Edited sentence: However, according to Jean-François Mayer of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; the insinuation ‘that the party (Hizb ut-Tahrir) will turn violent and has links with the IMU’ is inaccurate: the comments attributed to a member ‘contradicted the party’s ideas’.In Taliban, Rashid claims he coined the term "New Great Game" in a self-described "seminal" magazine article published in 1997,  though uses of the term can be found prior to the publication of his article.In his 2003 book Jihad - the Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, Rashid argues that there are "strong links and cooperation between the rank and file" of Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan especially when they are from the same village or town.Representatives of Hizb ut-Tahrir report that they have repeatedly attempted to contact Ahmed Rashid in order to make their views known, but say they have not succeeded.They are even considering writing a rebuttal of his book