
Hizb ut-Tahrir group banned in Australia under new hate speech laws, after ASIO call
The Islamist group is the first to be listed as a hate group under recently introduced legislation.
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The Islamist group is the first to be listed as a hate group under recently introduced legislation.
Israel has carried out an airstrike on an Islamist group's headquarters in Sidon, Lebanon.
The UN Security Council has lifted its sanctions against the now-dissolved Islamist armed group HTS.

Australia's home affairs minister announced that the process has begun to ban the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, following advice from ASIO that the group met the legal threshold.
Australia has officially banned the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, with individuals supporting, joining, or associating with the group now facing up to 15 years in jail.

For a region that has been plagued by terror groups ranging from the Mai Taisine riotous sect in the 1980s to Boko Haram insurgents in the 2000s, the emergence of a new Islamist group in the Muslim north of Nigeria has become one too many. Given the name “Lakurawa” by the locals, this new terror […] The post Islamism and jihadi terrorism in Northern Nigeria, By Majeed Dahiru appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Australia is in the process of potentially listing Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist group founded in Jerusalem in 1953, as a terrorist organization.

Hungarian soldiers have been deployed to protect 75 energy facilities, including a natural gas site, following a Defense Council decision to take action against extremist Islamist groups amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.

Sanctions previously imposed against an Islamist group have been lifted, according to a report from Sweden.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is in the final stages of appointing a new leader, with two candidates reportedly in contention, following the recent formation of a new leadership council.