Platforming the Caliphate: Hizb ut-Tahrir’s Digital Strategy and Radicalisation Risks

In the West we have known for a long time that a son of a bitch ruling in another country does not have to worry as long as he is our son of a bitch. Franklin D. Roosevelt said it about Nicaraguan Tacho Somoza, and since then we have the phrase so internalized that some countries try to place sons of a bitch themselves in foreign governments, because there is nothing like a son of a bitch who is also grateful to us. For many years, Turkish Presi…

Platforming the Caliphate: Hizb ut-Tahrir’s Digital Strategy and Radicalisation Risks

Introduction Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) is a transnational terrorist organisation that advocates for the establishment of a global Islamic Caliphate. Although it publicly rejects the use of violence, HT’s ideological propaganda has frequently served as a conduit for radicalisation, often facilitating individual pathways into terrorist networks. In contrast to jihadist groups such as the Islamic State (IS), al-Qaeda (AQ), and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)…