Government bans Hizb-ut-Tahrir, labels it a threat to national security citing its aim to establish Islamic state | India News – Times of India

Representational image (Pic credit: ANI) 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…

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Man linked to radicalisation bid arrested at Bengaluru airport by NIA | Bengaluru News – Times of India

BENGALURU: NIA arrested a key member of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), Aziz Ahmed alias Jaleel Aziz Ahmed of Tamil Nadu, at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport Friday night, shortly before he was to board a flight. Ahmed was involved in attempts to radicalise youth to establish an Islamic caliphate in India. Officials said he was going abroad to…

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