.... Groups such as Hizb ut Tahrir, who both David Cameron and Tony Blair tried to proscribe, have continuously called for the Caliphate to be restored, and similarities between them and ISIS are demonstrated in the fact that both vie Islam as an all-encompassing socio-political system that has been absent ever since the Ottoman Caliphate’s demise.
Contemporary rulers are seen as apostates, because they do not implement the Islamist project in its totality. Furthermore, Muslim-majority countries, or those once ruled by Muslim leaders, are identi?ed as “occupied Islamic lands.” [ConservativeHome] Read more
