No caliphate here folks, nothing to see, move along now

Nearly 90,000 followers of a hard-line Muslim group packed a stadium in the Indonesian capital Sunday, calling for the creation of an Islamic state and thunderously chanting "Allah is great!" Hizbut Tahrir, a Sunni organization with an estimated million members, is banned in some Asian and Arab countries, but drew supporters from Europe, Africa and the Middle East to Indonesia for a meeting of the group that is held every two years.

Speeches called for the return of the caliphate, or Islamic statehood, across the Muslim world. The crowd, divided into sections for women and men, roared in support. "We need to carry this message from every corner from the east to west, so that on judgment day we can be proud," said Salim Frederick of Hizbut Tahrir's English branch. High school teacher Erni Tri, 40, said she drove two hours with her husband and three children to attend the prayers, music and speeches in Jakarta. Hizbut Tahrir "is firm and uncompromising toward un-Islamic cultures," she said. Source. Also via The Midnight Sun.

MK - Uncompromising being the operative word. If this lot gets their caliphate, you can kiss you freedom of speech, alternative lifestyles and different religions and all that good bye.

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