News:

A recent US Senate report revealed that Malaysia is an ally of US in its ‘War on Terror' campaign. The report, which is 6000 page long and took 5 years and 40 million USD to compile was partially released by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) on December 9, 2014. The SSCI released a 525-page portion that consisted of key findings and an executive summary of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)'s Detention and Interrogation Program. The report describes CIA's use of various forms of torture on detainees between 2001 and 2006. Malaysia was revealed to have played a part in the practice of "extraordinary rendition", whereby secret arrests were made and detainees were moved to undisclosed prisons. Besides Malaysia, other Muslim countries which are also co-operating with CIA's global crimes are Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Egypt, Libya, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen. The report has actually confirmed a study by the Open Society Justice Initiative entitled "Globalising Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition" produced in February 2013 alleging that Putrajaya had assisted CIA on the rendition, twice.

Comment:

When asked by the Malaysian press, the head of the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP)'s Special Branch, Datuk Seri Akhil Bulat confirmed that Malaysia shared data and training with CIA but neither aided nor facilitated torture and extraordinary rendition operations with respect to terror suspects. He asserted that information sharing between all intelligence entities in the world is necessary in tackling terrorism, hence, it is normal to forge ties with the CIA.

Why did RPM continue to co-operate with CIA despite the fact that CIA is known to be untrustworthy, and it knows the inhumane character of CIA, and it knows how brutal and barbaric CIA is, especially against Muslims? Where is the dignity and integrity of the RMP when it dares to abet with the worst of human beings? We all know that the US is the world's actual terrorist and the US is the enemy of Islam, the enemy of Allah, His Messenger and the enemy of all Believers! Does RMP not see all these? Is there no pious adviser to advise RMP that collaborating with the US, a kafir harbi state, is prohibited (haram) in Islam? Or there actually was an adviser but the RMP never listened?

In revealing the report, which appears to tarnish its own reputation, the US seems to be telling us, "O Muslims, I have disclosed my heinous crimes and I have disclosed the participation of your leaders in these crimes and that our co-operations are very close indeed. I can torture and kill you and your brothers and whomever I want. I have the power and you are weak regardless of your huge numbers. So, what can you do to me? Look at your leaders who bow to me, they are with me and not with you...so do not try to fight me because I could with ease torture and kill you and you will never get any help nor protection from anyone!"

For this report and for the brutality of the US, we answer them with the Words of Allah (swt),

((وَاسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُ فِى الاٌّرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَظَنُّواْ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لاَ يُرْجَعُونَ))

"And he (Fir'aun) and his armies were arrogant in the land, without right, and they thought that they would never return to Us" [Al-Qasas (28):39]

((كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَفَرُواْ بِآيَـتِ اللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَاب))

"Similar to the behavior of the people of Fir'aun, and of those before them, they rejected the Ayat of Allah, so Allah punished them for their sins. Verily, Allah is All-Strong, severe in punishment" [Al-Anfal (8):52]

This report is a clear manifestation of the hypocrisy of US and its allies! They say that they are the defenders and upholders of human rights and are the guardians of international law, where in actual fact they are the real offenders. The Ummah should realize that the global war on terrorism led by the US is none other than a war on Muslims, who in reality, are enemies to them. A terrorist in their eyes is any Muslim who opposes Western colonialism and hegemony and works to establish Islam in its entirety (kaffah) within the framework of the Khilafah "Caliphate" State, even by way of intellectual struggle!

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Dr. Muhammad - Malaysia