Last Friday the Islamic supremacist group Hizb ut-Tahrir gathered in a public square in Copenhagen to communally raise their fundaments and hold a rally, waving the white flag of jihad. Danish citizens collected at the periphery of the event, waving Danish flags and trying to drown out the HuT speakers. Most likely the native Danes understood only the “Allahu Akhbar” in the speeches — everyone knows that phrase by now. However, with the help of an Arabic translator, we can fill in some of the rest of what was said by the HuT speakers.

A note on the white flag of jihad: There are several types of flags flown during jihad. The oldest one is probably al-raya, an example of which was flown by the Islamic State. Two versions of the standard shahada flag are used, one with white text on a black background, and the other its exact negative. The first is the banner carried by mujahideen during their military operations, while the second (kalma, black-on-white, the one seen in the video) is used by an administrative state under sharia governance. In other words, Hizb ut-Tahrir are declaring that the patch of ground they inhabit in Copenhagen has been claimed for the Ummah, and is subject to Islamic law.

Many thanks to Ibn Al-Malek for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

Video transcript: