Al-Muhajiroun

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Al-Muhajiroun (Arabic: المهاجرون, The Emigrants) was an Islamist group operating in the United Kingdom, which splintered from Hizb ut-Tahrir in 1996. It was led by Omar Bakri Muhammad and Anjem Choudary [1]. Makbool Javaid was an early and prominent member. It was notorious for its conference "The Magnificent 19", praising the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. On 12 August 2005 Omar Bakri Muhammad was banned from the UK by Home Secretary Charles Clarke because his presence in Britain was “not conductive to the public good”.[2]

1 The Vision of Al-Muhajiroun
2 Disbandment
3 Controversial statements
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The Vision of Al-Muhajiroun

Al-Muhajiroun's proclaimed aims were as follows:

To establish public awareness in society about Islam as a belief (Aqeedah) from which emanates a complete system of life i.e. Shari'ah in order that Islam becomes the Intellectual leadership in society.
To create public opinion in society about Islam as a complete system of life and about the call of Al-Muhajiroun.
To persuade Muslims to implement Islam and to persuade non-Muslims to embrace Islam or to accept it as a political way of life and a solution for their problems.
To highlight the issues and the problems facing Muslims locally or globally in order to establish an Islamic bond between the community and the Ummah i.e. Muslims worldwide.
To create a high profile for Al-Muhajiroun to enable them to penetrate into the society and to let the whole world talk about them and their ideas in order to establish contact and links with the masses and the people of power i.e. the army.
To formulate a fifth column as a community pressure group which is well equipped with the Islamic culture e.g. ruling, social, economic, judicial, penal and ritual systems in order to become capable of implementing Islam fully and comprehensively in society.
To establish Al-Khilafah in order that Islam dominates the World (Izhaar ud-Deen) and becomes the World order.

[edit] Disbandment

On October 13, 2004 the disbandment of Al Muhajiroun was announced. However, it is believed that The Saviour Sect is to all intents and purposes Al Muhajiroun operating under a new name.

[edit] Controversial statements

In a statement, al-Muhajiroun warned the British government that it was "sitting on a box of dynamite and have only themselves to blame if after attacking the Islamic movements and the Islamic scholars, it all blows up in their face".[3]

Abu Ibrahim states, 'When they speak about September 11th, when the two planes magnificently run through those buildings, OK and people turn around and say, "hang on a second, that is barbaric. Why did you have to do that?" You know why? Because of ignorance....For us it's retaliation. Islam is not the starter of wars. If you start the war we won't turn the other cheek....According to you it can't be right. According to Islam it's right. When you talk about innocent civilians, do you not kill innocent civilians in Iraq?'[4]