I couldn't agree more!

Submitted by Ashraf Hoc (United Kingdom), May 5, 2003 at 12:06

As a student of history in the School of Oriental and African Studies (UK), i find this article refreshing and insightful. As a former member of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Freedom, an Islamist organization), I fully agree with all of your views. I left the party a while back after grappling with the true millitancy and extremism of Islam, which HT with its pacifist values did not represent.

However, i soon learnt the error of my ways and have now bcome a secular minded Briton. My friends are now people who I previously regarded as kufar (infidels). Neither do I longer have links with HT.

You are probably thinking why i didn't rejoin with the Party after having come to by senses (HT is pacifist). The reason is that HT is quintessentially an Islamic party whose teachings as based on Sharia. Whether peacefully applied or not, one fact still stands - Islam is a bellicose faith and the concept of jihad is, in both extremes, inapplicable in a democratic country, such is this fair one I call home. I now rule by the will of self, not of Allah.

Thanks and keep up the great work Dan!
Ash.

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