Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations
Hizb-ut-Tahrir
Designation Status (as of October 12, 2026)
| US State Dept FTO | Not listed official list |
|---|---|
| US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT) | Not listed official list |
| UK Proscribed | Listed Hizb ut-Tahrir since January 2024 |
| EU Terrorist Lists | Not listed official list |
| Canada Listed Entities | Not listed official list |
| Australia Listed | Not listed official list |
Profile written 2014 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.
Not yet designated as terrorist by a Western country
Base of operations: Syria, Western Europe, United States
Background: Investigative Project on Terrorism
Translating to "the Party of Liberation," Hizb-ut-Tahrir was founded in 1953 in Jerusalem with the aim of establishing a caliphate under Islamic law. Officially espousing a non-violent approach, Hizb-ut-Tahrir has branches in multiple countries including Western Europe (e.g., the United Kingdom) and the United States. In Syria, Hizb-ut-Tahrir is believed to be linked to a group of battalions, primarily concentrated in Aleppo and Idlib, called Ansar al-Khilafa ("Supporters of the Caliphate"), which work with a variety of other rebels against the Assad regime. Some of these Ansar al-Khilafa fighters ended up in Hasakah province fighting against the Kurdish YPG militias, eventually being subsumed under the Islamic State. However, Hizb-ut-Tahrir recently came out against the Islamic State's caliphate declaration.
