On 24th February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The crisis is ongoing and has garnered a lot of international attention, with the Western countries immediately condemning Russia’s actions and unleashing a slew of reports meant to turn public opinion against Russia’s actions.

From the book, Introduction to the Tafseer of the Quran, by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, the eminent jurist and statesman, Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah:

The current war in Ukraine has trigged a pandora’s box of new set of complexities and crisis across the globe where the war does not seem to end anytime soon. Most wars through history had major impacts on shaping the post-war period. It goes without question that the Russo-Ukraine war would be no different where the war’s end will leave behind a memorable effect on the current global geopolitical setting…

The Westphalian system of the 17th century coupled with colonization of the British in the 18th century gave birth to the idea of Nation states and Nationalism. This idea entails the loyalty to the country where one is born and the consideration of its culture as the superior culture. It calls for the attachment to all that is related to the land in which one is born.