 An ex-activist (Ed Husain) of one of the Islamist groups active in Britain (Hizb ut-Tahrir), wrote in his book The Islamist that he felt politics was crowding out his "relationship with God", and saw the same in other HT activists.Husain complained "We sermonized about the need for Muslims to return to Islam, but many of the shabab [activists] did not know how to pray.