Hizb ut-Tahrir (Arabic: حزب التحرير‎ Ḥizb at-Taḥrīr; English: Party of Liberation) is an international Sunnipan-Islamic political organisation. They are commonly associated with the goal of all Muslim countries unifying as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph head of state elected by Muslims.

The organization was founded in 1953 in Jerusalem by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani, an Islamic scholar and appeals court judge (Qadi) from the Palestinian village of Ijzim. Since then Hizb ut-Tahrir has spread to more than 40 countries, and by one estimate has about one million members. Hizb ut-Tahrir is very active in the west, particularly in the United Kingdom, and is also active in several Arab and Central Asian countries, despite being banned by some governments. The group also has a growing presence in North America, known as Hizb ut-tahrir America, or HTA.

Hizb ut-Tahrir believes a caliphate would provide stability and security to both Muslims and Non-Muslims in the predominantly Muslim regions of the world. The party promotes a detailed program for institution of a caliphate that would establish Shariah and carry "the Da'wah of Islam" to the world. Hizb ut-Tahrir is also strongly anti-Zionist and calls for Israel, which it calls an "illegal entity," to be dismantled.

Wassim Doureihi (born in Sydney, Australia) is a prominent member of the Sydney chapter of Hizb ut-Tahrir (The Party of Liberation), a global Islamist party calling for the re-establishment of a unitary Islamic state, as well as being its former Australian media representative.

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Emma Alberici (born 1970) is an Australian television journalist who is currently a co-presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's program Lateline.

Her earlier ABC roles were: finance reporter on The 7.30 Report, presenter of the now defunct "Business Breakfast", general finance reporter for ABC TV and Radio, and the ABC's Europe correspondent. Previously she was a reporter and producer with the A Current Affair on Australia's Nine Network.

After attending Our Lady of Mercy College in Heidelberg, Victoria, Melbourne, Alberici studied Journalism and Economics at Deakin University. At Melbourne University, she completed a BA in Italian.

Her journalistic career began as cadet with the Melbourne tabloid Herald Sun. She also helped create "The Small Business Show" at the Nine Network.

Alberici has twice been a finalist in the Walkley Awards for journalism. Both nominations were for investigative reports, the first being her report on the death of a patron at Star City Casino in 1998. It was Alberici's reports surrounding that event, including exclusive interviews with witnesses, family and friends, that prompted a police integrity commission inquiry.

Inger Støjberg (born 16 March 1973) is a Danish member of parliament since the 2001 elections for the party Venstre. She has been Minister of Employment.

In 1999 she graduated from InformationsAkademiet, and was editor of Viborg's local newspaper from 1999 until 2001 when she became a freelance journalist in her own company, Støjberg Kommunikation.

Støjberg's first elected office was as member of the city council of Viborg Municipality, a position she occupied 1994—2002. She served as chairman of Liberalt Oplysnings Forbund (LOF) from 1996 to 1999.

Støjberg has previously called herself "an trained journalist" but was forced to revise her resume, as she does not have such an education.

Abu Usamah at-Thahabi (born March 10, 1964) is an Imam at Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, England.

Abu Usamah, Khalifah At-Thahabi, born Frankie Lipscomb, was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey, the third eldest of four children. His siblings names include Kimberly, Sylvia, and also Daryl.

He reverted to Islam in 1986, and applied to attend the University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia, an Islamic school popular with reverts and international students. He attended the university for eight years where he graduated from the College of Da'wah and Usool-ad-Din. There he completed his BSc in Usool-Ul-Deen(theology) and learned the Arabic language. After his graduation from the University, Abu Usamah went to teach in the UK before returning to the US in 1996 in order to pursue his first position of Imam in Orlando, Florida. He was an imam at mosques in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Peoria. Abu Usamah is very engaged in the Islamic community. He has also be immensely active in the giving of da'wah within the Islamic community.