Since the Peshawar tragedy where more than 130 school children were killed on 16th December 2014, the government has announced stern actions. It has made severe changes in legislation including the amendment to the Army Act while turning a blind eye to the increasing American footprint in the region. Thus, the regime has callously exploited the anger of the public over the tragedy to further the American "war on terror" by bombarding the areas inhabited by mujahedeen fighting in Afghanistan. It is also making laws to curb support enjoyed by Afghan Mujahideen in the past. Not only this, the regime has taken all the steps it can to obstruct the call to Islam and the system of life that emanates from it. It is spreading fear amongst the people through arresting men, and even a woman with a child, without any discrimination.

The government treachery against the Ummah and slavery of US is exposed to all. It is an open secret now. The regime's silence over Salala and Abbottabad incidents, the Raymond Davis network and its budget made upon the dictates of the IMF is exposed to all. However, the regime is still able to hold its ground. This raises a question: how does a regime manage to maintain its authority, whilst working against the interest of the people and state? How is it that people are aware of the regime's atrocities and crimes against its own citizens are not able to prevent it or remove it?
Awareness alone does not guarantee a change in society, unless this awareness leads to strong accountability of the regime, such that the people seize the regime with its hand. This is why accountability of the rulers and struggling against them is of foremost importance to the Ummah that is striving for its revival. Revival cannot occur without removing the authority established on the basis of other than Islam.

Rulers in society are supposed to represent the authority which people placed to look after their affairs and safeguard their interests, based on the basic creed that the society has agreed upon. Therefore, it is the people who are the real source of authority. The people grant the ruler authority to manage their affairs and safeguard their interests. Hence, no authority can ever exist if people realize the treachery of the rulers and account them harshly, such that they will remove the invalid regime and bring the rulers that they want for themselves.

The slackness in accountability of the rulers today represents a lack of feeling and sensation in the Ummah that it represents the real source of authority. As for the rulers, it seems they have understood that to safeguard their narrow personal interests, they need appreciation of the West and that is why the authority and legitimacy they look for is not from the Ummah but the foreign powers. Hence, the revival of the Ummah is not possible until the Ummah resumes the responsibility of accounting the ruler. Only then will it move naturally to remove them from the authority. Only then will it revive on the basis of practically implementing Islam.

Revival demands addressing the relationship between the regime and the people. This is political work. Only a party that is political in its nature can revive the society. The work of political parties and political leaders is not to turn deaf and dumb upon the action of the rulers and let them usurp the right of the Ummah. It is incumbent upon them to account the rulers fiercely and repeatedly, bruising the regime's ribs and stripping it of reverence, such that people are able to sense the corruption of the regime and the need for changing it. This is the work of the political party and the leadership, which is to challenge the thoughts, actions and conducts of the rulers, related to the governing the affairs of the Ummah, including the relationships with other states.

The political party must clearly account the rulers and not remain silent upon their evil, if the party were to preserve its status as a political party. Its political actions expose the regime and its opinions become embraced by the society which it aims at changing, such that they become the prevalent opinions in society. Keeping silent upon the crimes of the rulers would be a gross neglect of this duty. Allah (swt) said,

((وَاتَّقُواْ فِتْنَةً لاَّ تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنكُمْ خَآصَّةً وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ))

"And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not only those of you who do wrong, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.". Imam Ahmad recorded that Jareer (ra) said that the Messenger of Allah said,

«مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُعْمَلُ فِيهِمْ بِالْمَعَاصِي هُمْ أَعَزُّ وَأَكْثَرُمِمَّنْ يَعْمَلُونَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُغَيِّرُوهُ إِلَّا عَمَّهُمُ اللهُ بِعِقَاب»

"There is no people among whom sins are openly committed, while they are mightier and more numerous than those who commit these sins, and they do nothing to stop them, except that Allah encompasses them all with punishment."

Islam has made accounting the rulers Fard upon the Muslims and has commanded them to account them with the word of truth. Narrated by Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and ibn Maja that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said:

«أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِر»

‘The best Jihad is the word of Justice in front of the oppressive ruler' and

عرض لرسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم رجل عند الجمرة الأولى، فقال: يارسول الله! أي الجهاد أفضل؟ فسكت عنه فلما رمى الجمرة الثانية سأله ؟ فسكت عنه ، فلما رمى جمرة العقبة، وضع رجله في الغرز ليركب، قال: أين السائل؟ قال: أنا يارسول الله. «قال كلمة حق عند ذي سلطان جائر»

Abi Umaamah said at Al-Jamratu-l-Uolaa (the first throwing) the Messenger of Allah (saw) was asked: 'O Messenger of Allah which Jihaad is best? He remained silent and then when he had thrown the second stone he asked him again but was silent again. Then when he had thrown the last stone and had placed his foot in the stirrup to ride away he said, 'Where is the questioner?' So he said, "I am here O Messenger of Allah'. He (saw) said, 'the word of truth that is said to (or in the presence of) the Sultaan Al-Jaa'ir (the oppressive ruler)." It was also reported by Ibn Hibban that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said,

«سَيَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِي خُلَفَاءُ ، يَعْمَلُونَ بِمَا يَعْلَمُونَ ، وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ، وَسَيَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خُلَفَاءُ ، يَعْمَلُونَ مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ ، وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا لاَ يُؤْمَرُونَ ، فَمَنْ أَنْكَرَ بَرِئَ ، وَمَنْ أَمْسَكَ سَلِمَ ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ رَضِيَ وَتَابَع»

"There will be after me Khulafaa who act according to what they know (from Islam) and do what they were ordered and there will be after them Khulafaa who will act according to what they do not know and do what they were not ordered (with), so whoever rejects them is innocent from them, and whoever holds themselves (from following them) is safe, but the one who is pleased with them and follows them (is blameworthy).

The Messenger of Allah (saw) exhorted struggling against the oppressive rulers no matter what the consequences, in terms of harm, even if it led to being killed. He (saw) said,

«سَيِّدُ الشُّهَدَاءِ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَرَجُلٌ قَامَ إِلَى إِمَامٍ جَائِرٍ فَأَمَرَهُ وَنَهَاهُ فَقَتَلَهُ»

"The master of martyrs is Hamza Ibn Abu Mutallab and any man who stood up to an oppressive ruler accounting him and was killed because of that" (Hakim).

This is from the most clear of expressions in respect to exhorting the Muslim to bear harm and even to accept death in the path of accounting the rulers and struggling against the oppressive rulers. A person may take the concession (rukhsa) in such cases where harm will result but the path of virtue and excellence, for which every Muslim should strive, is to bear the harm in doing the right thing for the sake of Allah.

That is why we see the best of our generation the Sahaba, Tabieen and Taba Tabieen were ready to account the rulers harshly, whatever consequence it may bear for them. At the time of Khilafah "Caliphate" of Hazrat Umar (ra), his rule over the vast expanse of land did not stop a Muslim from raising his sword in front of Umar (ra) when Umar (ra) inquired as to who will stop Umar if he deviates from the rule of Allah. This was the level of awareness in the Ummah regarding its fard of accounting the ruler when they deviate from the path of Allah (swt). The same can be witnessed at the time of the Tabieen. When Khalifah Abdul Malik decided to take Bayah for his sons in his life time; he asked his Walis to take bayah from the people for them. Saeed Ibn Musayb, one of the best amongst the Tabieen, was then asked by Hashim, the Wali of Madina, to give Bayah to the sons of Khalifah Abdul Malik. Saeed Ibn Musayb responded saying, "I cannot give a second bayah in the life of Abdul Malik". On this he was hit by lashes by Hashim and later sent to prison. In prison, Abu Bakr bin Abdul Rahman visited him and he wrote to Hashim saying, "Hold your hands, with your action (beating) he has become even tougher than before". This was the firmness of our predecessors against the rulers who tried to transgress from the rule of Allah SWT in a single issue, even though they implemented Islam on society and carried the duty of Jihad as ordered by Allah (swt).

Such is the foremost responsibility of accounting the ruler, no matter what might occur of harm. However, many leaders today not only remain silent, they submit and surrender to every transgression of the regime. They are forgetting the words of Abu Bakr (ra) when he said "O people, you read this verse of the Book of Allah and you apply it in a way Allah did not intend it,

((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ لاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ))

"O you who believe, take care of your selves. If you follow the right guidance no harm can come to you from those who are in error" [TMQ 5:105]

I heard the Messenger of Allah say if some amongst a people act upon sins or without right, and the people do not change it, then they are close to Allah covering them all with punishment". Also Imam al-Siddiqi al-Shafi said that the one who infringes the prohibitions is destroyed by his sin, and the one who remains silent on them is destroyed due to his contentment.

Thus, it is imperative upon the political parties and leaders who sincerely seek revival and to restore the glory of the Ummah to adopt the interest of the Ummah and expose the plans of the Kuffar. They must raise the voice of Haq against the tyrants of today. By their brave and bold example, they must motivate and lead the Ummah in its struggle against the colonialists and their agents serving as rulers in the Muslim World. Else, they will rightly become regarded by the Ummah as the dumb shaitan, as defined by Imam Ibn Qayyim who said,

"The Shaitan has misled most people by beautifying for them the performance of certain voluntary acts of worship such as voluntary prayers and voluntary fasting while neglecting other obligatory acts of worship such as enjoining the good and eradicating the evil, to the extent that they do not even make the intention of performing them...For the essence of our Deen is to perform what Allah (swt) ordered us to do. The one who does not perform his obligations is actually worse than the one who performs sins. Anyone having some knowledge about the revelation of Allah, the guidance of the Prophet and the life of the companions would see that those who are pointed at today as the most pious people are in fact the least pious...Indeed, what Deen and what good is there in a person who witnesses the sanctities of Allah (swt) being violated, His Hudood not applied, His religion abandoned, the Sunnah of His Messenger shunned, and yet remains still with a cold heart and a silent tongue - a dumb shaitan..."

Written for the central media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Engineer Saham, Pakistan

الم * غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ‏*‏ فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ * فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ الأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن بَعْدُ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ [الروم‏: 1‏ـ4].‏

"Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious. In Bid`i years. The decision of the matter, before and after is only with Allah. And on that day, the believers will rejoice." [Surah Ar-Rum 30: 1-4]

Ibn Kathir writes in his Tafseer that these Ayaat were revealed at a time when the king of Neshapur overpowered Persia, Syria and the nearby cities of the islands and the king of Rome Hercules besieged himself within Constantinople. This siege remained for a long time, but finally the tables were turned and Hercules become victorious. It is recorded in Musnad Ahmad that Ibn Abbas (ra) narrated that Romans were defeated again and again and the Mushrikeen celebrated this a lot because the Persians were similar to these idol worshipers, whereas the Muslims wanted Romans to dominate because at least they were People of the Book. When Abu Bakr (ra) spoke about it with RasulAllah (saw) then he said that Romans will be victorious again soon. When Abu Bakar (ra) told this news to Mushrikeen, they said lets bet on it and set a time limit. If Romans do not get victorious then you will give us this many dinars and if they become victorious then we will give this much to you. And this was before the prohibition of betting. A five year limit was set and that limit expired but the Romans did not become victorious so Abu Bakr (ra)  communicated the news to RasulAllah (saw) who said that why you did not set the limit to ten years. Saeed bin Jubair says that in Quran the word used for limit is Bidaa' (بِضْعِ) and this applies to ten years or less, therefore, the same happened and the Romans dominated again within ten years.

In these ayaat, Allah (swt) is making global politics a discussion and this discussion is being done when Kuffar are dominant. Even then the Sahaba (ra) were busy discussing global politics with Kuffar and RasulAllah (saw) was guiding the Sahabah (ra) in this matter which points to the fact that the viewpoint of Muslims since the beginning was not limited to a particular area rather it was global. After which, it is unquestionable that politics or global politics are merely worldly matters that should not be discussed by those who fear Allah (swt).

Here it is absolutely essential to understand that Muslims can defeat the conspiracies of the Kuffar and protect the Ummah from them when they gain a correct understanding of them. Hizb ut Tahrir in its book "Political Concepts" writes, "Keeping abreast with the policy of every state in the world is absolutely essential and a Muslim politician cannot live without it. It is very important for every Muslim to know in public style the nature, secrets, plans and styles of global powers and to have detailed and reality based understanding of these matters, the complete understanding of daily changing nature of political realities of global powers and their foundation and pillars. In this way, the goal of protecting Ummah from them becomes clear through which the path to protect the state and Muslim Ummah and propagation of Islamic dawah in the world is paved."

In this context, the most important point is that the global politics and its foundation should be understood through some basic rules. Firstly, the present status of existing countries in the global arena, their political plans and workings should be deeply studied. The understanding of the global arena is important so that we could know which countries dominate the world and influence global politics and which countries they directly control or influence.

Basically, in today's world there exists four types of state. Firstly, the one which is called superpower, a leading state, that acts as the most powerful state in the world and holds the capacity to influence other states, such as the US alone today, or USSR and USA previously, or Britain and France prior to that. Secondly, there are those subordinate states whose internal and foreign policies rely on other powerful states. The countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Mali are considered amongst those states. Thirdly, satellite states, such as Australia and Canada, whose domestic policy stays independent, however, most of the foreign policies rely upon others. The fourth kind of states are the ones who have independent foreign and domestic policies just like Britain, France, Germany, Russia and "Israel."

It is also important for us to know the political plans of the powerful countries and the goals and political styles which they adopt to implement them. For example, the invasion of Iraq, and providing legal cover for it at a local and global level, was part of the American strategy. To accomplish it, America relied upon different political styles in which the presence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, the projection of the CIA report full of lies, creating a legal reasoning through UN of aggression, igniting Shia and Sunni conflict, including Shia factions as part of the government, and the use of Iranian and Syrian influence.

However, it is also important to understand that the political styles keep on changing according to the political strategy, whereas political strategy is changed only when all the adopted political styles fail and the political objectives are not achieved, or the political strategy itself becomes against the political objectives. For example, first China was provided aid to make it stand against Russia and then China was encircled to limit its influence by employing political styles.

A somewhat similar situation is that of America to keep her influence on Muslim world for which she keeps on changing the political styles as needed for example, the Muslim countries were controlled through military coups and other political actions, and now the control is being strengthened by attacking Muslim lands. Therefore, the target of our political struggle should be to uncover the political thoughts, political styles, and political plans of the oppressors.

Today, the situation of the land of Prophets, Syria, is such that the nations of the world are tearing it apart like hungry wolves. Whether it is America, Saudi Arabia, Russia or Iran - all of them have come together with a common purpose against the sincere revolution of Syria. This is the land where imperialists, according to their political plans, tested every political style to achieve their political strategy. However, the people of Syria are proving themselves as the aware vanguard Ummah, who are destroying every strategy and style of the imperialists. Whereas Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen etc. failed to deal with political conspiracies of the imperialist due to lack of wisdom and maturity. The political unrest in Syria for the past four years is evidence of the fact that the Ummah develops political awareness and maturity when she is consistently given dawah towards Islam.

To understand the current situation of Syria, it is essential to understand Syria's political status and background. Syria under the leadership of Hafiz al Assad and his son Bashar al Assad for the past forty years has been under US influence. However, some people may get effected by the rhetoric and political statements of the political leaders, and start to believe that the Syrian rulers are anti-America. For example, in May 2014 America put economic sanctions upon Syria by alleging that Syria has failed to stop the militants entering Iraq. Through comprehensive analysis, it becomes clear that Syria under the leadership of Al-Assad family has always remained agent of America. The support of Syria to America in the Gulf War against Iraq is a clear evidence of that. Syria was the only democratic Arab country who in the first Gulf War supported America against Iraq and sent her troops to support Operation Desert Storm.

Syria also extensively supported America against Islamists and it was admitted by the American intelligence agency, the CIA, that through Syria, America received the kind of information which America had never expected. Syria was the one who offered friendship to "Israel". The extent of Syria's friendship is that when "Israel" in 2007 destroyed Syrian nuclear reactors through air raids, Bashar al Assad did not even bother to make a reasonable response. What could be a better example of America and Syria's alliance that when Bashar al-Assad continuously bombarded Syria for three and a half years, America did not even show any concern. Moreover, when the rebels become able to uproot Bashar al Assad, America worked to undermine the rebels. However, the people of Syria at every juncture proved to be informed and caused American political objectives to fail and made America change her political plans.

The point to reflect is that is it not the fruit of a month or a year, but the struggle of many years. After the demonstrations of March 2011, when the matter reached the throne of Bashar Al Assad, the traitors amongst the political leaders realized that through offering alternative leadership, they could try to deceive the Syrian people as has been attempted in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. To accomplish this plan, America started lining up Bashar's opponents. In October 2011, a Syrian National Council was formed. In November, the Arab League suspended Syria's membership and put sanctions on it in order to pressurize Bashar al Assad, so as to put him in the back burner and to prepare his replacement.

Since the beginning of Syrian revolution, Hizb ut Tahrir had strong roots amongst people and had been guiding the revolutionaries. On Nov 2^nd, 2011 Hizb ut Tahrir uncovered this plot of Kuffars through its platform, "America through her tool Arab League is providing time to the Syrian Government so that they can shed more blood of innocent people and in the meantime an alternative to Bashar can be identified."

The sincere revolutionary leaders were being repeatedly reminded of the message of Allah (swt) that وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّـهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ "And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allah any protectors; then you would not be helped." [Surah Hud: 11-113].

On the other side, the UN Security Council in March 2012 endorsed the unconditional peace agreement of Kofi Annan for which Russia and China also declared their support, however, the blood bath still continued. After the resignation of Kofi Annan, UN appointed Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi as a special envoy of UN and Arab league for Syria.

When the Geneva Convention was held in June 2012, fifty thousand people had already died. In June 2012, Hizb ut Tahrir in its address to Ummah exposed the convention and explained that "the approval of Geneva agreement would be the kind of stain which would not be removed - this will be a treachery with Ummah. Russia for his master is nothing more than a paid servant."

America was stationed at all four borders of Syria meaning Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, whereas Russian presence was negligible. However, Russia remained an ally with US in its every tactic in order to gain material benefit, curtail the rising wave of change in Muslim countries and its spread into Central Asia. Whereas, the American goal was clear that until an alternate leadership is identified, Syrians are to remain in a blood bath. To the extent that America, unlike Libya, did not insist on a no-fly zone on Syria to prevent the loss of life occurring due to aerial bombing by the regime.

In November 2012, the so-called opposition parties gathered together in Qatar under the umbrella of revolutionary and opposition forces calling for establishment of democracy. In 2012, America, Britain, France, Turkey, and Gulf states tried to establish Syrian National Council under the leadership of Maaz al Khateeb as a representative of Syrian people. On that occasion Hizb ut Tahrir made it clear for the Ummah that "This is a devious plot which has been prepared by America and her allies. After massive killings in Syria, the enemy wants to pressurize us to accept this puppet coalition."

And Alhamdullilah the proud people of Syria by positively responding to the sincere call of Hizb ut Tahrir completely rejected the Syrian opposition coalition. The Nusrah front and At-Tawheed, the two most important groups on the ground confronting Bashar al Assad, rejected the alliance and clarified that they want an Islamic State, not a democratic state. They set aside the Syrian national flag and starting raising ar-Raya and al-Liwa'a. After witnessing the constant failure of the plans, the leader of the opposition alliance Maaz al Khateeb resigned and disclosed that some external elements want to get their job done through the opposition alliance.

After which, on 13^th March 2013, Hizb ut Tahrir warned the Ummah with the words of Allah (swt) (وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّتِي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ) "And do not be like she who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong ..." [Surah Nahl: 92]

After the failure of the Syrian National Council, America started spending on Syrian secular brigades. In May 2013, the Washington Post published news that "the U.S. administration headed by Barack Obama is betting on Salim Idris." The newspaper further wrote, "He is the cornerstone of the strategy of the new U.S. administration because of his responsible and moderate position". In response to this, Saleem Idris wrote a letter to Obama and expressed that "Salim Idris sent a message to President Obama expressing his understanding of the cautious position of America of intervention in Syria, and requested American financial support and training and expressed his readiness to face the Jihadi groups."

Asides these plans, the Americans made efforts to use Iran and "Hizb-e-Iran" to give the Syrian revolution a sectarian color. Iran presented an excuse to her people that Iran's support to Bashar al Assad is actually to protect sacred monuments in Syria. In Qaseer, an area between Homs and the Lebanese border, the fight had started between "Hizb-e-Iran" and militant groups. In this way America sought to give the revolution against oppression a sectarian color in order to protect the government of Bashar al Assad.

Also, "Israel" had also openly come against Syrian people. On 7^th May 2013, Hizb ut Tahrir addressed the Ummah and confirmed the Israeli bombings in the areas where revolutionaries were strong, saying ""Israeli planes" bombed Syria on 5^th May 2013. Indeed, Bashar's government do not see Jews, America and their allies as enemies, rather, their enemies are only the people of Syria. And this is the game which America and her allies play where they replace one agent with another."

On the one hand there were the atrocities of Bashar's army and on the other hand America was busy employing its political trickery. Instead of George Sabra, Saudi backed Ahmed Jarba had assumed responsibilities as the interim head of Syrian Alliance. Whereas the interim prime minister resigned from his position by saying that he cannot establish rule over rebel areas.

In the meantime, despite America's several verbal claims and threats, on August 2013, Bashar al Assad carried out a chemical attack on Ghouta, an area in the capital city of Syria, where approximately 300 people died. According to America, this was its self-proclaimed red line and US president Barack Obama had given threats to Bashar al Assad several times about the repercussions of crossing it. However, it has been 18 months since the attacks and not a single American plane was flown against Bashar al Assad. The whole drama of chemical weapons was only staged to destroy the chemical weapons in Syria and prevent the coming Khilafah "Caliphate" to have the capability to fight against Kuffar strongly. However, they have forgotten that war is not fought based on military might alone, rather it is fought with the strength of Iman.

The revived people of Syria had been constantly making the conspiracies of the enemies fail, whether concerning the struggle against Bashar or on the international diplomacy front. The failure of Geneva Conference 2 in the beginning of 2014 is a clear evidence of that, when the Syrian authority refused to talk about interim government. Hizb ut Tahrir continued to guide the Ummah, saying, "The people of Syria will have to hold the rope of Allah tight and will have to have a firm believe that the victory is from Allah alone. You will have to maintain this revolution transparent and extremely clear - the revolution which was started by saying that ‘This is for Allah alone, this is for Allah alone' and to not allow the sale of this revolution on the negotiating tables of Geneva Conference and to remember this message of Allah (swt ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَتَّخِذُواْ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لاَ يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالاً وَدُّواْ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضَاء مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِي صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الآيَاتِ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ "O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves, for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater. We have certainly made clear to you the signs, if you will use reason. [Surah Ale-Imran: 118]." And indeed the slogan of Ummah also was "The People Want Khilafah "Caliphate" Again."

The American backed FSA had also failed miserably. The Islamists had uprooted its presence. Considering subsequent setbacks, the leadership of FSA was handed over from Saleem Idris to Brigadier Abdullah al Bashir. However, the setbacks continued. All political gimmickry had failed and therefore it was necessary to make basic changes in the strategy. Then we saw that America under the guise of attacking the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) finally attacked Syria directly. However, this was not something new for the Ummah, as the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir Sheikh Ata bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah in May 2013 had already warned about America's frustrations. The Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir had clarified, "Despite providing extensive coverage to the secular elements of media, the secular voices had grounded and America had become extremely anxious because of the rising call for Khilafah "Caliphate"."

The situation continuously worsened for America and her allies. The Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir had already uncovered this reality eighteen months ago that America is focusing on a specific agenda after witnessing the situation which was getting out of their control. Bashar al Assad was given free hand to murder so that people could be compelled to follow the American plans for the establishment of a secular civil state could be established in Syria. Then by establishing and maintaining the complete state structure and democratic system, the faces could be changed. However, the Kuffar and its agents always had to face defeat at the hands of a revived Ummah. Maaz al Khateeb, George Sabra, Ahmed Jabra, interim Prime Minister Ghusan Heto, Salim Idrees, Abdullah al Bashir, Kofi Annan, Lakhdar Brahimi, Geneva 1, Geneva 2 etc. - all these plans of Kuffar were brought to dust by the people of Syria.

In case of the failure of their first plan, their second plan was that if they failed to remove Bashar al Assad from his position, through their allied rebels or opposition, then through global intervention, their favored government will be selected. The Kuffar thought that if both these plans failed, then the situation would worsen so much, and the destruction would be so much, that even if Islam become dominant, the Ummah will be so disheartened that despite wishing to acquire revival, they will not be able to step forward for its implementation.

However, Kuffar and their followers failed to understand that this is the best Ummah which has been chosen for the leadership of the world and in this Ummah there are still people who strive for the Ummah's revival and will cause all the plans of Kuffar and hypocrites to fail. They don't know that this is the same Ummah which brought the Romans and Persians to the ground, made crusaders realize their actual and struck terror in the heart of Jews and Hindus. The message of the Lord of the Universe cannot be denied كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَلَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم مِّنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ "You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient." [Surah Ale-Imran: 110].

Allah (swt) has blessed the Muslim Ummah with all, that which makes it distinguished from all other nations. There is always a need to have informed and aware political personalities and groups who keep the Ummah aware of the plans of Kuffar. And this informed and aware Hizb also has the responsibility that it strengthens her root in the Ummah and creates strong ties with every level of the Ummah, so that the Ummah moves ahead with the Hizb and continues to ruin the wicked plans of the Kuffar. Being the sons of the Ummah, it is our responsibility that we carry the Dawah in best possible manner, become the best politicians and take this Ummah to the destination it deserves. This action will bring honour in this world and raise us in the Hereafter inshaaAllah with the Shuhada, Siddiqeen, and Saleeheen. Izzah and Zillah are indeed from Allah (swt).

Adi bin Hatim narrated that Rasul Allah (saw) said

عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ، صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذْ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ الْفَاقَةَ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ آخَرُ، فَشَكَا قَطْعَ السَّبِيلِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ «يَا عَدِيُّ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ الْحِيرَةَ»‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ لَمْ أَرَهَا وَقَدْ أُنْبِئْتُ عَنْهَا‏.‏ قَالَ ‏«فَإِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتَرَيَنَّ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْتَحِلُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ، حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، لاَ تَخَافُ أَحَدًا إِلاَّ اللَّهَ»‏ ـ قُلْتُ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِي فَأَيْنَ دُعَّارُ طَيِّئٍ الَّذِينَ قَدْ سَعَّرُوا الْبِلاَدَ «وَلَئِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتُفْتَحَنَّ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى‏».‏ قُلْتُ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ «كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، وَلَئِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ، لَتَرَيَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُخْرِجُ مِلْءَ كَفِّهِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ، يَطْلُبُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهُ مِنْهُ، فَلاَ يَجِدُ أَحَدًا يَقْبَلُهُ مِنْهُ، وَلَيَلْقَيَنَّ اللَّهَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَاهُ، وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ يُتَرْجِمُ لَهُ‏.‏ فَيَقُولَنَّ أَلَمْ أَبْعَثْ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولاً فَيُبَلِّغَكَ فَيَقُولُ بَلَى‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ أَلَمْ أُعْطِكَ مَالاً وَأُفْضِلْ عَلَيْكَ فَيَقُولُ بَلَى‏.‏ فَيَنْظُرُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَلاَ يَرَى إِلاَّ جَهَنَّمَ، وَيَنْظُرُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَلاَ يَرَى إِلاَّ جَهَنَّمَ‏».‏ قَالَ عَدِيٌّ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقَّةِ تَمْرَةٍ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ شِقَّةَ تَمْرَةٍ فَبِكَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ‏»‏‏.‏ قَالَ عَدِيٌّ فَرَأَيْتُ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْتَحِلُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، لاَ تَخَافُ إِلاَّ اللَّهَ، وَكُنْتُ فِيمَنِ افْتَتَحَ كُنُوزَ كِسْرَى بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، وَلَئِنْ طَالَتْ بِكُمْ حَيَاةٌ لَتَرَوُنَّ مَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صلى الله عليه وسلم «يُخْرِجُ مِلْءَ كَفِّهِ»‏‏.‏

"While I was in the city of the Prophet, a man came and complained to him (the Prophet,) of destitution and poverty. Then another man came and complained of robbery (by highwaymen). The Prophet said, "Adi! Have you been to Al-Hira?" I said, "I haven't been to it, but I was informed about it." He said, "If you should live for a long time, you will certainly see that a lady in a Howdah traveling from Al-Hira will (safely reach Mecca and) perform the Tawaf of the Ka'ba, fearing none but Allah." I said to myself, "What will happen to the robbers of the tribe of Tai who have spread evil through out the country?" The Prophet further said. "If you should live long, the treasures of Khosrau will be opened (and taken as spoils)." I asked, "You mean Khosrau, son of Hurmuz?" He said, "Khosrau, son of Hurmuz; and if you should live long, you will see that one will carry a handful of gold or silver and go out looking for a person to accept it from him, but will find none to accept it from him. And any of you, when meeting Allah, will meet Him without needing an interpreter between him and Allah to interpret for him, and Allah will say to him: 'Didn't I send a messenger to teach you?' He will say: 'Yes.' Allah will say: 'Didn't I give you wealth and do you favors?' He will say: 'Yes.' Then he will look to his right and see nothing but Hell, and look to his left and see nothing but Hell." 'Adi further said: I heard the Prophet saying, "Save yourself from the (Hell) Fire even with half a date (to be given in charity) and if you do not find a half date, then with a good pleasant word." 'Adi added: (later on) I saw a lady in a Howdah traveling from Al-Hira till she performed the Tawaf of the Ka'ba, fearing none but Allah. And I was one of those who opened (conquered) the treasures of Khosrau, son of Hurmuz. If you should live long, you will see what the Prophet Abu-l-Qasim had said: 'A person will come out with a handful. of gold...etc." (Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 56, Number 793)

We also believe that Rasul Allah's (saw) prophecy «ثم تكون خلافة على منهاج النبوة» "The establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate" on the way of Prophethood" will come true soon inshaaAllah.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Engineer Umair, Pakistan

On Sunday, 02/03/2015, security forces which conduct a routine patrol in the city of Izmir detained Brother Ayhan Aladağ, a member of Hizb ut Tahrir who carries the Dawah to re-establish the Islamic State once again, and requested the car license and his driving certificate from him.

News:

According to media reports, the Swiss authorities have recently blocked a shipment of surveillance equipment purchased by RAB (Rapid Action Battalion), a government force. The equipment, known as "International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) Catcher" is a strong surveillance equipment which is used for recording phone calls and collecting personal data through intervening the mobile network. It was purchased to extend the surveillance on people who pose a threat to the government. The officials involved in the procurement of this equipment have informed the government about the clogging and asked her help to get the equipment ASAP.

Comment:

With the reporting of this news and a recent incident of Viber-scandal of a self-declared retired politician, the matter of spying on the Muslims by shameless Hasina government once again came to the spotlight. From the moment she came to power in 2008, she and her government have done many evil deeds against the Ummah which includes the killing of 57 army officers in BDR headquarters, surrendering the natural resources to her imperialist masters, killings of thousands of ordinary Muslims, allowing the Kuffar to roam around the country to help her suppress the Muslims and so on. And now, she and her colleague Khaleda made this country a death-zone. Hasina is killing and persecuting the Ummah by using her collaborators in the security forces and Khaleda is killing the Ummah in the name of protest and blockade. Ultimately the people have no trust in this system and its rulers and Hasina has a clear knowledge of this fact. She knows it very well that the only way she can survive and stay in power is by way of oppression and tyranny. For this very reason, she devised an ugly plan to violate the privacy of the Ummah by using this kind of surveillance equipment to locate and detain the sincere persons who are raising their voices against her crimes against the Ummah. In doing so, the purchase of "IMSI Catcher" is one of her numerous attempts. Among the other tools she is using to spy on the Muslims are different softwares and contractors. She is spending millions of dollars in doing this crime.

Hasina should know that Allah (swt) has made it haram to violate the privacy of any Muslim and like other harams she does as a ruler, it will only increase her agony and it will not prevent the downfall of her regime and the system, let alone the punishment of Allah (swt) in the Hereafter. Millions of people are not getting proper food and sleeping in the open sky and she is spending money to secure her throne. The price of the ordinary commodity is getting out of reach of the mass people and instead of solving this issue she is plotting against them. The industrial sector is fading away in the political turmoil and she is busy to please her masters. The noble Ummah of this country will not tolerate this anymore. The voice for Khilafah "Caliphate" is becoming louder and louder day by day. With the help of Allah (swt) this Ummah will soon bring her to book and drag her alive through the stinky filth of the streets. The day is not so far when the believers will rejoice and the Kuffar and agents like her will suffer the consequences of their deeds. Allah (swt) says,

((فَإِذَا جَاء أَمْرُ اللَّهِ قُضِيَ بِالْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ))

"So when the command of Allah comes, it will be concluded in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose." [Ghafir-78]

The carriers of Dawah and other believers should not be despaired or frightened by seeing these attempts of the Kuffar and their agents. They should keep faith in the promise of Allah (swt) and His Prophet (saw) and remain steadfast in the correct methodology of the Prophet (saw). They should work hard to awaken the Iman of the common people and the people of power. With help from the people of power and strong support from the Ummah the Khilafah "Caliphate" will rise soon to annihilate all injustice from this world. Allah (swt) says in the Glorious Quran:

((وَقُلْ جَاء الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا))

"And say: Truth has (now) arrived, and falsehood perished: for falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish." [Al-Isra: 81]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Muhammad Abdul Hye
Member of Hizb ut Tahrir, Wilayah Bangladesh