After Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) reported on June 28 about the cancellation of the Hizb ut-Tahrir America conference at the Oak Brook Marriott – on Thursday night, June 30, Hizb ut-Tahrir notified its supporters, stating:
“Due to unavoidable circumstances, the date and the venue of the Khilafah Conference are being changed. We are currently in the final stages of finalizing the new date and venue. Given the significance of the fall of the Khilafah on 28 Rajab, 1342 Hijri, it is very important that the Khilafah Conference take place in Rajab or around it. The new date of the Khilafah Conference will be either Sunday, July 18, 2010 or Sunday, July 25, 2010. Please keep visiting www.hizb-america.org for more details on the new date and venue of the Khilafah Conference. We will also provide more details on the circumstances leading to the change in date and venue.”
Hizb ut-Tahrir America also states that it will update its Facebook web page for the event “Khilafah Conference (USA) 2010- EMERGING WORLD ORDER.” On the previous Facebook “event listing” for this conference, HT showed that there were over 460 individuals planning to attend.
Hizb ut-Tahrir Event at Chicago Marriott Oak Brook - NOT ANYMORE (Photo: YouTube)
Hizb ut-Tahrir America's 2010 Conference to Promote Islamic Caliphate (Photo: YouTube)
Human rights activists had been informing Chicago area hotels of Hizb ut-Tahrir America’s decision last year to distribute pamphlets calling for the “death penalty” for those who seek freedom of religion to leave Islam. At Hizb ut-Tahrir America’s July 19, 2009 event in Chicago, they distributed a pamphlet (page 62) that supports killing those individuals who leave Islam as guilty of “treason and a political attack on the Khilafah.” The Hizb ut-Tahrir America website promoting this year’s conference in Chicago promotes links to the main Hizb ut-Tahrir website, Khilafah.com, where this pamphlet is still distributed online by Hizb ut-Tahrir.
At the December 2009 event at the Lombard community center, Hizb ut-Tahrir America denounced democracy, denounced “the Kafir,” and urged Muslim attendees “do not take the Jews and Christians for your allies.” HT also blamed U.S. President Obama as part of a plot to take over Muslim-majority nations. Hizb ut-Tahrir rejects democracy because it “is the rule of people, for the people, by the people.” (page 24) Hizb ut-Tahrir has called for Muslims to boycott voting.
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) continues to challenge Hizb ut-Tahrir’s leadership to debate us before the American people, a challenge that we extended on June 18. R.E.A.L. has not received a reply from Hizb ut-Tahrir. R.E.A.L. will continue with our event on July 11 at 2 PM at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool steps.
We urge all Americans, especially Muslim Americans, to join us in our nation’s capital on July 11, 2010 (the original date of the Hizb ut-Tahrir) conference to send a message to those who seek to attack democracy and freedom, that we will stand united for such freedoms together – as one nation, one people, – responsible for equality and liberty – for all.
We urge other Muslims and all others in America who also share our commitment for such freedoms, especially for our shared freedoms and democracy to contact Responsible for Equality And Liberty via email at info@realcourage.org .
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