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Religiously married women who lost their husbands in the mining disaster in Soma, do not benefit from rights such as financial aid and compensation as women who were married according to civil law. According to a report by Turaç Top from Al Jazeera Turkey, the new bag law which also includes improvements for the miners' rights decided by the Parliamentary Planning and Budget Commission does not include any arrangements for the wives of the past miners who were only married according to Islamic law. Therefore the Soma miners' religiously married wives filed a lawsuit to claim their rights.

One of these women is the 39 years old Emine Elibol. Elibol and her husband who both divorced from their first marriage, and were married for 11 months, could not make civil marriage, as the necessary legal processes were not completed yet. She said: "There does not exist any law that protects us, whoe who are religiously married!" and added: "This was not our choice. Shall they bring back my husband than. Bring him back from his grave that I marry him." The just 18 year old and four months pregnant Songül Merdim has the same problem. Merdim's husband Serkan Buran was one of the mine workers who died. Merdim and Buran married 40 days before the distaster by a religious ceremony and held a wedding. They were counting days until their civil marriage. Just 8 days before her 18^th birthday the disaster happened. Merdim is also disappointed that the new law does not contain anything for the religiously married wives: "We had no civil marriage, but we were married. We were going to make a civil marriage as soon as I would be of age. And our marriage is accepted by our families. But, am I not his wife now? I will give birth to his baby. What will be my and my baby's future?"

Comment:

Arranging legal packages in the alleged aim of improving women's living standards does not contain preserving the Islamic values of its people. Therefore once again, the secular liberal democratic system and its understanding of moralty, and justice have failed to meet the needs of its people and in particular of its women. Contrary to capitalism's liberal understanding of sexual freedom, which is implemented and even respected in Turkey, Muslim women who still prefer to make their unity/cohabitation legal in the presence of Allah (swt) face regularly different kinds of in justice. Mostly it is the legal regulations that may hinder them in marrying according to the modern secular laws, be it due to bureaucratic obstacles or other reasons. This in many cases however ends in losing many rights for the women and even their children in the eyes of the law as is the case of these wives of the past mine workers. Muslim couples who seek to protect their modesty, their rights and responsibilities towards each other, are left to their own fate. Demanding any rights occurring out of Islamic marriage is not possible under secular law. In one case of a woman who demanded divorce from her violent husband last year, the female judge mocked and scoffed her and said she would not be able to do anything for her as she is not married according to Turkish civil law.

In contrast to the prevelant judicial system in Turkey, where these women will have to wait about 5 years in order to achieve a solution for their cases, Islam's ruling stipulates to investigate every single case brought to court and to fell a decision according to Qur'an and Sunnah and the consensus of the Sahaba. This makes it faster and easier for the plaintiff to get his/her right. Under Islamic rule women, no matter of which religious believe, enjoy a free, dignified and high status in society and deserve all the protection and support they need. If there is no family to support them, than the state itself is obliged to ensure the women's daily living expenses, including housing, clothing, food. Another marking statement by one of the widows, Emine Elibol is: "They (the district governorate) support me in finding a job. When it comes to find me a job, than I am a wife, but when it comes to a monthly stipend or compensation than I am not a wife. What kind of justice is this. I do not understand."

True justice and true respect, protection and ecouragement towards Islamic values will only be guaranteed and even promoted in the Islamic state. These values will only preside over the society in a state were Islam's rules are implemented and not in a system that implements secular liberal capitalism.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Umm Khalid

The Central Contact Committee of Hizb ut Tahrir/ Tunisia organized a forum entitled, "Poverty is the Crime of the State" at the Africa Inn and a group of experts in the field of economy and from other groups to resolve the problem of poverty and how it is resolved in details from Islam's point of view.

Saturday, 26 Rabi I 1436 AH - 17 January 2015 CE

Speech by Brother Assad Thawadi, Criminal Expert

Speech by Brother Mohammed Buator, Wafa Movement

Speech by Brother Najib al Azarey, Expert in Agriculture

Speech by Brother Mohammed Nasser Chouikha, Member of Hai'a Hizb ut Tahrir/ Tunisia

Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah Syria and its supporters organized a demonstration in Altrimssh, neighborhood of Idlib, defending Rasulallah sallalahu alaihi wasallam and condemned the cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

Adobe of Islam, 25 Rabi I 1436 AH - 16 January 2015 CE

The President of the Syrian National Coalition, Khalid Khoja, addressed in an audio message the Syrian people on 18/01/2015 CE; in which he was promoting himself and his coalition giving false promises to submit the people's will to achieve the objectives of the Revolution (the people want)! He has ignored that people want an Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" in response to the guidance of the Prophet Muhammad (saw). The sincere Muslims in Ash-Sham clearly and resonantly declared it; prompting the world to conspiracy against it in an attempt to abort it. And instead of accounting the tyrant of Ash-Sham and his entourage for the crimes he committed against the Muslims in ash-Sham, Khoja is promoting for the departure for the regime head in a deal that leaves Muslims as victims, while himself and assistances retain the legacy of a subordinate regime after the regime has completed its mission of repression and oppression, and he considers this step that replaces the agent with another as victory for the Revolution of Ash-Sham!

We say that the people of Syria will not allow the departure of this criminal without receiving his punishment, and without avenging the blood of our martyrs and the honour of our women. We say to Khalid Khoja that your "Revolutionary" project of the civil state will be hurled by the descendants of the companions in a ravine, and they will stamp on all your masters' projects, the enemies of Allah (swt). Your call to all the revolutionary factions fighting to unify their ranks, and to coordinate with the Ministry of Defense in the interim government, as a first step on the road of America's political project represented by the democratic civil state that separates religion from life, all these projects will be aborted by the faithful, by the will of Allah, in a dedicated effort to achieve the glad tiding of our Prophet Muhammad (saw) by the establishment of the guided Khilafah "Caliphate" upon the method of Prophethood. And your call to the Mujahideen on all fronts to adhere to moderation and the middle way, and to stay away from extremism according to the American criteria, and to refer to the rotten Syrian nationalism and its flag set by the enemy of Islam, France, it is a call that will be met by upholding the true Deen of Islam. Islam is the guidance and compassion for all people, and by raising the banner of Tawheed, the banner of the Messenger of Allah (saw), which the companions struggled for the sake of keeping it high above, if they were injured in their hands while carrying it they would hold between their shoulders to honour it because of its esteemed status.

O Muslims in Ash-Sham of glory: Anyone following the American policy against the revolution of Ash-Sham realizes the serious danger of the conspiracy against Islam and Muslims on several fronts, so submit your leadership only to the one who accepts Allah the Almighty as his Lord, and Islam as his Deen, and His Qur'an as a constitution, and our Prophet Muhammad (saw) as the commander ... and be a solid barrier in the face of the colonists kafir projects and their tools the agents, and fear Allah alone, and stand firm on the truth and Allah is with you and will not waste your actions, and He (swt) will grant you the victory.

((وَلَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ))

"And Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might" [Al-Hajj: 40].

Ahmad Abdul Wahab
Head of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
Wilayah Syria