Hizb rejects report

LAHORE: Banned organization Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan rejected a report published in The News about its alleged link with Daish.
In a press release issued by its media office it said Hizb leadership is not based in the UK. Its leadership, under the well-known and erudite scholar Sheikh ‘Ata ibn Khalil al-Rashta is based in the Muslim world, it said. Its local leadership is based entirely in Pakistan.
Hizb does not receive any funding from any source, foreign or local, outside its own internal structure, the press release said.
It said Hizb has no links with the Daish or al-Qaeda or any other group, militant or otherwise. What makes the claim of links to Daish ridiculous is the fact that Hizb has openly rejected the former’s claim to having established an Islamic State and has been openly critical of its excesses. Further, a senior member of Hizb in Syria, Mustafah Khiyal, died due to torture in the prisons of Daish few months ago. So which links are being imagined, it asked.