Political Islam in the News

CSPII Commentary: A Hizb ut-Tahrir commentary condemns Erdogan for celebrating Ottoman history while preserving Turkey’s secular democracy. It argues that genuine historical continuity requires restoring the Islamic Caliphate, abolished in 1924, and rejecting Western-imposed secularism, democracy, republicanism, and nationalism. Accusing Erdogan of serving Western interests and exploiting Muslim sentiment for votes, it calls for replacing Turkey’s political system with a Hizb ut-Tahrir-led Caliphate, envisioning renewed Islamic conquest extending beyond Vienna to Washington.

CSPII Commentary: Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid says "The scholars have unanimously agreed on the obligation to pursue the disbelievers in their own lands, to call them to Islam, and to fight them if they do not accept submission to the rule of Islam."

CSPII Commentary: The European Union's largest party calls to define individuals and organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist entities, but mentions a false distinction between "Islam as a faith and political Islam as an ideology". The distinction is false because the political ideology is found in the Koran, Hadith and Sira, and Koran 2:208, 2:85, 4:150-151 and others, instructs to not pick-and-choose which parts to believe in, and Koran 3:7 forbids seeking convenient interpretations.