Geert Wilders is in Australia for a speaking tour to allegedly warn people against Islam. He claims that Islam and Muslims are a threat to Western societies who should ban their immigration. He has rightly been dismissed by most people as a hate-mongering Islamaphobe.

An article in "The Australian" yesterday (Sheik's vision of Ocker Sharia ‘from day one', 10/01/13) by Paul Maley maligned Hizb ut Tahrir based on lies fabricated by the author. Referring to a public lecture given by Ismail al-Wahwah in Melbourne about two weeks ago, the article claimed that, "Sheik Ismail al-Wahwah offered a particularly stark vision of life in Australia were the group to succeed in its objective of establishing…

A little-known Perth-based ‘think-tank' claiming ‘independent strategic analysis of Australia's global interests' published a paper this week about Hizb ut Tahrir. Riddled with errors of fact and scant of anything that can be called analysis the paper simply regurgitates a tired and discredited narrative about Hizb ut Tahrir. The 4-page article based entirely on secondary sources, primarily newspaper articles, reads more like a high-school essay completed in a rush rather…

In light of recent events and in response to media and political commentary about these events generally and about Hizb ut Tahrir specifically, we emphasise for the public record the following: