On the first of Ramadan of the current Hijri year of 1435, corresponding to 29/06/2014 CE, Abu Mohammed Adnani the spokesman in the "The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria" organization, declared the state of the Islamic Caliphate. He announced that the people of power and influence (Ahl Al-Hal Wa Al-Aqd) of notables and leaders, princes and the Shura Council in the "Islamic State" pledged allegiance (Bayah) for Khilafah "Caliphate" to their Ameer Ibrahim Awad al-Badri, nicknamed "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi". And that the latter accepted the Bayah, and so he became- as stated- the caliph to the Muslims, and that the duty of all Muslims is to give Bayah and obedience to him.

This grave mistake of declaring the Caliphate did not surprise us, because it was expected its issuance by an organization accustomed to escape forward after it did not find acceptance among Muslims; since it considered itself an Islamic state due obedience after announcing the "Islamic State of Iraq" and then announced the annexation of Jabhat al-Nusra to it, to become the "Islamic State of Iraq and Ash-Sham". That declaration of Caliphate came after the occurrence of what resembles a revolutionary uprising in Iraq on Al-Maliki's unfair policies which involved several parties of the Arab tribes and Baathists officers... and matters were arranged and then tightened by the planners. So by a secret agreement with the working officers, they left their military equipment, and were defeated in front of rebels, leaving behind heavy weapons, and billions in the bank of Al-Mosul! This was followed by a major media amplification, and the suggestion that the ISIS organization was behind these victories... So this organization assumed that by its belief it had liberated the country, and by its determination it looted money and ordnance! And that the Earth became inviting them to rule it, and the Caliphate is waiting for them to announce it. They did not pay attention, giving them good thought, that it is only a luring from the West for them to this killer trap; a declaration of Caliphate to distort it!

O Muslims in Syria Ash-Sham the Abode of Islam...

What occurred is nothing more than a new episode in a series of acts, aimed at eliminating the great Khilafah "Caliphate" project. This is after the development of the revolutionary situation in Syria into an overwhelming demand for Khilafah "Caliphate", and the leanness of the secular project, which is not left for the few remaining of them, represented by the National Coalition, any recognized popularity... Until the West reached to a degree of panic that made it certain that a Western secular solution will not see light except after hitting the overwhelming Islamic case in Syria; that is dangerous to the interests of the West and its influence.

We were well aware that the last bullet in the quiver of the Kaffir West, be launched towards the Khilafah "Caliphate" project, is the establishment of something it calls it Khilafah "Caliphate", but what Khilafah "Caliphate" is that? It is Khilafah "Caliphate" that deforms Khilafah "Caliphate", and alienates ordinary Muslims of the Khilafah "Caliphate". And then the West will bring it down if it wants to bring it down by the hands of the Muslims themselves, to fall off after that in the hearts of hundreds of millions of those demanding it. We have all heard what lately was stated by Mohammed Ebiary, adviser to President Barack Obama when he said: "The return of the Khilafah "Caliphate" is inevitable, and the only option for the U.S. is to contain it"...

We also recognized that such Khilafah "Caliphate" would not be established by secularists, because it would be absurd from the first day... but will be established by people who are Muslims, their blood on their palms, fighting those opposing them... And this is what actually happened... Perhaps the biggest mistake made by the owners of this state is that they believe that they are the victorious group, and they are Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah, and other Muslims, are people of bid'ah and astray, if not the people of apostasy and hypocrisy.

The state is not just to announce it, or preach it, or punish those who violate it among its people. Rather, it is institutions, systems and establishments; it does its duties and then takes its right... It is a comprehensive constitution and clear laws, on which basis the governor is held accountable before the governed... It is an executive entity that derives its authority and legitimacy from the Muslims, and not imposed on them without their consent... It is an army, police, governors, judges and employees... It is safety and security, in a known capital governed by an able competent Imam with apparent authority, whoever asks for him finds him. It is a Bayah of Ahl Al-Hal Wa Al-Aqd given to him with satisfaction and choice, if he is eligible for the Bayah.

However, declaration - after more than ninety years of loss - of a Khilafah "Caliphate" that is unreal, with no elements of it on the ground, no known capital, no apparent authority, and no awareness of its owners on Sharia' law or politics... then this by Allah is manipulation with the feelings of Muslims, destroying their hopes, burning the nerves, and an incinerator of their youth, and a service to their enemies.

In conclusion, we say to our people in Ash-Sham the abode of Islam:

The mill of cunning and machination on you is still revolving in the embassies of Western countries and its agents. They want to sacrifice your revolution and your revolutionaries on the altar of employment, treason and hostility to religion... So wake up and beware of calls for fighting among yourselves which they invite you to it, and do not make of yourselves servants to your enemies, while you do not know... One remains in the affluence of his religion unless he pours impermissible (Haram) blood... There is no way for us in the face of this devilish project, except to adhere to the idea of Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of the Prophethood, work strenuously for it, and have awareness of the tricks of the West and its plans for distorting and eliminating it. And to give our political leadership to those who are eligible for it, those who are aware and sincere. Who love the Ummah and it loves them, and they pray for it and it prays for them... Who, if they establish Khilafah "Caliphate", will shake the earth with it, and overturn the balance of power in the world. They were its fence against distortion, and its protective shield from intrigues and conspiracies.

We in Hizb ut Tahrir will continue with the number-one issue of the Muslims, in all Muslim lands, namely the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of the Prophethood. The Khilafah "Caliphate" of all Muslims, which is not exclusive to an organization or a party or a group, or a doctrine... We will keep calling for it, defending it and revealing both cunning and machination plotted against it. Working very hard to establish it, with patience and commitment to the provisions of Al-Shara' until Allah permits, and Allah is over all things competent.

It is supposed to be no more reason for the National Police (POLRI) to postpone the allowance to wear headscarf (or people usually call it as jilbab) for policewomen, as everyone knows it is an obligation for every muslim woman.

As part of the cultural campaign against Muslims in Pakistan, modern books published in Pakistan, whether educational or otherwise, generally present inaccurate and false information regarding the British occupation of the Indian Subcontinent, the War of Independence 1857 and the formation of Pakistan. Information about the past is presented in a twisted manner, so some people who are presented as heroes in history were actually British agents, who understood the colonialist agenda and acted as tools. They took to constantly deceiving Muslims, using Islam as a disguise, as is the case of colonialist stooges in occupied Iraq and Afghanistan today. Thus, whilst the Indian Subcontinent was under British occupation, the British groomed collaborators who stood by their side, distorting Islam in order to legitimize British occupation.

When the British invaded the Indian Sub-Continent, they started buying off the rulers, princes and the leaders of different regions to strengthen their foothold. For this purpose, the East India Company spent 90,000 Pounds Sterling annually as a political bribe, which when adjusted for inflation is similar to the huge amounts colonialists spend on buying up agents today. The total number of regions in the Indian Subcontinent was 635 and many rulers of these regions submitted to the British, helping them to establish a colonialist system that was completely in British hands. The rulers who refused to compromise and showed resistance, were fought and removed by force.

Those who were allies of the British and betrayed Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw) and the Muslims are known in some cases, such as Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq, but many are not known. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is on the list of the people who openly supported the British, sided with them, protected them from Muslim resistance and furthered their agenda. It is tragic that such people are presented as heroes of the Muslims, when in fact they helped the British to subjugate the Indian Subcontinent and brainwash the Muslims, making them think that the British were their allies and benefactors. These people were very valuable to the British as they were local and so made it easier for them to present the colonialist agenda and have it accepted by the others.

The British were well-aware of the fact that if they did not divide the strongly unified population of the Indian Subcontinent, they would neither dominate the region nor exploit the immense wealth of the Indian Subcontinent, which had been their motivation from the beginning of their occupation. Muslims and Hindus had lived together peacefully and prosperously under Islamic Rule for over eight hundred years, for Islam looks after the affairs of the non-Muslim citizens, the Ahl udh-Dhimma magnificently. The first thing the British did was to sow discord between them for the British were horrified by the Hindu support of the Muslim resistance. Thus, the British began to turn the Hindus against the Muslims, and encouraged them to view Muslims as enemies rather than providing them support.

One of the styles was language education, using the Urdu language. Soldiers were taught Urdu and an Urdu college was established by the British Governor, General Wilson, on 10^th July 1800. Although this date was altered upon his instruction to 4^th May 1800, the date that the heroic Muslim rulers of Mysore, Haider Ali Sultan and Tipu Sultan, suffered defeated at the hands of the British and their lands were taken over. A number of Muslim and Hindu writers were recruited for the college. Books written in foreign languages, steeped in Kufr culture that was alien to Islam, were translated into Urdu. This was during the period of intellectual decline of Muslims, so the books written in this era are a representation of the Western enslaved mentality of the Muslims. Urdu writers who fulfilled the intention of the British through prose were richly rewarded. For example, Moulvi Nazeer Ahmed wrote the first Urdu novel, Mir'aat-ul-Uroos, in which he held Queen Victoria in great esteem and praised her excessively. He was gifted a gold watch by the British and a generous sum of money.

Then in Fort William College, an Urdu-Hindi dispute began. The British were successful in convincing Hindus that the Muslims had never cared about them. They claimed the Muslims were now using the Urdu language to subjugate them, even though the language that had been widely spoken previously had been Urdu. The name of this language had changed in history; Lashkari, Hindwi, Hindi, Hindustani, Urdu-e-Mu'alla and at last Urdu. Throughout, however, the writing script remained the same as that of the Arabic language and Arabic had a strong influence on Urdu. The British encouraged the Hindus to break away Hindi in a Dev Nagri, Sanskrit, script of writing and Fort William College was not only the scene of the origin of the conflict, it nurtured it. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan began to study this conflict. Meanwhile, Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk delivered speeches in Hindustan, which strengthened the growing division between Hindus and Muslims, benefitting the British. This dispute led to a physical altercation between Muslims and Hindus, with the Muslims who died within it, praised as martyrs. The hidden agenda of the British, aided by Hindu bigotry, ultimately led to Urdu becoming a pivot for the Muslims. The energies of the Muslims that were supposed to be used against the British occupation, then started being consumed in defending and promoting the Urdu language.

This language division had a parallel in the British efforts for political division. Initially, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan tried to distance the Muslims from politics. However, the British realized that hatred towards them still existed and rebellions kept on arising. So, they set up a political party called Congress in 1885 at the house of an English Sir A.O. Holmes. Its aim was to provide a platform to the public where they could vent their frustration and discuss the problems they were facing as a society. However, the leaders of the party were still under the control of the British government. This provided the government with an opening to yet again create dispute between Hindus and Muslims. The top positions in Congress were given to Hindus, with Muslims left to feel that it was a Hindu dominated party. Sir Syed advised Muslims to stay away from Congress and then in 1906, the Muslims set up their own party called ‘All India Muslim League'. Thus the Hindus that had previously accepted Muslim political leadership, now were divided from the Muslims.

The British then encouraged another type of division to beguile the Muslims, which is the separation of their Deen from life's affairs. In the field of education, they took steps to ensure the separation of Islamic knowledge from worldly knowledge. Before the British occupation, schools and other educational institutions taught both Islamic and worldly knowledge, side by side, in generous proportions; thus, Arabic, Persian, philosophy, medical studies, astronomy, arithmetic, geometry and poetry were taught besides Qur'an and Sunnah. Moreover, before Muslim rule, there is no evidence to suggest that these subjects were taught in such an organized fashion in any institute. People who studied from these institutions were the ones who ran the affairs of the citizens, for they attained the common government positions. These people also became biographers, engineers, doctors and teachers. The British set upon this hundreds of years of legacy, and set up a separate school to provide religious education exclusively in Calcutta and a separate college for other subjects. Now, the people who studied from the secular schools, where no importance was given to knowledge about Islam, went on to obtain posts in government. And the ones who studied from religious institutions were confined to the four walls of the mosques.

Consequently, the Muslims became divided into being religious or secular. Along with this, different sects and religious groups were set against each other in sectarian conflict. Naïve scholars wrote books against each other's sects, which were published by the British from publishing companies that were set up, during the era of Fort William College. Ulema began arguing and issued Fatawas (verdicts) declaring others Kuffaar on the basis of difference of opinion which is allowed in Islam. This was in addition to attempts to make Muslims apostatize from Islam, so the British also created mischief of the Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiyani. Thus the Muslims became entangled in sectarian issues and lost focus from the main project of expelling the British occupation and restoring the Islamic ruling.

It was within this context that Sir Syed showed his true colours. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan displayed a strong sense of loyalty towards the British during the 1857 War of Independence, saving the lives of twenty Europeans and then further guarding their houses at night wearing armour. The people whom Sir Syed saved and protected were not ordinary English people, rather they were the rulers of Bijnaur. It is just like a pro-American Muslim safeguarding the top brass of Americans who occupy Afghanistan today. If Sir Syed saved the lives of the Muslims who were being killed by the British, his name would have rightly gone down in history as a true Muslim hero. However, as a reward for his loyalty, the British gave Sir Syed a dress of honour worth 1000 rupees and a political pension of 200 rupees every month.

In 1875, Sir Syed set up an institution called MAO School in Aligargh. He convinced the Muslims that since they lacked modern and scientific education, they were regarded as disgraceful and inferior. Therefore, therefore, they must advance in the scientific field. English and Science were given special attention in Aligarh. By 1887, the government allowed the school to develop into a college, whose inauguration took place on 18^th January 1887, conducted by the British governor Sir Luton. The college was not only funded by the British, special teachers from England were brought there to teach. Under the supervision of the Scientific Society which was established by Sir Syed, articles published in Europe were translated into Urdu and then published here. These articles contained literature that attacked the very foundations of Islamic thoughts, civilization and culture. The British aimed to promote their ideas, thoughts and concepts through Urdu writings to the people who were unable to understand English. Thus, the British focused the people of the Indian Subcontinent upon the Western personality as a standard through both Urdu and English literature.

The British were aware that until the Muslims detached themselves from their Islamic concepts, beliefs, lifestyle and the Qur'an, they will not wholeheartedly accept British occupation of the Subcontinent. Consequently, it was necessary for Islam to be explained and broken down in a way that would be favourable to the British occupation. Sir Syed, being a loyal agent of the British, did not hesitate in undertaking this task and presenting Islam, the Qur'an and Sunnah as mere theory. He laid a premise that the Qur'an is the Word of the Creator and the universe is the Action of the Creator. Therefore, it is not justified for the Creator to have contradiction between his word and deed. Then, he accepted flawed assumptions with regards to scientific principles regarding the universe and began to explain the Qur'an accordingly. He would accept Ayaat that complied with his scientific assumptions and if not, would give the Ayaat meanings from his own mind. Consequently, he headed on a path that is destructive in both this world and the hereafter and called others to it. He failed to accept or give regard to the fact that the standards he brought above the Qur'an and using as a basis for explanation, were merely scientific assumptions and theories, that would keep on changing over time because of new discoveries.

Thus, according to him, Angels were not a specific creation of Allah (swt), rather powers made by Allah (swt) to help run the system of the universe. And since the existence of Jinn has not been proven by science, they are not a creation. He believed that the picture presented to Muslims regarding Jannah and the Jahannam was wrong and that in fact the peace and blessings of this world would be Jannah, whilst its trials and tribulations world be Jahannam. He openly rejected the miracles of the Prophets and Messengers in his books ‘Tafseer-ul-Qur'an' and ‘Khutbat-e-Ahmadia.' According to him the miracle of Musa (as) of twelve springs emerging from the rock he hit with his staff, is nothing but wrong explanation of Qur'an by the Ulema. In his book, ‘Tafseer-ul-Qur'an' he writes that the Islamic Ulema made a glaring mistake in the Tafseer of the Ayah فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ. According to him this Ayah never meant "And we said, hit the rock with your staff." He stressed that the word ‘اضْرِبْ' means ‘walk' and the word ‘بِعَصَاكَ' means ‘with your staff' and ‘الْحَجَرَ' means ‘mountain'. Thus the Ayah is conveying a meaning "And we said, walk on the mountain with your staff" and hence it does not describe a miracle. So according to him, Musa (as) walked on the mountain with his staff and found twelve springs at a certain place. For deriving his desired meaning, he completely changed the rules of Arabic. In Arabic, the meaning of ‘اضْرِبْ' is ‘walk' but if ‘ب' is used as a preposition after ‘اضْرِبْ' so the meaning will be changed into ‘hit with', so according to this grammatical rule ‘اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ' means ‘hit with your staff on rock' instead of ‘walk on the mountain with your staff'. Secondly, the word ‘الْحَجَرَ' means ‘rock' but as to how Sir Syed took its meaning as ‘mountain,' even he himself couldn't justify. Similarly, he denied the incident of Isra'a and Miraj. Sir Syed did not view Sunnah as a reliable source and consequently justified his opinion. He believed that Ijtihad was not a method of understanding the conventional meaning of Islam so that any Islamic ruling which conflicted with Western ideas, should either be elucidated and changed, or removed from the religion.

As for the war of Independence 1857 that took place because of the Muslim spirit of Jihad and their growing resentment towards the British, Sir Syed labeled it as a ‘riot' and ‘sedition.' In his pamphlet, ‘Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind' (Causes of the Hind Sedition), he made it clear that Muslim were guilty of sedition. In this pamphlet, he told the British that the Muslims were in favour of their rule, but rebelled because they had not been given any seat or position in government circles. So, he played along with the British plan to engage Muslims within the British rule, rather than act to uproot it and he himself took a government position.

Sir Syed also wrote a book called ‘Loyal Muhammadans of India'. It had three volumes and was published in the years 1860-61. Throughout the book, he proved his loyalty towards the British. In this book, he wrote, "I am extremely angry with the Muslims who rebelled and were defiant against the British and consider them bad because this outbreak by the Muslims was against the People of the Book, the who are our religious brothers, believed in the Messengers, accepted Allah's rules and keep Allah's revealed books with them which are part of our fundamental beliefs. Therefore, whenever Christian blood was shed, Muslim blood should have been shed too. And whoever stands against this and are ungrateful to the government, which is not tyrannical, have gone against their religion. They are extremely worthy of being angry with."

Sir Syed seized every opportunity in giving a favourable opinion about the British. After the War of Independence 1857, Queen Victoria appealed to the Muslims for forgiveness and asked them to excuse the British for the mass murder that took place. Sir Syed told the Muslims in Muradabad that it was absolutely necessary to thank her. So a ‘Dargah Hazrat Shah Balaqi' was suggested and on 28 July 1859, 15,000 people were gathered. To attract more people, food arrangements were made and after Asr Prayer, Sir Syed made a collective Dua. Some of the content of this Dua is as follows: "Oh Lord! You have shown mercy to Your people and the people of Hindustan by placing upon them just and equitable rulers and for this we thank You. In the preceding years, we had to face a curse of the absence of such rulers owing to our wicked deeds but now You have compensated it and provided us with such just and kind rulers. We thank You for this blessing of Yours from the core of our hearts. Oh Lord! Accept our gratitude! Ameen! The Indians who were caught into this unfortunate catastrophe, You molded the hearts of our rulers to be merciful to these Indians for the Queen issued an appeal seeking forgiveness just because of Your inspiration. We not only thank You but also pray for the Queen Victoria, wherever, she might be. Oh Lord! Accept our Dua! Ameen!" The cunningness, treachery and deceit against Muslims and Islam is obvious in these words. This Dua is a proof of the loyalty of Sir Syed to the British but the tragedy is that such a personality is presented to us as a role model.

In reality, the decline of the Muslims began with a decline in the comprehension of Islam and its wrong implementation. Sir Syed suggested a wrong way to come out of this decline. In his flawed understanding, the Muslims can make progress only by following the British blindly in science, inventions and their thoughts related to life, without adopting the systems springing from the complete Deen of Islam. In fact, we fell behind West, because we did not adopt Islam as ideology or a complete way of life. Therefore, if we want to be a progressive Ummah, we must first revive by holding fast onto our Islamic Aqeedah, instead of following the West. Moreover, if science and technology is the only way to success and if Islam mandates that the path to enlightenment is progress and evolution as envisaged by Sir Syed, then why didn't Muhammad (saw) spread Islam and conquer through science and technology? How did the Khulafa-e-Rashideen establish the golden era of Islam without the inventions and discoveries of the Industrial Revolution? If science was so central to human existence, then wouldn't the prophets and messengers have been scientists, or at least invented something for mankind?

It is true that the thoughts and beliefs emanating from Islam, result in scientific progress and advancing in technology is a must. The foundation of the Islamic society that the Prophet built in the state of Madinah became a technologically advanced society very quickly. The Islamic State rapidly acquired war weapons, ships, canons, scientists, doctors, philosophers, specializing in fields such as algebra, surgery, medicine, chemistry, mathematics, geometry, astronomy and everything that the West had not even dreamed of. However, all of this was a result of Islamic thinking and the Islamic belief upon which the society was established. This is what Sir Syed failed to acknowledge and thus he deliberately led the Muslims down the wrong path. The reality is that the reason for change in the thoughts of that society and progress is a result of this change.

As for as the reality of the Muslim rule of the Indian Subcontinent before the British occupation is concerned, it is presented in a completely distorted manner. The impression given to us of Muslim rule is that it was devoid of knowledge and expertise and was ignorant, illiterate and uncivilized. Till this day, we are told that our Muslim rulers were steeped in worldly pleasures and benefits. However, the Indian Subcontinent was regarded as ‘a bird of gold' before the arrival of the British here. Prosperity reached to an extent that a man named Abdul Ghafoor had far more assets than the British East India Company. The ‘Jagat Hut' family of Bengal had far more capital than the Bank of England. The amount of war booty collected after the Battle of Plassey in 1775 amounted to more than the GDP of whole of Europe. According to Captain Alexander Hamilton, there were 10,000 schools and colleges and 70 hospitals in Delhi alone and there were 80,000 schools and colleges in Bengal. Captain Alexander writes in his book, ‘A Case for India' that in the Mughal era, students were taught medical education in 125,000 institutes. Ibn-e-Batoota wrote that there is a place near Mumbai called Hawaz, where there were two schools for men and thirteen for women and there was not a single person who did not memorize the Qur'an as well as its translation. The biggest steel industry in the world was in the Indian Subcontinent and it was present until 1880. Regarding ship-building, ships were produced in the greatest quantity in the Indian Subcontinent. The imports of the Subcontinent never exceeded its exports. In the area of Thatha, there were 400 great educational institutes. This strong foundation left its effects even under British occupation. In 1835, Lord Macaulay made it obvious in one of his speeches which he delivered in British Parliament that the prosperity in the Indian Subcontinent, despite the looting by the British, was not confined to a specific area or a group of people, rather the entire citizenry was generally prosperous. He said that he travelled from corner to corner of the entire of the Indian Subcontinent but he didn't come across a single beggar or a thief. The population census of 1911 which was carried out by the British is still found in Anarkali's tomb and states that the literacy rate of the Subcontinent was more than 90%. It then declined to mere 10% according to the 1941 census, owing to the education system of the British. Today if America constructs the World Trade Centre, White House, spacious roads and hundred storey skyscrapers, it is called economic and scientific progress, but the same act of Muslim rulers who built Shahi Fort, Badshahi Masjid, Taj Mahal, Lal Qalaand, Shalimar Garden is associated with their lust for status and worldly pleasures. The architects and the engineers of these masterpieces got their education in the same Muslim institutes, where the arts and sciences of the whole world were taught. These buildings are an obvious proof of the prosperity and the abundance of wealth of the state. Unfortunately, the eyes of Sir Syed were blinded with the inspiration of the British, even though the glorious past of the Muslims under Islam exceeds their state without Islam.

So, such are the people who had been deceiving the Ummah in the name of guidance, claiming sincerity to the Muslims but in fact placing their loyalties with the Western colonialists. Today a section of our society is unaware of its bright and matchless history and feels intimidated of the West. One of the obvious reasons is our educational system which presents to us those personalities who had a slave mentality as heroes. After the establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate", inshaAllah, history will be purified of all these wrong concepts. The dishonesty, treachery and deceit that our current rulers committed regarding our history will be wiped away with the help of a clean and true educational system of the Khilafah "Caliphate". May Allah grant us success in judging what is wrong and what is right and may Allah be our Helper! Ameen!

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Irfan Pasha

The Role of the Armed Forces is Jihad for the Supremacy of Islam

An ISPR spokesman said while talking to troops carrying out the operation in Miramshah, North Waziristan, the army chief expressed satisfaction on the progress achieved so far. "General Raheel Sharif once again emphasized on the officers and men to eliminate all local and foreign terrorists and their sanctuaries," he said. "Alluding to the end-objective, the COAS affirmed that terrorists would be chased and hunted down across the country till their final elimination."

Inevitably, the armed forces are demoralized and there are reports of widespread rejection of orders and desertions, which necessitated the army chief's visit to the front line of America's war. At the behest of America, General Raheel is chasing after those who have been fighting the Americans since 2001, preventing its malignant occupation from settling on the land. As for those who attack the armed forces in order to incite it to sink into the quagmire of North Waziristan, the American Raymond Davis network, the General has left them to roam the country, even though their bases, embassies and consulates are well known and can be sealed within hours. This twisted state of affairs has occurred because the armed forces are no longer orientated according to the military doctrine that was established by RasulAllah (saw) and preserved by the Khilafah "Caliphate" throughout the era of ruling by Islam.

For over thirteen hundred years the Muslim armed forces knew and valued their vital role in ensuring the supremacy of Islam. Whenever any enemy occupied Muslim Lands, they rose to repel and eradicate it. And they payed a key role in removing oppressive rule outside of the lands of Islam, thus opening new lands to Islam and liberating their people from the burden of Kufr rule.

This is how Islam spread rapidly to embrace the lion's share of the world's inhabited surface. Through the blood of countless martyrs in the armed forces, Islam rose as a beacon of justice and sanctuary for the entire world. Rather than being demoralized, the armed forces surged forwards seeking the two Hasans, martyrdom or victory.

Today the Muslims are in urgent need of Khaleefah who as the political and military leadership will orientate the armed forces to fulfil their role in protecting the Ummah from the hostile non-Muslim states, unifying all Muslim states as a single state and carrying Islam to all of humankind. And inshaaAllah then, and only then, will we look forward to a time when Islam has dominated the entire world. RasulAllah (saw):

»لا يبقى على ظهر الأرض بيت مدر ولا وبر إلا أدخله الله كلمة الإسلام ، بعز عزيز وذل ذليل، إما يعزهم الله فيجعلهم من أهلها، أو يذلهم فيدينون لها«

"This case is sure to reach the horizon of night and day. Allah will not leave a single house settled or nomadic not only as setting this Deen with the glory of the glorious or the humiliation of the insignificant. Allah will exalt Islam with glory and demean disbelief with humiliation." (Ahmad).

Regime Speeds Ahead with Privatization of the Golden Goose, OGDCL

Minister of State for Privatisation Mohammad Zubair informed the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) on Tuesday 8 July that work on Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) transaction was being done on the fast track and it would be completed by September. OGDCL is involved in exploring, drilling, refining and selling oil and gas in Pakistan. It is the market leader in terms of reserves, production and acreage. It is based on Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area in Islamabad, with the Government of Pakistan holding 74% stake in the company.

Rest are held by private investors. In 2013, it has revenue of Rs. 223.365 billion and profit before tax soaring at Rs. 90.777 billion. It has repeatedly ranked among the Forbes Global 2000. OGDCL's daily production, including share from joint ventures averaged 39,659 barrels (6,305.3 m3) of oil; 937 million cubic feet (26,500,000 m3) of gas, and 358 metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas. The remaining recoverable reserves of OGDCL stood more than 142 million barrels (22,600,000 m3) of oil and 9,997 billion cubic feet 9,997 billion cubic feet (283.1 km3) of gas as of June 30, 2010.

Islam has stipulated oil and gas as a public property whose revenue is the right of the public, regardless of race, language or school of thought. RasulAllah (saw) said,

«المسلمون شرکاء فی ثلاث الماء والکلاء والنار» "Muslims are partners (associates) in three things: in water, pastures and fire (energy)" [Abu Dawood.]. Thus under the Khilafah "Caliphate", with its Islamic constitution, the benefit of electricity will be for the public, with the state supervising the matter to ensure that. However, the government is bent on handing this golden goose to private hands. Moreover, to make the sale more lucrative for the new private owners, in compliance with the IMF, the regime is raising the gas prices from now, which will further burden the population which is crippled by rising inflation, taxation and power costs. Dawn reported on 8 July 2014, '"We will gradually rationalise gas prices to encourage new investment, promote efficiency in gas use and assure that there will continue to be no fiscal cost from the gas sector," wrote Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.'

Mere Adherence of Article 62 and 63 Will Never Fix the Kufr System

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf moved on Wednesday 9 July to seek Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's disqualification for alleged concealment of facts in his nomination forms submitted for last year's elections, citing Article 62 and Article 63 of the Pakistan Constitution. Article 62 lists a number of qualifications for membership of the National Assembly, including "good character and is not commonly known as one who violates Islamic Injunctions," "adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practices obligatory duties prescribed by Islam as well as abstains from major sins", "sagacious, righteous and non-profligate, honest and ameen." The constitution also details a number of disqualifications in Article 63, which include mental instability, insolvency, criminal conviction and accepting dual-citizenship or relinquishing their Pakistani nationality, among others.

By limiting its accounting of the government to Article 62 and 63, the opposition has shown that it is has nothing to offer the country should it come to power. It has focused its attack on the individual who is coming to power and not the ideology by which he rules and judges. In Democracy, the members of the assembly are given the authority to either to accept or reject the laws of Allah (swt) based on majority decision, after voting over it. This is even though Allah (swt) 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].

So, even if 100% of an assembly consists of God-fearing, sagacious, righteous, honest and ameen people and were presented with Islam's laws such as forbidding of usury, enemy presence on our soil, privatization of electricity, fornication etc. for voting upon, with the laws being endorsed by this 100%, this mechanism of law making would be considered Haraam. This is because in the aforementioned ayah, Islam has forbidden the Muslims from having any choice in the matter, so the believer does not have an option to say "yes or no" but is only charged with the duty to implement it. In other words, the condition of the endorsement by 51% to make an Islamic law into the law of the land, is against Shari'ah. In the era of the Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashida, we do not find a single incidence where the implementation of an Islamic law was conditional upon the majority opinion. The collective opinion of all of humankind has no weight before the order of Allah (swt). Allah (swt) said,

((أَلاَ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ))

"Should not He Who has created know? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His slaves), the Well-Acquainted (with everything)." [Surah al-Mulk 67:14]

It is the Khilafah "Caliphate" that assigns Sovereignty to Allah (swt) alone. It is the Khilafah "Caliphate" alone whose constitution is established on the revealed sources, the Quran and the Sunnah. Neither the elected Khaleefah nor the elected men and women of the Majlis-e-Ummah have any choice in referring to Islam, for they must always refer to Islam.

It is the Khilafah "Caliphate" alone that has establishes each and every article of the constitution upon Islamic evidences. Thus it is the Khilafah "Caliphate" alone that ensures our education, foreign policy, economy, judiciary, consultation; accounting and removing of rulers are all according to Islam. It is only this Khilafah "Caliphate" which will look after our affairs as Islam commanded. RasulAllah (saw) said,

كانت بنو إسرائيل تسوسهم الأنبياء، كلما هلك نبي خلفه نبي، وأنه لا نبي بعدي، وستكون خلفاء فتكثر، قالوا فما تأمرنا؟ قال: فُوا ببيعة الأول فالأول، وأعطوهم حقهم، فإن الله سائلهم عما استرعاهم

"The Prophets looked after the affairs of Bani Isra'eel. Whenever a Prophet died, he would be succeeded by another. There is no Prophet after me, but there will be many Khulafa'a." They asked, "What do you order us?" He said, "Give them the Bayah one after another, one at a time, give them their right for Allah will ask them about their affairs." [Muslim]

The Regime is Blind to the American Presence that is the Cause of Terrorism on Our Soil

America launchedd a pre-dawn drone attack in Dattakhel, about 35km west of Miramshah, regional headquarters of North Waziristan, on Thursday 10 July, which is a slap in the face of Pakistan's sovereignty. This is the first drone strike since the regime launched the operation Zarb-i-Azb in the restive tribal region on June 15. However, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said the government did not have any official confirmation regarding the veracity of reports about a fresh drone strike in Miramshah. She added that Pakistan's position on such strikes was clear. "We have made it clear that these attacks are unacceptable, they violate Pakistan's sovereignty... drone strikes would complicate our efforts to eliminate terrorists," she said.

Another proof has emerged that the war in North Waziristan is America's war, supported by America's drones and fuelled by the blood of Muslim armed forces and tribal people. Even though this latest drone attack is common knowledge, rather than giving a befitting retaliation, the regime has adopted the role of an ostrich, with its head buried in the sand. It acts as if it is blind to the vast American presence in the country which both allows the American war to take place and also the attacks on our armed forces to ignite that war. The regime has blood on its hands as it allows containers of Americans to enter the country without checking, it allows its spies to carry arms and gather intelligence without fear of recrimination and it allows the American embassies, consulates and bases to mastermind their terrorist network.

The rulers have cheated and betrayed our people due to their insistence to rule by other than Islam. They have turned truth into falsehood and portrayed falsehood as the truth. They embrace the enemy and seek hostility against friends. They are like the shepherd who drives his own herd to the brink of death and destruction. Imam Ahmad narrates that RasulAllah (saw) said,

«إِنَّهَا سَتَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ سِنُونَ خَدَّاعَةٌ يُصَدَّقُ فِيهَا الْكَاذِبُ وَيُكَذَّبُ فِيهَا الصَّادِقُ وَيُؤْتَمَنُ فِيهَا الْخَائِنُ وَيُخَوَّنُ فِيهَا الْأَمِينُ وَيَنْطِقُ فِيهَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ قِيلَ وَمَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ قَالَ السَّفِيهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي أَمْرِ الْعَامَّةِ»

"There will come upon people years of deceit in which the liar will be believed, the truthful disbelieved, the treacherous will be trusted and the trustworthy held to be treacherous, and the despicable (Ruwaibidah) will speak out." It was said, Who are the despicable ones? He (saw) said, "The lowy, ignoble man." They are deserving of removal only, for a ruler who cheats on his people and does not look after them, will neither enter Jannah nor even smell its sweet fragrance. Bukhari narrates that RasulAllah (saw) said,

«مَا مِنْ وَالٍ يَلِي رَعِيَّةً مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيَمُوتُ وَهُوَ غَاشٌّ لَهُمْ إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ» "There is no governor/wali who takes charge of Muslims and dies cheating them, except that Allah prohibits him paradise."

Who will Avenge the Muslims of Palestine and Masjid al-Aqsa?

Thirteen Palestinians have been killed in air strikes by the Jewish State on the Gaza Strip early Saturday 12 July, bringing the toll on the fifth day of violence to 118, medics said. Muslims throughout Pakistan are enraged at the criminal attacks by the Jewish State against the Muslims of Gaza, who have no armed forces or power to respond. Their rage is directed at the Muslim rulers who collectively possess armed forces of over three and a half million strong, with a million men within rapid response range of the cowardly Jewish army. Yet, the Jewish State spills rivers of Muslim blood during the blessed month, in which the noble Salahudeen delivered a severe blow to the previous occupation of the lands of Palestine by the crusaders.

InshaaAllah this cruel initiative by the Jewish State will only speed its obliteration for such attacks do not increase fear of it, but only anger against it and awareness about the real solution to its hostility. A sign of the awareness of the people of Pakistan is the wide circulation of the video from Hizb ut Tahrir in Palestine calling for the mobilization of Pakistan's armed forces in these resounding words, ""Have not your souls longed for Al-Aqsa, have not your foreheads yearned to prostrate on the soils of Al-Aqsa, have not your hearts craved to meet Al-Aqsa? Have not you yearned for the station of Israa' of RasulAllah (saw), have you not deliberated with yourselves to become martyrs on the soil of the blessed land for your blood to mix with the blood of the noble Companions? Al-Aqsa is calling out to you, where is Al-Farouq Omar, where is Salahuddin... Where is the Khilafah "Caliphate" of the Muslims, do you belittle the fact that the station of Israa' of RasulAllah (saw) is desecrated by the Jews and their filth? This is the call of Al-Aqsa to you on the anniversary of the destruction of the Khilafah "Caliphate", Establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" and liberate me, establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" and rescue me...".

"O Army of Pakistan ... America utilizes you to kill your brothers... America is seeking to destroy you... America is your enemy, so free yourselves of subordination to it... discard the agents from amongst you... Unify the word of Muslims, and restore cohesion amongst yourselves.

You, Afghanistan and the Muslims in the Indian Subcontinent, the Fergana Valley and the Caucasus are one Ummah and are able to support Islam and establish the Deen ... So Hizb ut Tahrir calls you that you establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" and proceed with your crushing armies to Bait-ul-Maqdis. You are worthy of attaining the honor of liberating it."

InshaaAllah soon, O our brothers, sisters and children in Palestine, soon.