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Government Outlaws HTI, Calling Islamist Group Threat To National Unity

July 19 2017

Indonesia

The Indonesian government has banned a hardline Islamist group to protect the nation's "unity," reports Al Jazeera (Qatar).

Hizb ut-Tahrir (HTI) was outlawed on Wednesday under a presidential decree signed last week that authorizes such actions against groups seen as a threat to national unity, said officials.

HTI says it is legal and peaceful and supports a global caliphate governed by Islamist sharia law. The group, which has tens of thousands of members in Indonesia,...

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