HIZB UT-TAHRIR

“Disbelievers” are non Muslims. The “Ummah” is the Arabic term for the Muslim Community as a whole. Note that this fundamentalist religious party is not only against the non-Muslim West, but it also opposes most of the leaders of the Muslim countries of the world on the grounds that they are nationalist and do not represent the Ummah of the Muslim world. So ironically, this party is not only opposed by the democracies of the world (Islamic and not) but also the Muslim Dictatorships such as Syria who arrest all members of the party periodically.

This is an interesting quotation because it illustrates the antipathy that Sunni Muslims hold towards Shiites and their concept of the problems of democracy. While most fundamentalist Muslims oppose democracy in principle, others, not wanting to oppose majority rule outright, have used the rationale in Iraq that the Shiites are not in the majority in the country, and that the Sunnis who controlled Iraq for so many years are the rightful rulers.

This is an interesting quotation because it illustrates the antipathy that Sunni Muslims hold towards Shiites and their concept of the problems of democracy. While most fundamentalist Muslims oppose democracy in principle, others, not wanting to oppose majority rule outright, have used the rationale in Iraq that the Shiites are not in the majority in the country, and that the Sunnis who controlled Iraq for so many years are the rightful rulers.

“Disbelievers” are non Muslims. The “Ummah” is the Arabic term for the Muslim Community as a whole. Note that this fundamentalist religious party is not only against the non-Muslim West, but it also opposes most of the leaders of the Muslim countries of the world on the grounds that they are nationalist and do not represent the Ummah of the Muslim world. So ironically, this party is not only opposed by the democracies of the world (Islamic and not) but also the Muslim Dictatorships such as Syria who arrest all members of the party periodically.