In this book, Farhaan Wali offers an historical investigation of how the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir rose and fell in Britain. Although the book focuses on the UK, it is contextualized in the globalised nature of the group. In other words, Hizb ut-Tahrir was exported from the Muslim world to the UK, where it rapidly grew amongst disaffected young Muslims. The book draws on narratives from the founding figures of the UK branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, generating insight into how Hizb ut-Tahrir emerged, developed, and declined in the UK.
Chapter One: Encountering Hizb ut-Tahrir.- Chapter Two: The Birth of Hizb ut-Tahrir in East Jerusalem.- Chapter Three: Launching the UK Branch.- Chapter Four: Mobilizing the UK Branch (1987-1996): Membership, Structure and Leadership.- Chapter Five: The Golden Period (1990-1996): The Rise to National Prominence.- Chapter Six: The Start of the Fall (1996-1997): Divisions.- Chapter Seven: Restructuring the UK branch (1997-2005) I: The Slow Decline.- Chapter Eight: Restructuring the UK branch (2005-2023) II: Disappearing from the Scene.- Chapter Nine: Decline of Ideology: The Individual and the Group.- Chapter Ten: Conclusion: The End of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the UK?.
Farhaan Wali is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Bangor University, UK. He is the author of
Radicalism Unveiled (2016),
Segregated Britain (2020), and
Leaving Islamism (2022). In addition to his academic expertise, he has been involved in a number of cross-cultural research projects in the private sector related to counter-terrorism and British Muslims. Farhaan Wali holds a doctorate in political science from Royal Holloway (University of London).
