Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Syria organized a political seminar titled "Fundamentals of the Sham Revolution and its Role in Aborting the Crusader Alliance" delivered by Brother Abdo Ad-Dali Ali Salim in the Kaheel in the countryside of Diraa.
Abode of Islam, 28 Safar 1436 AH - 20 December 2014 CE
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On Friday 26th December, news outlets published information that UkrTransInspectsiya sent letters to carriers and owners of bus stations with demand to stop selling of tickets and conveyance of passengers on routes that link continental Ukraine and Crimean Autonomous Republic from 26th December in connection with escalation of situation in Crimea.
It worse to mention that this order followed soon after the decision of Ukrainian public administration of railway transport «UkrZaliznitsya» to stop all the conveyance of passengers and freight service between continental Ukraine and Crimea.
(Source:http://zn.ua/UKRAINE/ukraina-zakryla-avtobusnoe-soobschenie-s-krymom-162890_.html)
Comment
These events are not to be examined without connection with developments that have been seen in Ukrainian crisis during last weeks.
The 2nd of December a new government headed by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was approved, where three ministers are foreigners that graduated universities in USA. One of these ministers, Natalie Ann Jaresko worked in U.S. Department of State in the early 90's.
At 18th of December, US President Barack Obama signed H.R. 5859, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, into law, which provides technical and military support for Ukraine and expansion of sanctions against Russian military and energy sectors.
The day before, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland claimed that American administration waits that International Monetary Fund and World Bank, as well as other international donors will increase financial aid to Ukraine.
At 19th of December Barack Obama signed new sanctions that imply blocking assets of natural person and companies that will conduct business in Crimea.
At 23th of December Ukrainian Parliament with constitutional majority voted for refusal from its non-aligned status.
It is well-known that these refusals are related with intentions to submit application for joining NATO. And despite the fact that Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg commented with restraint of this refusal from non-aligned status, while saying that Ukraine firstly needs reforms and solving of its territorial disputes, and that alliance will not initiate this process itself, these refusal provoked irritated reaction of Russian official establishment.
From the 24th of December Ukraine initiated shutdown of electricity in many towns and regions of Crimea.
Lastly, from 26-28 of December, it was said that all railway and bus transport connections with Crimea will be canceled.
It was also worse to mention that at 26th of December some outlets reported that Visa, financial services corporation, in pursuance of above-mentioned sanctions make a decision to cut of Russian banks that work in Crimea from its services.
Alongside with winter weather conditions, cutting of electricity supply and transport connections with Crimea by Ukraine is ultimately painful for new Crimean authorities, that promised a beautiful life for Crimean population after joining Russian Federation.
Use of force in opening a land corridor along northern coast of Azov Sea, which was discussed during summer and autumn is impossible, since Russian economy alongside with sanctions and low oil prices will not endure consequences of open Russian military invasion in the continental part of Ukraine.
It is worse to mention, that such determined and defiant steps of Ukrainian government while taking into account the facts mentioned above cannot be undertaken without approval and endorsement of these steps with American officials.
It is obvious that via such steps USA wants to give new impulse to the Ukrainian crisis, since its strategic interest is in creating long-term instability near the borders of its competitors - Europe and Russia. America has followed this strategy since the time when Viktor Yushchenko came to power in the beginning of 2005.
Yes, possibly, USA achieved its aim in this crisis in weakening of Europe and Russia, and by these actions it wants to finish this crisis and force Russia to return to its international obligations and obligations towards Ukraine. But it is hardly probable.
As for the Ukrainian state, we should say that its tragedy is in the situation when Ukraine does not have any financial abilities, and what is much more important, appropriate political will for carrying out independent policy in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity. While relying on external powers, and especially on USA is extremely doubtful, because exactly this state is the initiator of all crisis of nowadays when many countries were demolished. It is the seeking of powers to rely on over all the period of its existence and unwillingness to rely on its own abilities as the cause of current crisis.
As for USA, this nation does not worry about Ukraine and its people, on the contrary, people of Ukraine, its sovereignty, potential and resources are nothing else than a tool in implementation of its strategy of weakening of Europe and Russia.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Fadl Amzayev
Head of Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Ukraine
As part of its activities in its 25th legitimate session conference, under the slogan of "Moderation is a Legitimate and Civilized Methodology", during the period of 2-6 Rabbi' Al Awwal 1436 AH, in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, "Al Waqf al Islami Foundation" organized a forum of what it called the "The Phenomenon of Terrorism: the Concept, Its Manifestation, Its Causes, and Ways of Prevention"...
Speech titled "Let us raise the banner of the Messenger (peace and blessings upon him and his family)" by Br. Abdul Qader Al-Ali at the Al-Hussein bin Ali Mosque in the neighborhood of As-Saliheen, Aleppo.
Abode of Islam, 5 Rabii'I 1436 AH corresponding to 27 December 2014 CE
In between Wednesday and Thursday night, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the people of Pakistan. He presented proposals prepared with the consultation of all parliamentary political parties and asserted that these proposals will end terrorism in the country. The most important of these proposals was the establishment of special courts headed by military officers. In reality these special courts will be military courts but Raheel-Nawaz regime tried to cover their hypocrisy by naming them "special courts".
News:
On 25 December 2014, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif felicitated the Christian community on celebrating the Christmas and reiterated that the government would protect their legal rights and interests. In a message to the Christian community, the prime minister said, "Pakistan is committed to the worthy pledge given by the founder of our nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, to irrevocably safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the minorities." "We as a nation are committed to uphold the principles of equality, freedom and security for all communities living in Pakistan, irrespective of their religion, profession or ethnic origin," he added. "My government is dedicatedly oriented to preserve the sanctity of existence and equality of opportunity enjoyed by all Pakistanis, including our minorities. My government treats all minority citizens as equal citizens of Pakistan and undertakes to empower them to use their abilities for national development," he said. "I believe in communal harmony, cohesion and profound understanding among all faiths practiced in the length and breadth of the country," he added.
(Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/25-Dec-2014/pm-felicitates-minorities-on-christmas)
Comment:
Despite this statement from the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the situation of minorities in Pakistan is not that rosy. In November 2014, a Christian couple was burnt alive in a brick kiln by a mob for their alleged burning of the pages of Quran. On November 16, 2014 a Christian woman was reportedly beaten up by two men in Pakistani district of Sheikkhupura, which caused her miscarriage. Although this situation of injustice and oppression is not limited to minorities, rather it spreads all over the society due to the tyranny of man-made system of Capitalism and democracy. However the minorities who face the brunt of this oppressive system are specially highlighted by the western media and human rights organization, while accusing the Islamic mindset and Islam for the crimes against minorities. In this process of Islam bashing, they forget however, that the system being implemented in the state of Pakistan is not that of Islam, but it is the secular, liberal capitalist system with its values of equalities, freedoms and social justice; which have failed to protect either minorities or majority not only in Pakistan but worldwide.
We have example in the USA where in Ferguson, Black minorities have been protesting since weeks over the killing of a black man by police officers. Pakistan's neighbor India has a much bigger problem regarding ethnic and religious minorities, where "in the run-up to this year's elections in India, it appears that tensions have escalated between Hindu and Muslim communities, leading to a 30 percent increase in incidents of communal violence as compared to 2012. The central government's Ministry of Home Affairs reported 823 incidents of communal violence in 2013, in which 133 people died and over 2,000 were injured. One of the worst such incidents involved mass violence in September 2013 in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, events in which at least 60 people died. These incidents of violence against minorities are a direct outcome of the basic flaws within the Democratic system. As this system is based on the idea of attaining maximum financial benefit out of its population. The majority areas and majority population gets special attention and benefits from the ruling class, as re-election after every 5 or 4 years produces undue emphasis upon majority and neglect of the minorities. Hence rulers favour the majority province over the minority province and majority population over minorities, for it is the votes of majority that can get them re-elected, so they put out all resources for development of majority areas and for the progress of majority population. The rulers also fear the vote of no confidence, so they have to keep the representatives of majority happy in the legislative assemblies, by allocating them funds and law making in their favour." (Source:http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/04/plight-religious-minorities-india)
The Islamic system of Khilafah "Caliphate" is free of all these faults, as the Islamic ruling system is a unique system of unity ordained by Allah (swt). It is not a federal, democratic, republican, monarchic or dictatorial system at all. It has no similarity to any man-made ideology. The Islamic state considers people under its authority as citizens, whether they are Muslims or non-Muslims. All have their rights guaranteed by Islam. There is no concept of ‘ethnic minority' as people are not discriminated against at all for their colour, race or religion. While the Khalifah has no fear of impeachment or vote of no confidence as long as he is ruling by Islam. The law making power belongs to Allah (swt) only. Khalifah or the members of Ummah Council have no legislating powers as Allah (swt) says:
((إن الحکم إلا للہ))
"Verily, Ruling is only for Allah" [Yusef: 40].
Since man doesn't legislate in the Islamic system, hence it is not up to the Khalifah or the majority of the representatives to abrogate or suspend the rights of citizens, no matter which political group, ethnicity, religion or gender he belongs to. Hence the rights of the non-Muslim citizens are set in stone and nobody can change them. It was for this reason that the Christian citizens of the Khilafah "Caliphate" fought alongside Muslim armies against the Crusaders as they were happy and satisfied under Muslim just rule. Therefore, only second Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah can save the lives, properties and honor of religious and ethnic minorities and create harmony and unity as it did for 1300 years in the past, when under the glorious rule of Islam, Baghdad the capital city and Bukhara thousands of miles away from the center of Khilafah "Caliphate", equally flourished and progressed.
Written for Central Media Office Hizb ut Tahrir by
Umm Musab
Member of Central Media Office Hizb ut Tahrir
