Amid the global political discourse, democracy is presented as the pinnacle of human reason in organizing governance, and marketed as the sole guarantor of freedom, justice, and human rights. Yet serious scrutiny reveals that this image is merely a propagandistic veneer concealing a contrary reality: 

The demolition of the Khilafah (Caliphate) was not a fleeting historical event, nor a sentimental memory to be marked merely by tears and elegies. Instead, it was a political and civilizational earthquake the Ummah had not witnessed since the passing of the Messenger of Allah (saw).

Look around you. The world is not quieter; it has simply grown accustomed to the screams. It has normalized the headlines of children starving in a world of surplus, of graduates scrolling through job rejections in a booming economy, and of justice being auctioned to the highest bidder. We were told the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, but what do you do when the hands meant to…

On the 28th of Rajab, 1342 AH, 3 March, 1924 CE, a terrible earthquake struck Istanbul, the capital of the Abode of Islam and the Muslims, turning the world upside down. It altered the course of history, fragmented a great Ummah, abolished a tolerant Shariah Law, humiliated honorable men, and spread corruption throughout the land.