14By then, I had resumed study for my degree in
London, but I was traveling to Copenhagen every
weekend to found the Danish- Pakistani branch of
my group. In 2001, my studies took me to Egypt for
my Arabic- language year. I arrived one day before
the 9/11 attacks. Not fully comprehending the sig-
nifi cance of those attacks, I continued recruiting
across Egypt for my cause. In April 2002, my Alex-
andria residence was raided by Egyptian state se-
groups.” Those arrested were members of Hizb ut- Tahrir
who had infi ltrated the armed forces. Some of these were
members I had personally helped recruit from London in- Upon my return to London in 2006, after my re-
lease from prison in Egypt, I met with a British- Pakistani
member of Hizb ut- Tahrir, Omar Khan, who had been a
ringleader for this Pakistan- based military cell. He con-
fi rmed to me that those I had been in touch with were
arrested and interrogated alongside him, and while he
was deported to Britain, they remained in detention. At
that time, Hizb ut- Tahrir was still legal in Pakistan. (See
h t t p : / / w w w. t e l e g r a p h. c o. u k / n e w s / w o r l d n e w s / a s i a / p a k i s t a n
/ 1440284 / Pakistan - army - offi c e r s - a r r e s t e d - i n - t e r r o r - s w o o p
. html.) Again, in March 2012, Pakistan’s armed forces an-
nounced the arrest and foiling of a coup plot led by Briga-
dier Ali Khan, who was affi liated with Hizb ut- Tahrir. (See
h t t p : / / w w w. n y t i m e s. c o m / 2 0 1 2 / 0 8 / 0 4 / o p i n i o n / h i z b - u t - t a h r i r
- t h r e a t e n s - p a k i s t a n - f r o m - w i t h i n. h t m l? _ r = 0.)
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