schools run by an organisation with links to extremism.

The following links are worth a closer study.

1. The first report is that of UK Daily Telegraph, titled ” Islamists who want to destroy the state get £100,000 funding”, dated Oct. 25, 2009

2. The second one is a report published by the Executive Intelligence Review, ”Tajikistan-Another Victim of British-Saudi Terror“, dated August 7. 2009

3. The third report by the UK’s Times, “British Islamists plot against Pakistan“, dated July 4, 2009, does not link MI6 directly but is silent on one fact. How come the British Muslims belonging to the Hizb while followed so closely by the British intelligence and known to even the Times, are able to travel so frequently between the UK and Pakistan?

4. MI6 agents in Dehli detained, February 18, 2010

The linkages between the so-called Islamic militants and the Western spy agencies, supported by the reports of the western media itself, suggest that some of the so-called extremist or militant groups are merely tools in the much bigger game, called the “Great Game” and MI6 is naturally a major player.

Unfortunately, Pakistanis have become the cannon fodder of the not just the Great Game but also of the ‘turf battles’ among the MI6, the CIA, and the ISI. Of course, the fact that many of the extremists have gotten out of their control has made things worse but the fight against the terrorists seems like a losing battle in this part of the world because either the ‘old terrorist’ is eliminated and replaced by a new one as Benazir Bhutto put it on Business Plus TV in one of her last interviews, and a ‘good terrorist” is even supported by some of the most prominent figures in the media leave alone the much maligned Pakistani establishment.

 

[Abu Basit]

i read this news in yesterday's afternoon news papers and now here--- all i can say is "stupid journalism", there's nothing surprising or a big revelation-- anyone who has studied the methodology or material of Hizb'ut Tahrir knows that they openly call out for a Revolution and for this they try to get support from powerful people from all section of the society--

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

God only knows what kind of "revolution" they have in mind......We dont require such people. The revolution in Egypt at least was led by a vast array of people ---from secularists to leftists to right-leaning religious groups. Their political and ideological divisions may exist and may become more pronounced over time, but there was no outwardly religious overtone in their initial 'revolution' which led to the toppling of their long-serving dictator (an ouster which interestingly/ironically enough, was met with much anger and fear by the pro-wahhabi pro-western Saudi royal family)

truth be told, Pakistanis just need honest, patriotic leadership....from grass roots level to the top. The system is rotten. But why the hell we need groups like "Hizb Tahrir"??? Let Pakistan be strong first before talking about Khilafat or any of those things.


Pakistan FIRST.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Hizbut Tahrir are also in Pakistan? They seem to be everywhere in Britain trying to convince honest people (muslims)that they should repel democracy and live by Sharia law.

such groups will only take us backwards....not forwards. Go online and see the crap they spew out.

most of them consist of confused people with identity crisis, living in some overseas (mostly western) countries.....

 

[Abu Basit]

God only knows what kind of "revolution" they have in mind......We dont require such people. The revolution in Egypt at least was led by a vast array of people ---from secularists to leftists to right-leaning religious groups. Their political and ideological divisions may exist and may become more pronounced over time, but there was no outwardly religious overtone in their initial 'revolution' which led to the toppling of their long-serving dictator (an ouster which interestingly/ironically enough, was met with much anger and fear by the pro-wahhabi pro-western Saudi royal family)

truth be told, Pakistanis just need honest, patriotic leadership....from grass roots level to the top. The system is rotten. But why the hell we need groups like "Hizb Tahrir"??? Let Pakistan be strong first before talking about Khilafat or any of those things.


Pakistan FIRST.

Revolution in Egypt' or maybe we have a new definition of Revolution ---