Mukhtarat from The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir Issue No. 28 Jumada I 1435 AH
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Mukhtarat from The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir Issue No. 28 Jumada I 1435 AH
Mukhtarat from The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir Issue No. 28 Jumada I 1435 AH
On 25/2/2014 CE, CNN Arabic reported that the butcher Bashar, during his meeting with the leaders of the Baath Party in the capital Damascus without mentioning the date of the meeting, as saying: "The resilience of Damascus during a three-year crisis experienced by the country "was instrumental in the" steadfastness of Syria" and that the city "differs from the world's capitals and is unique in preserving the Islamic and Christian heritage together," and added that the Baath Party has become stronger after the defections, and he considered it a "healthy state". He described it as "self-cleansed" and saw that the Baath Party is playing a key role in the "intellectual battle" inside the country, pointing out that the current crisis "produced hotbeds of extremism, and at the same time rejected the political Islam."
O Muslims in the blessed revolution of Ash-Sham: Here he is the butcher Bashar, the agent of the fierce America and the son of the unjust international community, appearing again with Satan's tongue, far from truth and spews it with his hatred of Islam and obscene words far from reality, wanting to confuse people in what has transpired and that no one disputes. Everyone now knows that the tyrant of Damascus no longer makes decisions for war or peace in his country. And that Damascus that he praises with songs remains occupied; and that these occupiers, Iran and his criminal thugs are the ones who maneuver its battle. Had they left him to his forces, he would have been a thing of the past... Everyone also knows that the Baath Party is but a filthy rag that the regime does not posses anything else to wipe with, if some had left it, then the filthiest of them remained. It is not subject to the process of "self-cleansing" as he said, but to a "refining process" until it becomes wholly filthy... As for Damascus, it is indeed the best of the cities on earth. But it is not by the testimony of the dreaded, but by the testimony of the master of the Messengers, Prophet Muhammad (saw) who said that about it and Al-Ghouta; which the murderer bombards day and night with no mercy on its people.
«فُسْطَاطُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَ الْمَلْحَمَةِ بِالْغُوطَةِ إِلَى جَانِبِ مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا دِمَشْقُ، مِنْ خَيْرِ مَدَائِنِ الشَّام»...
"The pavilion of the Muslims on the day of the battle will be in Ghouta near a city called Damascus, the best city in Ash-sham." (Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi from Abu Dhardaa')
As for what he said that Damascus is "unique in preserving the Islamic and Christian heritage together," it is because of the tolerance of ruling by Islam, where Islam left non-Muslims for long centuries to practice their religion within the general Islamic system. And not because of his dictatorship that is the worst in the history of regimes at all levels. Moreover, we see that his praise for Damascus is only because of his fear of its people and not out of his love for them, because it would be his cemetery, and the cemetery of his secular Kaffir party and the invaders. Damascus will be the pillar of Islam, and a source of light, Allah willing. And Allah (swt) will make it the abode of Islam, which would respond to the aggressions from the world's countries, as tomorrow nears for those who await it.
As for his saying, "The current crisis has produced hotbeds of extremism, and at the same time rejected the political Islam". We say that he, and America, which he commits the most heinous massacres by its orders, and Russia, which ceaselessly plunges him deeper into fault, and the Iranian regime, the partner in the American aggression against Muslims from Afghanistan to Iraq to Syria now; we say that they are the source of the international terrorism and are engaged in the worst forms of intellectual and material terrorism against Muslims, in order to prevent them from establishing their project of the rightly guided Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" state that Allah willing, is closer to materialize than ever. This is by the testimony of his Foreign Minister, who stated: "And we know that those plan evil for Syria, and those demanding the establishment of the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" state will not stop at the borders of Syria". Similarly, rather more than him the vindictive Lavrov who delivered repeated international warnings of a return of the Khilafah "Caliphate". So what failure does this imbecile is talking about, when political Islam in Syria is advancing in this manner that fills the hearts of its enemies with rage?
We are in Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Syria realize that America and its alliances and agents have gathered their schemes, and rallied their malice, and alerted their armies to support their tyrant agent, Bashar, until they find an alternative tyrant, who serves their interests and achieves their goals to prevent the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" through their wishful thinking, but their assumption will destroy them. Therefore the Khilafah "Caliphate" will return, Allah willing, by the assertion of the verses of the Book and the Ahadeeth of Al-Mustafa (saw) in the hands of men who are:
((صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا))
"True to what they promised Allah. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow ]to the death[, and among them is he who awaits ]his chance[. And they did not alter ]the terms of their commitment[ by any alteration." [Al-Ahzab: 23]
((وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هُوَ قُلْ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا))
"And they say, "When is that?" Say, Perhaps it will be soon." [ Al-Isra: 51]
Hisham Al-Baba
Head of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
Wilayah of Syria
Is it true that if I do not get married I will not complete my Deen?...I want to get married. When I seek a sister and approach her guardian to ask permission to meet the sister, the conservative father who does not know me personally gives me the permission to meet his daughter in a public park or cafe. Isn't it better for the meeting to take place in their house?
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Entire Recording of Protest
Jumaa' Khutbah Before the Criminal Tyrant Assad's Embassy
By Brother Abu Ibrahim
Statement by Brother Abu Majd before the Embassy of the Criminal Bashar's Regime
Statement by Brother Marwan Obaid before the Embassy of the Criminal Bashar's Regime
Statement by Brother Mamdouh Abu Sawa Qutaishat
Head of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Jordan
Statement by Brother Mamdouh Abu Sawa Qutaishat to the Media Outlets regarding the Picket
Message by Brother Ibrahim Hajat Member of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Jordan
Statement by Brother Ahmad Abu Qadum
Dr. Ahmed Hassouna's Message
Message by Sister Um Badr regarding Shabab Hizb ut Tahrir/Wilayah Jordan to the Rebels of ash Sham
Message by Brother Suhail Allan to the Rebels of ash Sham
Message by Brother Abu Bakr Balawi to the Rebels of ash Sham
Message by Hajj Sabri Aruri to the Rebels of ash Sham
Message by Brother Mohsen Alazamat to the Rebels of ash Sham
Message by Brother Thabit Khawaja to the Rebels of ash Sham
Message by Brother Mofleh al Jabali to the Rebels of ash Sham
Segement by Brother Mohammed Abu Hija (Abu Muhannad)
Picture Slideshow: Click Here
This week's Friday Night Circle will focus on the arrest of Moazzam Begg, the former Guantanamo detainee, in the UK this week.
We will look at the travesty of his incarceration (again), the continuing campaign to silence the sincere Muslims, and will also explore the noble and courageous life of this champion of justice.
The Plight of Moazzam Begg | Br. Wassim Doureihi | Friday Night Talks
February, 2014
News
A few days ago, we woke to news of the arrest of Moazzam Begg. This spread like wild fire amongst Muslims and soon it was on the front page of the BBC and other news outlets. He is a well known Muslim personality, not only in the UK but globally, and such was the international interest that later in the day, a South African radio station called me up for an interview about the arrest.
Comment
Choosing to arrest such a well known Muslim activist over supporting the uprising in Syria and seeking to portray it as another ‘terrorist' related arrest was meant to close down debate or sympathy as to why the UK government is now arresting some Muslims who intend to travel to or have returned from Syria. Years ago, Moazzam was held in Guantanamo, released without charge and successfully brought a court case against the UK government for complicity in the mistreatment of UK Muslims abroad. Upon returning to the UK, he has campaigned relentlessly against the government's criminalisation of the Muslim community under the guise of fighting ‘terrorism' and exposed its collusion and complicity in rendition and torture in various parts of the world. Indeed, it has been said that his recent arrest was just as his campaign organisation, Cage, was about to publish a report highlighting the complicity of the UK government in torture in Syria. A few weeks ago, the Home Minister had publicly confiscated his passport - in what appears to be a bid to silence him. His recent arrest bears all the hallmarks of a politically motivated detention designed to silence the wider Muslim community.
His arrest follows several other arrests of Muslim men and women travelling to Syria to aid their Ummah. It follows public pronouncements by top government officials that anyone going to Syria for whatever reason should expect to be arrested on their return. The huge Islamic outpouring of the Muslims in the UK regarding the unfolding tragedy in Syria has been amazing, masha'Allah. Many charity convoys taking over aid depart nearly every week, countless millions of pounds sterling has been raised and many Muslims have attended demonstrations and continue to campaign for the removal of the Assad regime.
As these Islamic sentiments have grown, and as many rising against Assad in Syria voice their Islamic sentiments and aspirations for a future under Islamic governance, the UK government has now labelled much of the support for the uprising in Syria as ‘terrorism'. It has attempted to create an atmosphere of fear to deter Muslims from voicing support for causes like Syria or the liberation of Palestine or Kashmir. One of the aims of recent arrests is to isolate individual Muslims, with the rest remaining silent through fear or other motives. This is dangerous, since it allows Muslims to be picked off one by one.
Apart from the many media and community campaigns urging Muslims to challenge these wave of arrests, and to continue to support our Ummah in Syria, Central Africa and elsewhere, I was recently reminded of another ingredient that we need to remind ourselves and our community about in order to counter the atmosphere of fear. That is seeking closeness to Allah (swt), reading and thinking a lot about the Seerah of the Prophet (saw) in Makkah where he was persecuted and oppressed simply for his beliefs. These reminders help us put our situation in context, remind us that the believer should expect to be tested and give us the courage to stand firm and fulfil Allah's commands to stand against oppression - fearing Him (swt) alone.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Taji Mustafa
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in Britain
On 18th December 2013, a married couple originating from Malaysia, Azizul Raheem and his wife Shalwati Norshal, were arrested by Swedish police on suspicion for beating their children due to not praying. Azizul Raheem, director of Tourism Malaysia in Sweden, has been remanded for two months while waiting for the trial of this case. Due to the married couple's arrest, their four children were taken by Sweden Welfare Organisation and then guarded by a pair of non-Muslim citizens in Stockholm, Sweden while waiting for their parents' trial to end.
However, the eldest daughter of the couple expressed her feelings on the social network, facebook and stated that they were frequently scolded by their adopted family in Sweden. Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin also confirmed the arrest and stated his commitment and determination to fully support them including the provision of legal aid and case management aspects. After a few negotiations, the children were finally handed to Malaysian citizens and they were then taken back to Malaysia.
Sweden is the first country in the world to introduce legislation on child protection in banning caning punishment on children as one of the implementation of child protection and is often known as the anti-spanking law. Any form of physical punishment is completely banned even in the means to discipline the child. This law was implemented in 1979. The implementation of this law is said to have placed Sweden as one of the best countries in the world in terms of its ruling because of its success in reducing crime statistics due to the implementation of a certain punishment system. However, the impact on the community began to arise when parents became afraid of their children. Children control the situation at home and are free to behave as they favour.
They are also becoming more stubborn. The reality is it is difficult for parents to discipline their own children. In fact, parents are also afraid that any of their actions towards their children will be reported to the authorities. This phenomenon that has occurred is confirmed by psychologist David who stated that the young generation of Swedish now misbehave, in other words, are uncivilized.
This case has been manipulated by the West to condemn Islam. The West propagandize by saying that Islam is proven to be a terrorist for allowing to hit children in order for them to pray. Their purpose is to keep people distanced from the real Islamic system. In addition, there are also local Swedish blog comments from the liberal faction who have labeled the pair as Taliban and child abusers. What is worse, the author of this blog even questioned the need to force children to pray when there is no coercion in Islam. Statements such as this are just propaganda catapulted by the West in the war of ideas against the Islamic world. Muslims who remain confused with the right of parents to spank a child for the purpose of providing a lesson and disciplining are easily influenced by propaganda as stated above. In fact, even non-Muslims will view this as something cruel if they do not understand clearly the actual realities of educating Muslim children in Islam. Therefore, we should always be careful and aware that the West has always been around us for further distortion upon the teachings of Islam to deflect people from the true path of morality (the Aqeedah).
Educating a child starts from the family and home is the first school for children. Providing the best education for their children is the parents' responsibility. The Prophet (saw) said:
«كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ»
"Every child is born in a state of fitrah, pure and untainted. It is the parent who will groom the child to be either a Jew, or Christian or a non-believer." (Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim)
«مَا نَحَلَ وَالِدٌ وَلَدًا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَدَبٍ حَسَنٍ»
"No wealth of a father for his child is better than courtesy/ the best education." (Narrated by Tirmithi)
Parents are the first teachers of their children and their home is their first school. Mothers play an important role in educating their children with love and care. Educating children or referred as ‘Hadhanah' means guarding, educating, leading and organizing the child's life with full of love until the child is able to organize its own life well. The foundation of childcare is embodied in Surat al-Tahrim: 6, which states:
((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ))
"O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones."
In this particular verse, parents are advised to protect their family in order to prevent them from tasting hell fire. This must be done by ensuring all the members of the family obey their Lord's orders and leave His prohibitions, which includes their children. Thus, the role of the family to educate their children is vital and should be managed well by both the mother and father as shown in Islam. Parents must also know the appropriate situations which allow them to apply certain punishments towards their children when they violate rules as exemplified by our Holy Prophet (saw). He said,
«مُرُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ سَبْع سِنِينَ وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءَ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ، وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي المَضَاجِعِ»
"Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and beat them for not praying when they become ten years old; and arrange their beds (to sleep) separately." (Narrated by Abu-Dawood)
Apart from that, Islam has also prescribed a guide in beating a child where the limit is 10 times. From Abu Burdah Al-Anshar, he heard Rasulullah (saw) stating,
«لا يُجلد أحدٌ فَوْقَ عَشرةِ أسواطٍ إلا في حَد مِن حُدودِ اللهِ»
"One cannot be hit more than ten times except in the matter of hudud (fixed penalty) from Allah Ta'ala." (Narrated by Bukhari)
It is advisable that spanking the child should not be done in front of others to protect the dignity of the child and others be it his friends or other people. To maintain the relationship of a father with his children, a father's action of spanking his child should only be intended to teach the child to obey Allah and His Messenger. The aim is solely for the child's goodness ultimately and his/her father's concern in educating according to the prescriptions of Islam as well giving a lesson to the child with the provisions Islamic upbringing and just to give lessons. It is strictly forbidden to hit a child in a state of anger. Islam also has light punishments in order to not arouse the child's hatred against Islamic law where if the child leaves an obligation, he will be spanked.
This is the glory and superiority of Islam. Islam always guards and is attentive to every individual in the society. Children should obtain sufficient and quality education with love. If a child's needs are fulfilled perfectly, the child supposedly must obey rules and regulations by their parents and religion. If they violate the rules and they are old enough to be given punishment, Islam has prescribed appropriate punishment for them. Thus, there should be no issue of abuse or violence towards children. Children need to comply with rules and regulations in order to educate them to be righteous and obedient to the teachings of Islam. This is contrary to the anti-spanking law adopted by the government in the West like Sweden. The impact of these laws certainly bring more bad than good.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Sumayyah Ammar
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir