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===BBC report on street gang===
On the 14th November 2006, the [[BBC]] showed a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/int/news/-/mediaselector/check/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi?redirect=fs.stm&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&news=1&nol_storyid=6148560 news film] on the methods to radicalise British Muslim youth during its [[flagship#Flagship in language|flagship]] current affairs programme, [[Newsnight]]. It reported that a group in [[Croydon]], [[South London]], which the BBC claimed to be a [[cell]] of Hizb ut-Tahrir, encouraged an undercover researcher, posing as a recruit, to commit crimes to “prove his loyalty”. The group was also said to use brain-washing techniques to incite its members to hate “non-believers”. The contributors to the short film were Sheikh Musa Admani, Imam at the [[London Metropolitan University]], Shuaib Yusaf, a trustee at the Croydon mosque, a former Hizb ut-Tahrir supporter called Jawad and the anonymous undercover researcher who the BBC identified as “J”. Their allegations directly contradict Hizb ut-Tahrir's publicly stated positions.
On the 14th November 2006, the [[BBC]] reported that a street [[gang]] in [[Croydon]], [[South London]] which claimed to be Hizb ut-Tahrir, encouraged the [[Undercover journalism|undercover reporter]] to rob another gang to 'prove his loyalty'; and watched videos on the alleged mistreatment of Muslim prisoners in [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo Bay]], which infuriated gang members, possibly to the point of violence. The short documentary ended with the reporter claiming that the gang maybe a lone out-of-control group simply influenced by Hizb ut-Tahrir's notoriety after Tony Blair announced his intention in 2005 to ban the organization (although ultimately it was not among the organizations banned in the [[Terrorism Act 2006]]).
Dr Abdul Wahid of Hizb ut-Tahrir, when questioned onfollowing [[Newsnight]]the film’s showing, told [[Jeremy Paxman]], the presenter, that the [[BBC]] should hand over all material to the police, and that he would be extremely surprised if any of the ganggroup were members of his organisation,. and He claimed that if they were, he would have them removed. He condemnedwent anyon suchto behavior,condemn repeatedthe thatalleged suchbehaviour activitiesand are not acceptable, andstated that Hizb ut-Tahrir would do as much as possiblesought to repair any damage to community relations, ruineddamaged, byas thehe fall-outsaw fromit, by the British government's [[foreign policy]], andas well as the media's perceived sensationalism about Muslims. Paxman informed Wahid that the BBC werewas handingmaking the material available to the police for their investigationinvestigations. The [[Home Office]] minister, [[Tony McNulty]], confirmed that Hizb ut-Tahrir was "currently under review and if we think we need to take action it will be [[proscribe]]d". <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6144886.stm "I was forced to rob for Allah"] ''BBC News'' 14 November 2006</ref>
Hizb ut-Tahrir's website subsequently announced that they intendintended to start legal proceedings against the BBC, claiming they have "''a dossier of evidence that disproves the allegations made by the BBC about the organisation's activities in South London. The dossier, including letters from leading community figures, proves that Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain has been at the forefront of confronting criminality in the community.''" [http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=482&Itemid=112]
==Persecution==
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