title: Framing Nonviolent Islamism: Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, the Ukrainian State and the 2014 Annexation of Crimea
abstract: Abstract The article offers an analysis of the paradoxes and dilemmas in the relations between Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami ( hti ) and the Ukrainian state prior to and after the 2014 annexation of Crimea. In the first place, it traces the representations of hti by Ukrainian officials in the 2000s and early 2010s, as well as various measures adopted by the government for dealing with the group’s proliferation among Crimean Muslims. On the basis of this, the article reviews the responses of various U
journal: Die Welt des Islams