News:

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine and Turkey came to agreement about cooperation in space projects within the multi-billion space program and granting 10 million dollars as humanitarian aid. Also the two presidents approved granting Ukraine a 50 million dollar loan and the involvement of Turkish companies in recovery of Donbass.

During his visit to Kiev Erdogan also met with representatives of Crimean Tatar people, where the current situation of Crimean Tatars and imposition of sanctions to Russia was discussed. Source: zn.ua.

Comment:

While systematic pressure (searches, confiscation of religious literature, arrests and detentions of activists of national and religious organizations) is applied by Russian authorities on Crimean Tatars. Many from the Crimean Muslims direct their attention to actions of Turkey in this conflict. They believe that Turkey could and should play an important role in this conflict since it has centuries-old historical and cultural ties between the Turkish and Crimean Tatar people. Arrival of Turkish President R.T. Erdogan to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on 20th of March also attracted their attention.

But immediately after this visit it became clear that Turkey does not plan to undertake any active steps in defending rights of Muslims in Crimea. Turkish government refused to exert pressure by imposing economical sanctions. Although Erdogan said, that he will continue to keep an eye on situation of Crimean Tatars, who have been under constant pressure for more than year, but in reality his position became utterly obvious at 1st December 2014 during his press-conference with Russian president V. Putin, when he refrained from criticizing Russia actions against Crimean Muslims.

In this context it is worse to mention about some political actions and statements made by Turkish officials in recent months:
During the second half of February 2015 when Turkish military troops were evacuating remains of Suleyman-Shah, Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu commented this as follows:

"No one can hesitate in strength and determination of Turkey. It should be well known. If one stone that represent our legacy is in danger our duty is to protect it."

On 16th of March 2015 during opening ceremony of technological center ASELSAN Erdogan while commenting Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said:

"If in the early 90's Turkey was as powerful as today, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict would not occur."

If we compare the above mentioned with each other, it becomes obvious that statements of Turkish government about concern and protection of Crimean Muslim interests is nothing else but balancing between two sides of conflict, which aims to enlist the many-million Crimean Tatar community in Turkey on the threshold of parliament elections, as well as the wish to protect interests of Turkish business in Russia and Ukraine.

Commenting statements of Erdogan about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, we should mention that response of Erdogan in "modern Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts" (Mavi Marmara incident, slaughter in Syria and oppression of Crimean Tatars in Crimea) speaks louder and conspicuously, than his empty speculations about past events. As for the habit of making statements that are not supported with actions, after 10 years he can state as follows:

"If in 2015 Turkey was as powerful as today (2025), we would not allow any humiliation of Crimean Tatars and exerting pressure on them"
As for the statements of Prime Minister Davutoglu about protecting values of Turkish people, position of Turkey in Ukrainian crisis obviously shows that for Turkish government Turkish values are restricted only with economical interests.

Subhanallah! How could they be so ignorant about their own values?

This legacy does not consist in protecting tombs and economical interests, but consists of Islam, it is the legacy of Ottoman Khilafah "Caliphate", that protected Muslims in Europe, Asia and Africa over a period of centuries.

Here I do not say that Turkey must join European or Russian side in Ukrainian crisis, as well as Turkey should not be neutral, concerning only about own economical interests, but it should adhere solely to values and interests of Islam, that call for protecting of Crimean Muslims, as well as Muslims all over the world.

In turn, these values could not be implemented without abolition of capitalism and republicanism in Turkey, which prescribe to protect only political and economical interests of one nation, while neglecting interests of entire Islamic Ummah.

Today's Turkey is a country that posses one of the biggest armies in the region, being large transport and energy hub that controls Black Sea straits, as well as being on of the biggest 20 economies in the world. The only shortcoming of Turkey is its implementation of capitalist ideology, which restricts it ruling elite by narrow national bounds.

Today, Turkey has all the opportunities to become "support point" for second Righteous Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of Prophethood and put an end for oppression of Muslims not only in Black Sea region, but in the whole world. And one day it will surely happen.

وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٤﴾ بِنَصْرِ اللَّـهِ ۚ يَنصُرُ مَن يَشَاءُ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

"And that day the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful". [30:4-5]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Fadl Amzayev
Head of Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Ukraine

Headlines

• International Conspiracy in Yemen

• China's ‘Social' Failure

• The Liberation of Idlib

• China Challenges US Hegemony

Details

International Conspiracy in Yemen

Saudi Arabia began airstrikes on Wednesday 25 March against Houthi positions in Yemen, vowing that the kingdom will do "anything necessary" to restore a deposed government that has been routed by the Iranian-backed group. Yemen erupted alongside Tunisia and Egypt when the Arab Spring was in full swing back in 2011. But regional and international rivalries have led to the real change the people have demanded to be hijacked by foreign agendas. Yemen's strategic location on the major sea line of communication and a border with Saudi Arabia has always made it a key prize for both Britain and the US. Iran has long utilized the Shi'ah population across the region to further its own strategic objectives of regional domination. The Houthis, who make up around 40% of Yemen's population, have long been supported by Iran with elements being trained by Iran's IRGC. Saudi fearing this has long backed the Government - which for three decades was dominated by Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa in order to push back at any Houthi expansion. Britain has supported Saleh since he came to power and protected him during the Arab Spring uprisings. But with pressure mounting on his by the US, he was replaced by his own crony, Abd Mansur al-Hadi. The US has used the demand for change by the Houthis to pressure Saleh and weaken Britain's hold over the country. Whilst Palestine, Syria and Iraq burns both Iran and Saudi do nothing, but they send in their militaries when international powers need them to.

China's ‘Social' Failure

A Muslim couple have been sentenced to prison for carrying out Islamic practices. The state-owned newspaper China Youth Daily reported that a court in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar sentenced a 38-year-old Uighur man to six years in jail for growing a beard, while his wife was given two years for veiling herself. The man "had started growing his beard in 2010" and his wife "wore a veil hiding her face and a burqa," the paper said. The couple were found guilty of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," a vague accusation regularly used in the Chinese judicial system against dissidents. Whilst much of the world looks at China's economic growth and its rapidly developing military and role in the world, it very rarely sees how China deals with its domestic population of 1.5 billion. Whilst China has made rapid advances in technology and created immense wealth, this has not been on the back of domestic development and an increase in prosperity for its own people. The communist party dominates the political system, and any opposition to its polices is dealt with brutally. But the country's biggest failure has been dealing with people who are not ethnically Chinese. The Muslim Uighurs are one of the largest ethnic groups in China and have for long been discriminated in order to control them. China's method of maintaining social cohesion is through oppression and strict control. This shows it is in not technology that brings stability, but the ability to blend people into one nation through policies that recognises their beliefs.

The Liberation of Idlib

As the uprising in Syria reached 4 years, news continues to come out of the country of the liberation of Idlib. Multiple groups came together for this operation, putting aside their differences. They established an operations room, established a cohesive plan of attack, and ultimately executed the plan. The leadership of the Jaysh Al Fath's operation was handed to Dr. Abdullah Muhaysinee, the Saudi born and educated cleric who has been involved with most of the major battle in Syria. His leadership was respected and this is something that has been long in the coming in Syria. Rarely is the leadership of the different groups in the hands of Islamically educated fighters. Many of the town population that decided to stay during the fighting have been reported to have provided assistance to the Mujahideen forces. Jaysh Al Fath immediately announced that Christians will not be asked to pay Jizya (a tax that is paid by non-Muslims just as Muslims pay Zakat), as the Mujahideen leadership could not currently guarantee the security of their Christian residents. This is in direct contrast from reports of ISIS demanding Jizya immediately from their residents, detaining the women, taking some as slaves from amongst the people they have conquered, and making a slaughter in the town square on the heels of their successes and broadcasting it on youtube. The pictures emerging from the town are of the mujhadeen making sujood for this victory. Even Syrians living in Turkey as refugees were photographed celebrating this victory.

China Challenges US Hegemony

The US rebuked the UK and a raft of countries who announced they would join China's development bank. The US cited it was worried that the institution will not meet high governance standards, despite its domestic banks causing the global economic crisis. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), will be a rival to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, institutions founded and controlled by the US. The bank will be a like the World Bank, providing loans to developing countries in Asia for infrastructure projects. The AIIB is a part of the wider "new Silk Road" initiative by China to deepen trade and investment both in the rest of Asia and the wider world. The US has already endured a series of embarrassments over the bank. It might have been expected that some European countries with few ties with the US would join, which they did. India and Singapore, however, were quick to sign up despite having close relationships with the US. And several other countries have started joining, leaving the US almost completely isolated in its position. The Brookings Institute confirmed in 1994, "The United States has viewed all multilateral organisations including the World Bank, as instruments of foreign policy to be used in support of specific US aims and objectives... US views regarding how the world economy should be organised, how resources should be allocated and how investment decisions should be reached were enshrined in the Charter and the operational policies of the bank." This would explain America's opposition to China's development bank, as it would challenge a key tool the US has used to maintain its hegemony in the world.

A report that was organized by the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah Syria regarding a tour conducted by Brother Munir Nasser, Member of the Media Office, in the liberated city of Idlib. Allah (swt) liberated it at the hands of the Mujahideen in which the Ummah's Revolution enters its fifth year.

Abode of Islam, 11 Jumada II 1436 AH - 31 March 2015 CE

The Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir of Wilayah Syria held an interview with Brother Abu Obaida a member of Hizb ut Tahrir called  "The Global Hizb ut Tahrir"

Abode of Islam 07 Jumada II 1436 AH - March 27, 2015 CE