Pamphlet drop calls for 'holy war'
August 25, 2006

A RADICAL group with alleged links to the London bombings is
reportedly distributing pamphlets through suburban Sydney calling 
for a holy war.

The leaflets, from the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahir, call for a jihad
to destroy Israel and use key dates in the Muslim calendar to signal
the coming destruction of the Jewish state, The Daily Telegraph
reported today.

The group is banned in Germany and British Prime Minister Tony Blair
has called for Hizb ut-Tahir, which has alleged links to last year's
London terrorist attacks, to be outlawed there.

It remains legal in Australia despite calls for it to be banned.

A spokesman for Attorney-General Philip Ruddock's office said security
agencies were "very aware" of the pamphlets.

"In order for a group to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation 
it must be directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning,
assisting in or fostering a terrorist act," he was quoted as saying.

Hizb ut-Tahir spokesman Mohammed Abdalwahab said the group called 
for the non-violent overthrow of governments and the rise of Islamic
governments and Sharia law. 

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Source: "The Australian"
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20255471-1702,00.html


Cheers, Steve...

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