David Cameron took Education Secretary, Michael Gove's, comments on Britishness to another level this weekend when he suggested it was time to get ‘muscular' about promoting British values. He stated that adoption of these values was no longer ‘optional', and that the British had to stop being ‘squeamish' about promoting them forthrightly. Coming in the aftermath of Ofsted's inspection into the alleged Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham, his intended subjects…

Hizb ut Tahrir America concluded its annual Khilafah "Caliphate" conference in Hickory Hills, IL on Sunday, June 15, 2014 under the title "Muslims in America connected to the Global Ummah". The conference theme highlights the importance of Muslim unity and the role Muslims in America can play in achieving global Muslim Unity. The events that have unfolded over the past few years, specially the Arab Spring, have revealed an increasing…

For several weeks the news has been dominated by inquiries into schools in areas of Birmingham with large Muslim populations. Some of these state schools were given an ‘outstanding' ranking by the UK government schools' inspectors Ofsted in 2012. Yet the publication of a letter - almost certainly believed to be fabricated - led to accusations of an ‘Islamic plot' to take over British state schools in Birmingham. At the…

1. On any given day, the Hizb has never claimed that its aim is attaining the rule and will never claim that. The aim of the Hizb is fully outlined in its administrative law, which is carrying the Islamic Da'wah and resuming the Islamic way of life.