News:

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda Zia on August 23, 2013. He urged them to hold talks for a peaceful resolution to the on-going political crisis surrounding the next general elections. He said the UN wanted to see a free, fair and credible election participated by all parties and that it was closely monitoring the political situation in Bangladesh. Next day, the US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W. Mozena described the phone call by the UN Secretary General a ‘very positive development' in country's politics and ‘very strong and powerful message on the need for a dialogue to hold a free, fair and credible election.'

Comment:

The call from Ban Ki-Moon came just two days after the chemical attack on the Muslims of Syria by the butcher Bashar al-Assad. The UN has witnessed the genocide in Syria in silence for more than two years, doing nothing except herd the Muslims in flocks into refugee camps. So the UN which does nothing to solve the crisis in Syria which is costing lives daily, why is it that the same UN is concerned about averting a crisis in Bangladesh. The answer can actually be found in the common factor i.e. realizing US interests. Inaction in Syria and allowing Bashar to kill the Muslims serves US interests. No doubt now that the US is sounding the drums of intervention, the UN will facilitate that. In Bangladesh, achieving political stability is in US interests so that Bangladesh can be a base for the US to monitor the region, dominate it and achieve her strategic and economic interests. That is why Mr Ban Ki-moon is keen on dialogue and free-fair elections. Let us take the scenario in Egypt. What made the UN stand in silence and watch the military take-over happen there while Morsi was elected through a so-called free, fair and credible election? The military even announced in advance that it was taking over but the UN was inept in front of it. Here again, the UN served the Americans and still does so while the military kills the people.

The UN is a club of imperialists under the leadership of USA. It is another US tool for achieving its political, economic and strategic objectives. Whenever it suits, USA works through the UN, while it bypasses it and works unilaterally when it doesn't suit her interests; and when the US bypasses it the UN stands still, inactive, even speechless! The hypocrisy of the UN is clear in the case of Palestine over the last 68 years. Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are more examples of where millions of Muslims were killed, dishonoured and displaced while UN proved that it is really a puppet.

The Muslims of Bangladesh have to be really worried when the UN enters into the political affairs of the country. It does not bode anything well for the future of the nation. Majority of the politicians and so-called civil society in Bangladesh have welcomed Ban Ki-moon's initiative. Are they blind to what we have said above? No, far from it! They too are like the UN - servants of the Westerners, particularly the Americans. This is the nature of the current democratic system of the country which creates agent politicians, divisive politics and the scope for foreign intervention.

The Islamic rule, Khilafah "Caliphate", alone can prevent any non-believing country or organization from influencing or intervening in our affairs. Islam has categorically forbidden this. Allah (swt) says,

((وَلَن يَجْعَلَ اللَّـهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا))

"...And never will Allah allow the disbelievers to have authority over the believers." [Surah Nisaa: 141]

For those who accept them as friends and allies, Allah (swt) says,

((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۘبَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ))

"O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliya (friends, protectors, helpers)..." [Surah Ma'idah: 51]

Moreover Allah (swt) warned us about them when He (swt) says,

((إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا لَكُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَيَبْسُطُوا إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِالسُّوءِ وَوَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ ))

"Should they gain upper hand over you, they would behave to you as enemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you with evil..." [Surah Mumtahanah: 2]

The Islamic rule will not only just stop foreign interference in our affairs; rather it will lead the Islamic Ummah to victory over the imperialists and establish peace and security on earth, through unifying the Ummah, establishing cohesive politics, achieving a self-reliant economy, and building a strong army.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Muhammad Raiyan Hasan

Member of Hizb ut Tahrir in Bangladesh