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Sheikh Mohammed and al-Qaida and social-networking tools to lure rallies ranging from the West Bank
theorist Ayman al-Zawahiri, graduate and indoctrinate recruits. to Indonesia. In 2007, the West Bank
into violence, they never do it in the Targets are young Muslim city of Ramallah was blanketed in dark
party’s name. Americans at U.S. universities. “They red posters praising “The Caliphate:
HT operates in different countries have a lot of hip-hop bands that use The Coming Force” as an estimated
through a structure of interlocking lyrics to convey the ideology,” Gruen 10,000 Palestinian HT supporters
“cells,” a Marxist-Leninist methodol- says. “They have Web sites that are heard fi ery sermons.
ogy that inspired its founder, Sheikh clearly Hizb ut-Tahrir but they don’t The group has grown so rapid-
Taqiuddin al-Nabhani. say that. It’s very cut- ly that both Fatah and
Members are recruited based on ting edge. They’re always

They use
Hamas feel threatened
their intelligence and potential career developing new ways of
popular culture
by its presence. Though
tracks into the elite bureaucracies of spreading the ideology.” the group reportedly had
Islamic countries. After demonstrat- Even more daunting
to attract
ties to Hamas, Hizb-ut
ing an attraction to HT literature, they for U.S. intelligence is
people to their
Tahrir leaders believe that
must undergo a rigorous two-year the fact that the group suicide bombers will not
course. Only upon completion are doesn’t stand out through
ideology.
’’
bring down Israel.
they considered HT members. its appearance. Nor does HT espouses a com-
Madeleine Gruen, an analyst with it use its own name in American bined force of Middle East Arab
the NEFA Foundation, a New York- campuses and mosques. The best armies under a single Islamic banner,
based terrorism watchdog group, says way to spot it is through its specifi c lit- led by HT infi ltrators who have risen
HT has made serious and troubling erature, references, and phraseology. up the ranks to control their respec-
inroads into U.S. college campuses HT members don’t have to follow tive nations, according to experts.
and in cyberspace. regimented Islamic rituals. Men do Founded in 1953 in Jerusalem by
“Their tactics for spreading radical not have to wear beards, and women al-Nabhani, a judge who believed
ideology are so innovative — they use are not required to wear veils. the fi rst major radical Islamic group
popular culture to attract people to Although it still may be clandes- of the 20th century, the Muslim
the ideology,” Gruen tells Newsmax. tine in the America, HT has grown Brotherhood, was not radical enough,
HT uses YouTube, Facebook, wikis, increasingly bold and public in large HT soon found its strongest haven in
Central Asia, especially Uzbekistan.
Over the years, it slow-
WELFARE SPENDING IS
ly stretched its tentacles
into Chechnya and other
ISSUE IN ISRAELI ELECTION
far-fl ung territories of the
former Soviet Union.
FOR MUCH OF THE PAST DECADE, ISRAEL benefi tted the Its presence there
has grappled with out-of-control social welfare ultra-religious,
is now so great that the
spending that would make even the most who usually have
Russian security services
liberal American blush. The fi ght over these families of 10 or
generous welfare subsidies, rather than security more children.
have the best specialists
or nationalistic issues, triggered the contentious Many ultra-
on the group.
national elections scheduled for next month in religious Jews The organization’s
Israel. refuse to
DEFIANT Some religious
global leader, Sheikh Abu Yasin Ata
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the head of serve in the settlers, like these, refuse
ibn Khalil Abu Rashta, a Jordanian
Israel’s ruling Kadima Party, failed to form a military and to even vote.
coalition with the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party over are allowed to
Palestinian, secretly resides in
the issue of Israel’s generous child allowances. study in religious schools on the government’s
Lebanon, according to the Jamestown
Now she’s up against Likud candidate Benjamin dime. In 2003, when Netanyahu served as Foundation in Washington.
Netanyahu, a fi scal conservative whose reforms fi nance minister, the stipend for a family with
Though their philosophy is rooted
in 2003 sparked Israel’s recent economic boom. eight children was cut from $1,200 a month to
in Sunni Islam, they do receive covert
The irony here is that, to win over Shas, a about $450 a month.
natural ally on issues such as not ceding territory The Shas wanted Livni to promise an
aid as well as tactical training from
to the Palestinians, Netanyahu may have to additional $280 million for child allotments in
Shiite Iran.
betray his Reaganite budgetary beliefs. exchange for their support, a move that would On one of the group’s Web sites
Since the 1950s, Israel has encouraged have obviated the need for the election. Livni,
hosted in the United Kingdom, HT
child-bearing with generous direct payments however, refused to go above $197 million.
leaders conclude that President-elect
to families. But in 2000, under pressure For his part, Netanyahu has been coy about
from religious Orthodox politicians, the laws his position on child allotments, but is likely
Obama is nothing more than a tradi- GES
underwent a major upgrade. Families got larger to face the same pressures should he win the
tional Western politician backing a
TY IMA
allowances for their fi fth child and beyond. This February election. — T.C. failed concept: democracy. GET


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