Timeline
This is a partial annotated timeline of Hizb ut-Tahrir actions relating to their adopted method to fulfil the party's original raison d'etre by assuming authority and implementing Islamic law.
| Year | Snapshot of status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Party founded by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani in Jerusalem. | ||
| 1956 | Party yet to decide how it would assume authority | ||
| 1960 | Interaction Stage begins in Jordan, and society is unresponsive. Party revises its method. | ||
| 1961 | Party adopts the method of seeking support from the influential faction(s) to assume power. | ||
| 1964 | Party announces that society in Jordan had responded positively to its call, forcing it to attempt to take power in Jordan. | ||
| 1968/69 | Party allegedly involved in two (failed) coup attempts in Jordan and Syria. | ||
| 1974 | Party allegedly involved in (failed) coup attempt in Egypt. | ||
| 1977 | Party founder and leader Taqiuddin al-Nabhani dies in Lebanon, succeeded by Abd al-Qadim Zallum, a Palestinian cleric. | ||
| 1978 | Party acknowledges that the Muslims had reached a state of total surrender and despair and was not responding to anything.
Party acknowledges that this had caused the level of activity to decline almost to standstill, mainly due to misconceptions. |
1997 | There is a redress movement to bring the party back in line after many years of decline. |
| 1998 | Party indicates that the Caliphate is now the wish of all the Muslims. | ||
| 2003 | Party leader Abd al-Qadim Zallum dies in Lebanon, succeeded (earlier that year) by Ata Khalil Abu-Rashta, a Palestinian civil engineer. |
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