Britain’s interior minister James Cleverly said on Monday he had begun the process of banning the Sunni Islamist political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, claiming it was anti-Semitic and promoted “terrorism”. The group is already banned in Germany, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan and several Central Asian and Arab countries, however observers have highlighted sweeping crackdowns of secular and Islamist opposition groups in several of these states. “Hizb ut-Tahrir is an anti-Semitic organisation that actively promotes and encourages terrorism, including praising and celebrating the appalling 7 Octobe…