Hizb ut Tahrir

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3182271.stm

According to the BBC Hizb ut Tahrir is "an extreme Muslim group operating in the United Kingdom...we could soon be experiencing terrorist attacks along the lines of those in Baghdad and Jerusalem".

The BBC defines Hizb Ut Tahrir or "HT" as "an Islamic splinter group, which is banned in many countries around the world. It operates freely in Britain".

Furthermore the BBC alleges that the "HT" website "promotes racism and anti-Semitic hatred, calls suicide bombers martyrs, and urges Muslims to kill Jewish people".

Unfortunately, the masses fail to understand the historic evolution of such an organization, dangerous, possibly, violent? Not quite, but it can possibly be the catalyst for future violence. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of Muslims are driven by socio-economic issues, not ideology, and that the "type" of Islam they understand is quite personal, and introspective, very much dislike the Hizb ut Tahrir. Simply being a better Muslim/person is the goal of the vast majority of the Muslim population, establishing the Caliphate however is very extreme in most cases.

If the British want to combat extremism, what the must do is combat poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of formal education, and discrimination within the Muslim segments of Britain, those issues are the issues which extremist organizations use towards their advantage. Why would a young Muslim lad commit himself to an extremist ideology if there was no reason to be angry, if life is treating him well, why would he protest?

The term Jihad is so misused that when it is properly being used, people tend to still think of its inaccurate form of meaning holy war when in fact it simply, and purely means to struggle. Samuel Huntington was wrong with his conclusion of clashing cultures, it is ignorance that causes conflict.