Australia’s Home Affairs Minister to Ban Pan-Islamic Group Hizb ut-Tahrir

The organisation has been under the spotlight since the Bondi Beach terror attack that killed 15 people and injured 40.

Members of banned Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir take part in a rally 'March For Khilafah' after their Friday prayers outside the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram in Dhaka in Bangladesh on March 7, 2025. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed the formal process to ban the pan-Islamic organisation, Hizb ut-Tahrir, has begun, following advice from the domestic spy agency ASIO.