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Group promoting worldwide Islamic rule marches in Gaza By The Associated Press Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) supporters calling for a worldwide Islamic state marched through Gaza for the first time yesterday, as some 3,000 demonstrators waved black flags and shouted slogans. Hizb ut-Tahrir seeks to establish a caliphate that would govern the world according to Islamic law. The group is banned in several countries, including Russia, Germany and some Arab states. Advertisement The group says it uses nonviolent means but is seen as ideologically close to Jihadist groups, and it supports the destruction of Israel. The group's activities are outlawed in the West Bank. This week, 20 group members were arrested in Hebron. The members of Hizb ut-Tahrir oppose the Islamic Hamas, which rules Gaza. Hizb ut-Tahrir was established in 1952, in then-Jordanian-controlled Jerusalem, by Sharia court judge Taqi al-Din al Nabhani, from the village of Ijzim, near Haifa. The party's goal is the reestablishment of an Islamic caliphate to govern the whole Muslim world under Islamic law - and eventually to bring the entire world under Islamic rule. The caliphate, a title that had been claimed by Ottoman sultans since the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate, was formally abolished by Turkey's founding father Kemal Ataturk in 1924. In its half-century of existence, Hizb ut-Tahrir has developed into an international Islamist organization known to be active in 45 countries. It has particularly active branches in Indonesia and Uzbekistan, and has made inroads into the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom. Its branches do not maintain an armed, insurgent wing, but seeks to agitate and educate. Bookmark to del.icio.us   History in the making N.Y. governor pays historic visit to Orthodox synagogue for Sabbath services. Under the rubble Five Palestinians suffocate to death after Egypt blows up tunnel.

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