Last week, Taliban confirmed that they will attend the Afghanistan conference in Paris later this month of December, it was not mentioned that the movement would enter into any negotiations with the Afghan government. Spokesman for the Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid said, "The Taliban in this conference will express its stance to the world community and we will send two representatives. We must clarify that there are no other representatives or…

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies concluded a conference held in Doha on Monday, 22 Thul Qi'da 1433 AH, 08 October 2012, entitled "Islamists and Democratic System of Governance ... Experiences and Trends" at which a number of "Islamist" researchers, academics and politicians addressed themselves to the subject of Islam and Democracy...

The Russian Interior Ministry announced in a formal statement that: "Members of the Ministry General Authority for combating extremism conducted a joint operation with the Federal Security on Monday, 12/11/2012 for breaking up a cell of the religious organization Hizb-ut Tahrir, which is banned by the Supreme Court in Russia as a terrorist organization, after the arrest of six members of the organization that were working on recruiting new members...

Hizb-ut Tahrir is a global Islamic political party that seeks to re-establish the caliphate in the Muslim world through non-violent intellectual and political discourse. Hizb-ut-Tahrir is a well-known Islamic political party which was established in 1953 in Palestine, and now works in over 40 countries in the West, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Despite provocation, censorship, extra judicial arrests and torture...