We are delighted in Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Morocco to congratulate the Islamic Ummah for Eid al-Fitr, asking our Lord the Almighty to make the reward of its fast a clear conquest that raises the banner of the Deen, gives victory to the oppressed Muslims and defeats the Kaffir aggressors and their supporters.

Raheel-Nawaz Regime Calls for Extension of Crusader Occupation

On 21 July, the Dawn Newspaper reported that Pakistan's regime has requested America to keep financing the deployment of its troops in FATA beyond 2016. It has also requested America to extend its military presence in Afghanistan after 2016. As emotions settle down and facts sink in, it is becoming increasingly clear that North Waziristan Operation has been launched by American agents in Pakistan's military and civilian leadership to help America stabilize Afghanistan, by targeting the Pashtun tribes fighting the occupying forces in Afghanistan. Can there be a greater treachery then inviting the very enemy which has reigned destruction upon both Afghanistan and Pakistan, to have military presence and bases in your neighborhood? Is this inviting America to extend its occupation of Afghanistan anything less than treason of the highest order? And by stationing 175,000 troops in FATA to fight America's enemies, are our rulers not defending this occupation? The region will not see peace unless American military, diplomatic, intelligence and political presence is eradicated from our region. Pakistan's Armed forces must switch its focus from targeting Pashtun Tribes to targeting American presence in the region. This starts by cleansing the ruling elite from American puppets, which can only occur by reestablishing the Khilafah "Caliphate".

Palestine Needs a New Salahudin to Lead the Muslim Armed Forces

The discussions amongst the people regarding the Jewish entity are now very strong. The people are demanding that the armed forces of Pakistan are deployed and the regime has now hidden its head in the ground, like an ostrich. The Muslims remember well how Salahuddin (may Allah have His mercy upon him) entered the al-Aqsa mosque after liberating it from the crusaders. He defeated them humiliatingly in Jihad under the banner of the Muslims' leadership lasting for decades and was finally successful thanks to the Nusrah (help) of Allah (swt) at Hittin during Ramadhan. He first defeated them on the 25th of Rabee' al Akhir, 583 A.H. and then on 27th of Rajab, 583 A.H. he liberated the Bait al Maqdis.

When the messenger of Salahuddin who was conferred as the officer of Egypt and al-Sham, brought the good news to al-Nasir, the Abbasid Khaleefah in Baghdad, the Muslims roared in jubilation, chanting the greatness and praise of Allah the all-powerful, praying to Him to break the back of the crusaders. Thus al-Quds and al-Aqsa reverted to Islamic lands. In the first week after the liberation, the Muslims were engaged in cleansing the al-Aqsa and the Rock. They washed them thoroughly, applied scent and restored glory and splendor to it, and finally after a long gap, Adhaan was said from there.

Before the next Friday on 4th of Sha'ban 583 A.H. and after this great work was accomplished, Salahuddin sent his envoy to Halb to bring the pulpit which was already crafted about twenty years back, by a carpenter of Halb during the reign of Nooruddin, the governor of Egypt and al-Sham before Salahuddin. This pulpit was awaiting the liberation of al-Aqsa for being placed there. Thus the pulpit was brought into al-Aqsa and placed by the side of Mihrab in the Mosque. After that the first juma' prayers were held and on the orders of Salahuddin, the Qadi of Damascus Muhiuddin bin Zaki mounted on the pulpit and gave his famous khutba from there beginning it with the ayah: ((فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين))"So the root of the people who did wrong was cut off. And all the praises and thanks are to Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn, and all that exists)". [TMQ 06:45]

Palestine requires a Khaleefah like al-Nasir and a commander like Salahuddin and soldiers whose eyes are focused on one of the two goods: victory or martyrdom. Only then will we have true Nusrah from Allah (swt) and clear victory and the Muslims will be pleased with the Help of Allah (swt).

Haris Suleman's Sacrifice is a Reminder of the Good in the Ummah and the Neglect of the Rulers

The single-engine plane of 17-year-old American-Pakistani pilot Haris Suleman, who was attempting to travel around the world in 30 days, to raise money for the education of underprivileged children in Pakistan, crashed in the sea on his way from Hawaii to California on Wednesday 23 July, during the blessed month of Ramadhan. Throughout Pakistan, Muslims expressed condolences and made Du'a for this noble young man, who placed his life in danger for the sake of the education of children in Pakistan. His example establishes another evidence of the good in this Ummah, for there are countless Muslims who work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of others. Indeed, this generosity is such that Pakistan has one of the highest charity donations to income per capita ratios in the world. In Pakistan, such charity is the backbone of the support to those who have little or no access to health, education and other necessities of life.

Such examples are also stark reminders of the current system in Pakistan, a system of neglect which abandons the people as orphans, compelling them to fend for themselves and others. And such examples are urgent reminders of the need for the return of the Khilafah "Caliphate" to look after the affairs of the people, practically and comprehensively. The Khilafah "Caliphate" state will provide facilities for schools and training programs for teachers, from primary level to higher education. For educational funding, the Khilafah "Caliphate" will restructure revenue generation according to the Shariah rules to accelerate educational progress. It will generate huge revenues from public properties such as energy and state enterprises such as large-scale construction and manufacture of machinery. It will establish Kharaaj on agriculture and end the oppressive income and sales tax that has strangled economic activity and increased costs of education and health. It will also refuse to pay the interest based loans from the colonialists and others, which eat a third of the expenses of Pakistan as debt-servicing, in the knowledge that the loans have been paid many times over due to interest. And if this were not enough to fulfill its obligations, it will seek emergency wealth taxation, only from those who can meet their basic needs and some luxuries as well.

Raheel-Nawaz Regime is Part of the Defence of the Jewish and Hindu states

Battered by the strong demand to deploy Pakistan's armed forces in protection of the Muslims of Palestine and Masjid Al-Aqsa, the Raheel-Nawaz regime declared Friday 25 July, Jummat ul-Widaa, a day of mourning as solidarity for the people of Gaza. In a statement of Thursday 24 July the PM's office declared, "Moreover, the Prime Minister has ordered to contribute one million dollars in UN flash appeal for Gaza Palestinians." This weak stance from the regime commanding the largest Muslim armed forces is a slap in the face of the Muslims of Palestine. As for the mourning, we are reminded the firm words of Qadi al-Harawi after the occupation of Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa in 1099, when the court of the Khaleefah was in mourning, shouting, "Man's meanest weapon is to shed tears when rapiers stir the coals of war." As for the one million dollars, it is less than the PM spends on his personal security, which includes custom built bullet proof BMWs.

As for the claim that the regime is fighting Indian agents in the tribal regions and so can not fight the Jewish state, it is a bare faced lie. Had the regime been sincere to Islam, it would have sealed the US and Indian embassies and consulates, expelled US intelligence and private military, for these form the terrorist network behind the unrest in the country. Then Pakistan would be able to extricate 200,000 troops from the tribal quagmire and returned them to face the apparent enemies, the Jewish and Hindu states. And such an action would rouse the Muslim World in war against the enemies, bearing in mind that the combined armed forces of just Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Iran are 2,041,000 active troops with an additional 3,300,630 reservists, whilst the Jewish state maintains only 176,500 active troops with an additional 445,000 reservists. However, in reality the Raheel-Nawaz regime is part of the defence of Jewish and Hindu states and it only deserves uprooting and replacing the by the Khilafah "Caliphate". Indeed as long as we live without Islam as a way of life, despite our numbers, our enemies will fall upon us savagely, without fear of retaliation.  RasulAllah (saw) said, يُوشِكُ الأُمَمُ أنْ تَدَاعَى عَليْكُم كَمَا تَدَاعَى الأكَلَةُ إلَى قَصْعَتِهَا، فقالَ قَائِلٌ: وَمِنْ قِلّةٍ نَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قالَ: بَلْ أنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ كَثِيرٌ، وَلَكِنّكُمْ غُثَاءُ كَغُثَاءِ السّيْلِ، وَلَيَنْزِعَنّ اللّهُ مِنْ صُدُورِ عَدُوكُمْ المَهَابَةَ مِنْكُمْ، وَلَيَقْذِفَنّ اللّهُ في قُلُوبِكُم الَوَهْنَ، فقالَ قَائِلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ الله وَمَا الْوَهْنُ؟ قالَ: حُبّ الدّنْيَا وَكَرَاهِيَةُ المَوْتِ "The nations will fall upon you, inviting others just like the guests invited to a meal." They asked, "Will we be few in numbers on that day?" He (saw) replied, "No you will be many, but you will be like the froth on the waters. Allah will remove fear of you from the hearts of your enemies and He will cast Wahan in your hearts." They asked, "What is Wahan, O RasulAllah?" He (saw) replied, "Love of life and fear of death." (Abu Dawud) Only under the Khilafah "Caliphate" will the Muslims and their sanctities be protected from the enemy nations, for they have rulers who do not love life and fear death.

Azadi (Independence) Can Never be Achieved by the Thrones of Shame, Democracy and Dictatorship

At a time when a desire for revolution has gripped the entire country, Imran Khan's announcement of a march for Independence (Azadi) is a false hope and will never bring any change whatsoever. On 26 July, his party said it would go ahead with its march slated for August 14, Pakistan's Independence Day, with "full force". His call is a call of failure because it has not targeted how law is made in the country, but only who makes it. Thus his call will only continue the current status quo, slavery to the foreign nations. A situation in which Pakistan's economy is tied to the colonialist financial institutions, including the World Bank and IMF, and its foreign policy follows Western policy.

Throughout Pakistan's nearly seven decades of existence, faces have changed, but abysmal slavery to the colonialist has always remained. There will never be change in Pakistan whilst those who rule, rule by man-made law, throwing the commands of Quran and Sunnah behind their back. Even though Pakistan produced its first constitution in 1956, this and every subsequent constitution, including the present 1973 constitution, has been framed around British man-made law. Man- made law, whether implemented by Democracy or Dictatorship, denies the Creator (swt) being the sole Sovereign over humankind, ordering and forbidding them according to all that He (swt) revealed. Instead, man-made law gives human-beings the choice to obey Allah (swt) or disobey Him, even though Allah (swt) has revealed, ((وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلاَ مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلاَلاً مُبِينًا)) "It is not befitting for a believing man or woman to have any choice in a matter, when it has been decided upon by Allah and His Messenger." [Surah Al-Ahzab 33:36]. It is time to end the man-made law, by establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate". Otherwise ruling will only bring shame and regret for those who rule in the current Kufr system. RasulAllah (saw) said regarding ruling, «إنّها أمانة وإنّها يوم القيامة خزي وندامة إلاّ من أخذها بحقّها وأدّى الذي عليه فيها» "It is a trust, on the day of judgment it will be cause of disgrace and remorse, except for the one who took it rightfully and fulfilled his duty"

The Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir Wilayah Afghanistan, on behalf of the Shabab of Hizb ut Tahrir and the Mujahid Ummah of Afghanistan congratulate the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, Eminent Scholar Sheikh Ata Bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah, the sincere dawah carriers and the Mujahedeen in the entire Muslim Ummah on Eid al-Fitr.

We pray to Allah (swt) to accept our fasting, qiyyam and our good deeds in this blessed month of Ramadan.

Yet again the Eid ul-Fitr has reached us when the Muslim Ummah from Kabul to Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Africa, Pakistan and other part of the world are taking a blood bath at the hands of Kuffar. Our mothers and sisters have no tears left in their eyes to mourn over the corpses of their loved ones. Without a doubt we cannot protect the blood of our brothers and sisters and can never achieve peace and prosperity in the absence of the Khilafah "Caliphate".

Despite what is happening, the wounded body of the Muslim Ummah is fast recovering. Those wounds that the Kuffar strike on our Ummah, increase the sincere Dawah Carriers and Mujahedeen motivation to further fortify their call and continue their efforts to return the Authority of Allah on earth and the return of the dignity and glory of the Ummah. prevail over all other false and oppressive ideologies, a day when Muslim Ummah will regain their lost honor and dignity. The persecution of the Kufr West to the Ummah strengthens its resolve for restoring the rule of Allah on earth through the re-establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah.

Despite all these problems that the Ummah faces on daily basis, a positive consequence occurred which is the full exposure of the Hypocrites, secularist democrats who have infiltrated the ranks of the sincere activists. As well as those who claimed themselves advocates of Islam, at the time they knowingly or unknowingly supported western plans; and they called for the "Democratic Islam" which they fabricated which is rejected by the Ummah.

We pray to the Allah The Al-Aziz, Al-Qawiyy, Al-Hakim Subhanahu wa Taal'a to help us establish Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" before we witness the next Eid. We from Kabul to Africa call to every Muslim to join the ranks of Hizb ut Tahrir in this journey towards the establishment of the Islamic way of life, so that we all make it the last Eid without having the Shield of Khilafah "Caliphate".

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir

in Wilayah Afghanistan

We have just witnessed a Ramadhan like no other in recent times. The vicious bombing of our brothers and sisters in Gaza started a few days into the month and the outpouring of emotions of the Muslims here for their Ummah has been great, alhamdulillah. People have taken part in demonstrations, given huge amounts to charity appeals for Gaza, and sought to do many other actions. People wanted to do something, not just talk.

For some, our role in calling the Muslim armies to do their duty of moving to liberate Gaza was not on their radar. It was not something they were hearing about in their social circles or from some of the scholars and activists they follow. So we needed to remind them of this Islamic solution to liberate the land once and for all and answer the questions they brought forward claiming it is not practical, or that the armies are all traitors who support foreign powers etc. The view that everyone in the armies feels indifferent to the killing in Gaza, or does not desire to help their Ummah is wrong and had to be clarified and debated. Once we engaged in discussions on this, most people did come to understand the matter, Alhamdulillah.

At the question and answer sessions after an Iftar gathering where I spoke about the Islamic solution and that neighbouring armies need to move to defend our people in Gaza, someone stood up and said the armies were already defeated before in the previous wars (1967, 1973...) with the Israeli entity so how could this happen. Another person talked of lobbying the British government to intervene in Gaza though it helped create the Zionist entity, and during the latest bombing of Gaza, UK ministers repeatedly said that ‘Israel has a right to defend itself' meaning that they supported its bombing and killings in Gaza. Those who raised these points were people who had bothered to come to an event, and sincerely wanted to aid their Ummah. However their comments and those of some others reminds us of the importance of constantly needing to clarify the correct Islamic approaches to the issues that we face. Surely, that is what it means to apply the Qur'an to the issues that we face and surely, that is one of the important things we must learn from the month of Ramadhan.

Activists like us who seek to move the ummah to work for the resumption of the Islamic way of life must always be ready to engage, motivate and discuss with our noble ummah so that together, we mobilise and call for the Islamic solutions to life's problems.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Taji Mustafa

Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in Britain