Hizb al-Tahrir Tunisia

McCarthy, Rory

Abstract

Ḥizb al-Taḥrīr Tunisia is an Islamist group which emerged in the late 1970s as a branch of the international Ḥizb al-Taḥrīr movement, which had been established in Jerusalem in 1952 by the Palestinian Islamic scholar Taqi al-Dīn al-Nabhānī (1909-77). The group critiqued the Tunisian state as a colonial implant, and advocated the installation of an Islamic state. It was repressed during the 1980s, and remained largely underground until a popular uprising toppled the authoritarian regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011. The party was legalized in July 2012, and continued to campaign for an Islamic state.

Citation

McCarthy, R. (2023). Hizb al-Tahrir Tunisia. In K. Fleet, G. Kramer, D. Matringe, J. Nawas, & D. Stewart (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). (3rd ed.). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_com_45918

• Acceptance Date: Sep 13, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jan 28, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 29, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 29, 2021
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Book Title: Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_com_45918