(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Hundreds of Muslim fundamentalist members of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) marched through the streets of Ramallah on Tuesday to mark the 92nd anniversary of the fall of the Caliphate. The Palestinian Authority instructed its security forces not to intervene. Hizb-ut-Tahrir is a radical, Islamist political organization that calls on all Muslims to unify under an Islamic state ruled by Islamic law, Sharia, and a caliph. Baher Saleh, a senior Hizb-ut-Tahrir official, told the crowd that it was time for Muslim armies to "liberate the Aqsa Mosque from the hands of the filthy Jews." He condemned the PA leadership for failing to mobilize the Islamic world for war against Israel. Some Palestinians said the PA leadership is using the Muslim radicals to scare Western donors into continuing their financial aid to the Palestinian government in the West Bank.
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