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Conference highlights, “The Fall of Capitalism, the Rise of Islam.” The conference homepage opens with the following quote:

"He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), that He may make it (Islam) superior over all religions. And All-Sufficient is Allah as a Witness." (TMQ 48:28)

Although a short clip, this video gave me the chills. Their literature and membership offers sufficient reason to believe that this is an organization that does not promote peaceful Muslims living in America as it is today. Fox News reports,

“A group committed to establishing an international Islamic empire and reportedly linked to Al Qaeda is stepping up its Western recruitment efforts by holding its first official conference in the U.S.”

The conference will be held at a Hilton hotel just outside of Chicago. Although not a registered terrorist organization, Hizb ut-Tahrir has direct links to terrorist organizations. Walid Phares explains to Fox News,

"It's like a middle school that prepares them to be recruited by the high school, which is Al Qaeda," he said. "One would compare them to Hitler youth. ... It's an extremely dangerous organization." "The aim of this conference is to recruit within the Muslim community in America," he said. "The Middle East governments go after them, but in the U.S. they are protected, so having a base here is going to help their cells around the world."

How is this story not getting more attention? We need to demand to hear more. We need to see coverage of what actually is going on at the conference. The media must do their job and cover this conference and report back to us, the concerned citizens.