<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Radical Islamist </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hizb-uttahrir-pens-open-letter-to-asio-stands-defiant-against-attempt-to-disband-radical-group/c12c8c0d-2058-4d8a-912a-9586c9f5714f" rel="" target="" title="organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir "><span>organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir</span></a><span> is one step closer to becoming the first group banned under new hate speech laws.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke today said the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation had advised the group met the threshold to be outlawed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The first stage, on the process of a prohibited group listing happening for Hizb ut-Tahrir is now complete, the ASIO advice is in," he told ABC's </span><em><span>Insiders</span></em><span> today.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cold-case-haroula-kipouridous-police-offer-1m-reward-to-solve-1981-cold-case-sex-assault-and-murder/86276d0d-774b-479c-8759-11be01a9d7a8"><strong><span>'Now or never': Police offer $1m to solve depraved cold case murder</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is the first time we've been able to ban, potentially, a group which falls short of a terrorist listing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It says you don't have to be specifically calling for violence, but you do have to be acting in a way that increases the risk of communal violence or politically motivated violence."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The attorney-general can sign off on the ban once ASIO has given the all clear and a minister has prepared a brief and the leader of the opposition is advised.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/radical-islamic-group-ban-hizb-ut-tahrir-hate-speech-laws/81eb2e34-2e7c-4092-953e-f9215481e934" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hizb ut-Tahrir is a radical political organisation that aims to establish a global Islamic caliphate, with headquarters in Lebanon and branches across the world.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/uk" target="_blank" title="United Kingdom"><span>United Kingdom</span></a><span> listed the group as a terrorist organisation last year after it praised the October 7 attack against Israel and referred to Hamas militants as "heroes".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hizb ut-Tahrir has also been banned in Germany, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other Central Asian and Arab countries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last month </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hizb-uttahrir-pens-open-letter-to-asio-stands-defiant-against-attempt-to-disband-radical-group/c12c8c0d-2058-4d8a-912a-9586c9f5714f" rel="" target="" title=" it vowed not to break up in an open letter."><span>it vowed not to break up in an open letter.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hate-speech-laws-to-pass-parliament-after-opposition/5b4cc434-af15-4006-b3cf-aff9c26fa095" rel="" target="" title=" new hate speech and gun laws"><span>new hate speech and gun laws</span></a><span>, devised in response to the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" target="" title="Bondi Beach terror attack"><span>Bondi Beach terror attack</span></a><span>, passed last month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The new laws will create powers for authorities to designate certain organisations as "hate groups", allowing members and donors alike to face possible jail time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It will create new aggravated offences for religious or spiritual leaders who advocate violence, as well as penalise religious leaders who preach hate to children.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The new framework will also give ministers more powers to cancel or refuse visas to those who spread hate or extremist views.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Educators </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/chris-minns-new-anti-hate-initiatives-closure-of-prayer-halls-expand-racial-incitement-to-schools/d7a1663d-3b31-4781-805a-58ed395f622d" rel="" target="" title="will also come under scrutiny in New South Wales"><span>will also come under scrutiny in New South Wales</span></a><span> after a change to the code of conduct expands an existing hate speech clause into schools.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all 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