More than 40,000 members of the Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia Advocate Caliphate

Sunday, 18 February 2007 06:29

More than 40,000 members of the Hizbut Tahrir on Sunday (05/03/2006) took to the streets of Indonesian cities to protest injustice against their religion across the world, marking the fall of the last caliphate in Turkey.Hizbut Tahrir advocating one Islamic caliphate in the world, rallied to the National Monument (Monas) square, opposite the U.S. embassy in Central Jakarta.

"Down, Down (with) the USA. Up, Up (with) the Caliphate" said placards waved by protesters in Jakarta, including veiled women and their children. Similar rallies by Hizbut Tahrir members were reported in the Indonesian cities of Surabaya in East Java, Solo and Semarang in Central Java and in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Bandung in West Java, Padang in West Sumatera, Medan in North Sumatera, Lampung, etc.