By Dylan Welch
Ismail al-Wahwah, a Hebron-born sheikh who lives in Sydney, had finished the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and travelled to Jordan to visit family.
But upon arrival at Amman airport his passport was confiscated, leaving him stranded.
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Sheikh al-Wahwah is a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Jordan."
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"Hizb ut-Tahrir, or party of liberation, formed in 1953 in Jerusalem, has spread to more than 40 countries and has hundreds of thousands of members. Its goal is the creation of a global pan-Islamic state.
While it advocates achieving that goal through non-violent means, it has been criticised for the fiery rhetoric of some senior members. Its global leader, Ata Abu-Rishta, in 2006 called for the ''destruction'' of Jews in Israel, Hindus in Kashmir and and Russians in Chechnya.
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