Headline News 23/03/2018

Headlines:

• Saudi Crown Prince: Islam is a Sensible, Simple Religion that is Being Hijacked

• Turkey Warns of 5million Strong Army of Islam to Defeat the Jewish state

• China Provides High-Performance Tracking System for Pakistan’s Missile Programme

Details:

Saudi Crown Prince: Islam is a Sensible, Simple Religion that is Being Hijacked

In an interview with the Washington Post, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said this week that Islam was a moderate religion and there are those who attempt to hijack it. “I believe Islam is sensible, Islam is simple, and people are trying to hijack it,” he said. Lengthy discussions with clerics, he said, have been positive and are “why we have more allies in the religious establishment, day by day.” The crown prince discussed his reform efforts at home, including granting women many rights such as driving and more, stressing that he worked hard to convince the conservatives that such restrictions are not part of the Islamic faith. He also stressed that the kingdom will announce to the world what it is doing to combat extremism. He talked about the penetration of extremism in schools and education in the past, stressing is striving to keep extremist ideologies away from the education system. [Source: Al Arabiya].

The Crown Prince is right; hypocrite leaders whose mission in life is to please the West have hijacked Islam. Allah (swt) says:

[أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوا أَن يَكْفُرُوا بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا]

“Have you seen those (hypocrites) who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgment (in their disputes) to the Taghoot while they have been ordered to reject them. But Shaytān (Satan) wishes to lead them far astray.” [Qur’an Surah; 4: 60]

Turkey Warns of 5million Strong Army of Islam to Defeat the Jewish State

Turkey sent the world a warning of its intention to form the world’s largest military force – a 57-nation “Army of Islam” to invade and destroy the Jewish state consisting of 5 million soldiers that nearly eclipses the entire population of the Jewish State. The sobering announcement came in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in recognition of the Holy City as the Jewish state’s official capital – a move that infuriated many in the surrounding Islamic world.The move was discussed in a report by Turkey’s unofficial newspaper, Yeni Şafak, just before a summit was held in the 99-percent Muslim nation’s capital of Istanbul by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – a collective voice of the Muslim world and the second-largest inter-governmental organization (behind only the United Nations), with its membership spanning four continents. Equipped with the power to sign both military and economic sanctions, the Islamic force is being designed for global dominance. “If the member states of the OIC unite militarily, they will form the world’s largest and most comprehensive army,” the Turkish daily’s Dec. 11 article titled, “What if a Muslim army was established against the Jewish state?” reads. “The number of active soldiers would be at least 5,206,100, while the defense budget would reach approximately $175 billion.” Comparisons were then made to boast about the fact that Turkey and the OIC significantly surpasses the Jewish state in both manpower and funds. “In comparison, the Jewish state is dwarfed by this unified Muslim army – the population of the Jews, which is occupying Palestine, is 8.547 million, [while] the population of Istanbul alone is over 14 million,” the Yeni Şafak declared. “There are 160,000 active soldiers in the Jewish State’s forces, and their defense budget is $15.6 billion.” Following Jewish State’ stats, the Turkish newspaper displayed a comparative graphic showing the OIC’s $175 defense budget and 5.2 million troops before noting how its member nations can tactically surround the Jewish state. “One of the decisions that could emerge from the OIC summit is to establish a ‘Jerusalem Duty Group,’ in which a few countries protect the city; in this regard, military steps are expected to be taken,” the article published the day before the conference announced. “The establishment of a possible Muslim army would ensure that the Jewish state is militarily surrounded.” And the military strategy against the Jewish state is by no means a half-baked pipe dream, but a well-devised planned Islamic takeover. “It is expected that 250,000 soldiers will participate in the first stage of a possible operation – [l]and, air and naval bases of member states located in the most critical regions will be used,” Yeni Şafak revealed. “Joint bases will be constructed in a short period of time. Close contact routes can be formed by land bases near the Jewish state. There are also air bases where planes traveling from distant regions can gather. The state of the Jews may also encounter many ships coming from the Mediterranean and Red Sea. It is possible for 500 tanks and armored vehicles, 100 planes and 500 attack helicopters and 50 ships to mobilize quickly.” [Source: NowNews].

Erdogan is again playing with the sentiments of the Muslim ummah. The only way to liberate Palestine and all other occupied Muslim lands to through the re-establishment of the Khilafah Rashidah and not through the OIC (Oh I see). Only the Khilafah (Caliphate) can break the nations state model and unify all the Islamic countries into a single entity that will impose a just world order.

China Provides High-Performance Tracking System for Pakistan’s Missile Programme

China has sold Pakistan a powerful tracking system in an unprecedented deal that could speed up the military’s development of multi-warhead missiles, according to South China Morning Post. News of the sale to Islamabad – and evidence that Beijing is supporting Pakistan’s rapidly developing missile programme – comes two months after India tested its most advanced nuclear-ready intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range long enough to hit Beijing or Shanghai, the article in the Chinese daily observes. According to the publication, Chinese authorities declassified information about the deal on Wednesday. A statement on the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) website said China was the first country to export such sensitive equipment to Pakistan. Zheng Mengwei, a researcher with the CAS Institute of Optics and Electronics in Chengdu, Sichuan province, confirmed to the South China Morning Post that Pakistan had bought a highly sophisticated, large-scale optical tracking and measurement system from China. The country’s military recently deployed the Chinese-made system “at a firing range” for use in testing and developing its new missiles, he said. India’s January 18 test of its Agni-V ICBM, with a range of more than 5,000km (3,100 miles), is seen as a message that the country can deploy a credible nuclear deterrent against China, and Beijing is determined to counter it. While the Hindu-majority country’s single-warhead missiles are bigger and cover longer distances, Pakistan has focused its efforts on developing multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), a type of missile-carrying several nuclear warheads that can be directed towards different targets. The US Defence Intelligence Agency officially confirmed in March that Pakistan conducted the first test launch of its nuclear-capable Ababeel missile in January 2017, “demonstrating South Asia’s first MIRV payload”. [Source: The Express Tribune]

What is the point of acquiring such weapons, if Pakistan is not prepared to project its power in the region and overturn the regional order imposed by America?