Mazin Abdul-Adhim: The Hizb al-Tahrīr “Khalīfah” Propagandist Who Calls Young Canadian Muslims to the Destructive Path of the Khawārij
2025/01/04
Hizb ut-Tahrir, a revolutionary organisation banned throughout the Muslim world, was started by a Ba'thist Nationalist (Taqi al-Din al-Nabahani) and heavily influenced by the revivalists of the kharajite methodology in the 20th century, Sayyid Quṭb and Ḥasan al-Banná (the Muslim Brotherhood). Their ideologies, often foreign to traditional Islamic values, amount to ex-communication (takfīr) of Muslim rulers, states and their subjects. In Canada, under the leadership of a man named Mazin Abdul-Adhim, they continue to centre their call on “khilāfah” (Islamic rulership) around overthrowing governments and calling for bloodshed. They often wrap these slogans in the ḥijāb of Quranic verses, fooling uneducated young Muslims with fiery rhetoric. Recently, they have created quite a stir (as is their way) by organising a khilāfah conference in…not Riyadh, not Islamabad, not Damascus, but Mississauga. This has caught the attention of the media, various levels of government and beyond, leading to the cancellation of their venue. We warn our fellow Muslims in Canada against these types of events as they are rooted in emotional propaganda rather than authentic Islamic principles.
Hizb ut-Tahrir possess several deviant beliefs that take them outside the fold of Ahl al-Sunnah. They reject the concept of "Khabar al-Āḥād" (singular narration) in ʿAqīdah, they dismiss authentic Ḥadīths in matters of belief such as the punishment of the grave, the Dajjāl, and the descent of the Messiah, which leads them astray from orthodox Islamic teachings. They also accuse Ahl al-Sunnah of being Jabariyyah in the matter of al-Qaḍāʾ wa-al-Qadr, misrepresenting the stance of Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Ḥadīth. Hizb ut-Tahrir also focus excessively on reviling the Muslim leaders and highlighting their supposed mishaps, diverting attention from the true Islamic approach to societal change, which is centered on calling people to tawḥīd and the Sunnah. This group is known to follow the path of deviation and counted among the 72 sects threatened with the fire. They consistently demonstrate an alarming lack of understanding of the religion they claim to represent. May Allāh rid us of their evils.
Our first encounter with one of their Canadian figureheads (Mazin Abdul-Adhim) occurred in 2012. He gatecrashed a lecture series organized by TROID in London, Ontario, seeking to sidetrack the discussion by making loud accusations against the guest speakers, hoping to derail the discussion towards his tahrirī principles. He was deftly handled by UK-based speakers Shaykh Abū Khadījah and Shaykh Abū Iyāḍ, diffusing his spectacle and refuting his claims. When asked to name even a single book of ʿaqīdah that he had studied, he was unable to provide an answer. His complete ignorance left him humiliated, and he scurried off like a rat exposed by the daylight.
This incident serves as a clear example of the type of individuals Hizb at-Tahrir elevates to positions of leadership and influence. Their da’wah is built not upon tawḥīd but upon empty slogans and emotional manipulation. Rather than calling to the Qur’ān and Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf, following the path of the Saḥābah who unanimously agreed against revolting against the Muslim ruler, instead, they lead their followers down the dangerous path of innovation and deviation, one that often ends with a youth in a bunker in the Middle East, dying for some power hungry, self-proclaimed khalīfah who wants to sit in the presidential palace on the blood of young Muslims. Such people (Khawārij), described in the prophetic narrations as the "dogs of Hellfire" bring harm to themselves and others by straying far from the path of truth.
A detailed website dedicated to refuting Hizb at-Tahrir and their founder by Shaykh Abū ʿIyāḍ: www.nabahani.com
