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Hizb ut-Tahrir Envisions Revived Caliphate Reaching Vienna and Washington

web.archive.org · October 9, 2026

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.