Wherever democracy exists, whether presidential or parliamentary, neglect and exploitation of the people by a small elite will always occur. It is a world-wide phenomenon that the richest people are those with access to political power in democracy, either directly or through sponsorship of politicians. Democracy was never meant to grant justice to the masses, and instead was conceived to concentrate power and subsequently wealth into the hands of a…

Praise be to Allah (swt) who said: [إِنَّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهَادُ] “Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand” [Ghafir: 51]. And peace and blessings be on the one whom Allah has sent in the Isra’ journey from the Masjid Al-Haram to the blessed Al-Aqsa:

We address our call to you at a time when the political factions are yet again competing with each other to rule over us, through the current system of laws and policies. However, whatever the outcome of the competition, whether it is a coalition or the turn of another faction, we will lose.

A video clip of a Syrian family has recently gone viral; in which it recounts how the Social Services Department extorted their children by force. This clip has spread widely in the Islamic world and in social media, to the extent that Al Jazeera broadcasted a report on the abduction of children in Sweden.