An article in "The Australian" yesterday (Sheik's vision of Ocker Sharia ‘from day one', 10/01/13) by Paul Maley maligned Hizb ut Tahrir based on lies fabricated by the author. Referring to a public lecture given by Ismail al-Wahwah in Melbourne about two weeks ago, the article claimed that, "Sheik Ismail al-Wahwah offered a particularly stark vision of life in Australia were the group to succeed in its objective of establishing…

Hizb ut Tahrir condemns the Kayani-Zardari regime for locally blocking the website demanding the release of its spokesman in Pakistan, Naveed Butt, called www.freenaveedbutt.com. The regime blocked this website in response to Hizb ut Tahrir's global campaign demanding the immediate release of the highly respected and capable advocate for the Khilafah "Caliphate" in Pakistan

Jordan is currently experiencing some of the harshest weather conditions with freezing temperatures and torrential rains, causing the Muslims in the country's Syrian refugee camp to fight for survival due to atrocious living conditions. Heavy rain, snow and 60kph storm winds have reduced the entire area to a muddy swamp land with tents having been blown over and flooded.

Last May a number of Pakistani Secret Agency personnel kidnapped Naveed Butt, the Official Spokesperson of Hizb ut Tahrir in Pakistan, in front of his young children who were on their way home from school.