Mainstream media and politicians have gone into overdrive with sensationalist Islamophobic commentary and fear mongering following recent events in Iraq. This time the ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Sham' (ISIS) is the primary object through which Muslims, Islam and Islamic ideals such as Jihad and the Caliphate are being demonised and attacked.
In this regard, Hizb ut Tahrir Australia emphasises the following points:
1. This episode is little more than the usual neo-colonial tactic of forming a basis on which to justify continued intervention in Muslim lands. An uprising against the systematically oppressive, US-installed and backed Maliki regime is being painted as a takeover by ‘terrorists' in order to justify political and, if needed, military, intervention whereby the interests of western powers will be protected and furthered.
2. ISIS is being portrayed, in fantastical Hollywood style, as evil incarnate on Earth, having seemingly taken over from al-Qaeda who previously fulfilled this bogeyman role. In this narrative, the same al-Qaeda who before had no ounce of humanity or morality has now apparently found a moral compass whereby they deem another group too extreme!
3. Even though ISIS is one player in a coalition of groups that have risen up against the Iraqi regime, it is disingenuously being portrayed as the dominant if not sole player in order to push the idea of a ‘terrorist takeover'. At the same time, sectarian and ethnic divisions are being emphasised and fuelled. Western leaders are absolving their foreign policies of the problems facing Iraq, instead pushing the Orientalist fantasy of irreconcilable sectarian tensions within Islam. Apparently, Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds would be forever at each other's throats unless forcibly tamed by tyrants or intervention by the civilised west.
4. The politicised nature of ‘terrorism' is apparent as ever here. If ‘terrorism' is the use of violence for ideological or political ends, the world has seen no greater terrorists than western states who have laid entire nations to waste through decade-long invasions and war. Yet they are presented as the philanthropic saviors of humanity whilst the actions of relatively powerless groups reacting to oppressive conditions are blown out of all proportion. At the same time, Muslims in the west who make the sacrifice of going abroad to fight tyranny and assist the oppressed are characteristed as ‘extremists' and ‘terrorists'. It is a case of even the good of a Muslim is bad and even the oppressive of the western state is just!
5. Part of the sensationalism is achieved through the method of reporting alleged attacks by groups like ISIS. Every little descriptive detail is mentioned. In contrast, when the US extra-judicially bombs its own citizens like Sh. Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year old son in Yemen to smithereens, or bombs little children as they sleep or play in Pakistan with drones, we not given any like descriptive detail. These people are just ‘collateral', just de-humanised statistics. Nor did we see any like uproar at the years of Maliki's systematic rape, torture and killings of Sunni's in Iraq. All of this shows that the issue for the west is not violence but ‘western interests' - euphemistic code for economic and political benefits acquired through exploitation of weaker nations.
6. We advise the Muslim community and the wider society not to get caught up in the hysteria and lies. A lie is a lie, no matter how many times it is repeated. We have seen this all before in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. We should respond to these lies with the truth: the truth that the real problem, the root problem, is western violence, which eclipses the violence of any individual or group many times over and is in fact the cause of the oppression to which people are forced to react.
7. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been leading the way in demonising Islam and Muslims. Yesterday he was attacking and threatening Muslims who go to fight abroad whilst at the same time congratulating the secular dictatorial regime of al-Sisi. We remind the Prime Minister, who is eager to once more sacrifice Australian soldiers at the altar of US foreign policy, that Australia has no business interfering in the Muslim world. We remind him that Australia made the mistake of going into Iraq aforetime, and that if he does so again, his government and those who support such a move alone will be responsible for the repercussions that ensue.
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hose whose Allah evoked His anger on them; the Jews, the most hostile people towards the Believers, are waging a frenzied campaign against the people of Palestine; aggression against our prisoners in the prisons, and aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the people of Jerusalem. They demolish homes, storm houses, destroy properties, and arrest hundreds and harass them and their families. They fired shots, wounded dozens and killed the innocent we anticipate them as martyrs before Allah among them a thirteen-year-old boy. And in light of this aggression, and from the vicinity of the holiest spot on earth, from the vicinity of al-Kabah al-Musharrafah, Palestinian Authority President Abbas delivers his speech at the forty-first session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, on Wednesday, 18/6/2014. He delivered a speech drenched with betrayal, shame and disgrace, confirming that his government "the unity government" is going according to his and his organization's treacherous policy when he said, "The government is committed to the program of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and the program provides that the government recognizes Israel and we recognize Israel, the government rejects terrorism and we reject terrorism, the government recognizes the international legitimacy and we recognize the international legitimacy, ..., and there is an unpopular and disliked point that the government believes in the security coordination with Israel, ..., security coordination is not a disgrace".
He reiterated in front of the OIC Foreign Ministers, who claim to represent Muslims in the Islamic world, the readiness of the rulers for betrayal and normalization by saying, "All are willing to recognize Israel and normalize its relationship with Israel, provided that it leaves the Arab lands and the Palestinian territories" (the territories occupied in 1967).
As for his confrontation of the policies of the Jewish entity, he expressed it by saying that "We will face it in the international forums and everywhere by diplomatic and political means, we will not use weapons, we do not want the use of arms, but we want to face it with words and on the international platforms".
Abbas said in a meeting with more than 150 journalists and activists of the so-called Peace Now "Israeli" movement, during a meeting with them in his headquarters in Ramallah on 28/05/2014, "The security coordination with Israel is sacred and will continue whether we agree or disagree on policy". If the security coordination is sacred, it means that the one who cooperates with the Jews to save their security fulfills an obligation (Fard) that reaches the status of holiness!!
It is clear that the President of the Authority and the PLO, Abbas has begun publicizing in every forum and on every platform, his betrayal for Palestine and its people, showing his commitment to the security of the Jews and reassuring them, and calling on the Muslim world to recognize their entity and for full normalization with them, so as to install their entity on the blessed land.
Dear people in the blessed land:
Allah, His Messenger and the Believers refuse to address a message of honor except to the honored people. It was incumbent upon Abbas to stand in the conference, addressing the Muslims, addressing the Egyptian army, the Pakistani, the Turkish and the Muslim armies in general prompting their determinations to liberate the blessed land of Palestine from the abomination the Jews, but the betrayal refused to detach its people, so he addressed the attendance saying: "We will not use weapons, we do not want the use of arms." "The government recognizes Israel and we recognize Israel." "All are willing to recognize Israel and normalize its relationship with Israel."
As for the men-resemblances and foreign ministers who heard his speech and did not reject it, it awaits them a dusty day in which their faces turn black, because they have squandered their people and conspired against them and their wasting of Palestine is even more.
O the sincere people in the movements and organizations, most notably Fatah and Hamas, you have heard and seen the denial of Abbas to the sacrifices of your brothers and companions, and even attacking them and considering their works in resistance to occupation as chaos and destructive and that he will not allow it to repeat. And you have seen his commitment to walk with the occupation hand in hand hitting everything that threatens the security of the Jews or destabilize them. After this, has the time not come for you to stand the position of honesty that is acceptable to your Lord? Has the time not come for you to uncover the criminals and the traitors to the Deen of Allah?
Has the time not come for you, O people of the blessed land that you take at the hands of the neglectors of the place of Israa' of RasulAllah (saw), as you know the words of the Messenger of Allah (saw) as directed by Bayhaqi Huzaifa ibn al-Yaman said that the Prophet (saw)
said:
«لتأمرن بالمعروف، ولتنهون عن المنكر، أو ليوشكن الله أن يبعث عليكم عقابا من عنده ثم لتدعونه فلا يستجيب لكم»
"You shall enjoin the good and forbid what is evil, else Allah is due to send you a punishment from Him then you call Him and He will not respond to you."
Palestine is a land blessed by Allah and is linked with the Islamic Aqeedah, it is not for bargaining or negotiation, and the honor of liberating it will not be gained but by the pious and the pure men who have devoted themselves to the Deen of Allah, and sincerely striving in the way of Allah; strong men on the right not remain silent to the evil and not loyal to an enemy.
O Muslims in the Islamic world:
We address you from the blessed land of Palestine, you are from us and we are from you, and the Palestinian Authority is a deformed model cloned from the oppressive regimes in the Islamic world, which the Kaffir manufactured on the foresight eye to preserve their interests and protect them from the benevolent aspirations of the Ummah toward honor and unity and the establishment of Deen. Thus, the common thread among them is to fight Islam, reinforce separation between Muslims and loyalty to the disbelievers and protect the interests of the enemies of the Ummah of the Jews, America and others.
We address you from the blessed land that renounce your rulers, the rulers of At-Taghoot, and establish the Deen. And come forward in one row shouting the Takbeers and Tahleels, purifying the land from the agents and the influence of the disbelievers and liberating the blessed land from the abomination of the Jews. And become the winners of Allah's love and His pleasure, He says:
((إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَانٌ مَّرْصُوصٌ))
"Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly." [As-Saff: 4]
In conclusion:
We invite you, O the righteous people in the blessed land to bind with your Ummah and to address your speech to the sincere in the Muslim armies to fulfill their duty. We invite you to the glory and the establishment of Deen. We invite you to the real work which will liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque and cleanse the Blessed Land of the abomination of the Jews. Make your voice louder than that of the neglectors. And if the clan of the humiliated is unable to address the armies with the speech of honor, you are the noblest by Islam and strong by Allah then address them with Allah's (swt) speech:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ انفِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ اثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ أَرَضِيتُم بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ فَمَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ
"O you who have believed, what is [the matter] with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allah, you adhere heavily to the earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a [very] little." [At-Tawba :38]
We say to Muslims, this Ramadan comes upon you with Divine winds, comes upon you carrying the winds of Badr and the conquest of Mecca and Ayn Jaloot to you. It carries to you winds of honor and tidings. Thus approach it by giving victory to Islam, the establishment of the Deen and Bayah to the Khaleefah of the Muslims. Approach it with the approach of Al-Ansar (the supporters) in Badr and the enthusiasm of Mujahideen in Ayn Jaloot and Allah is with you and will never deprive you of the reward of your deeds.
This is the call of Hizb ut Tahrir onto you and a call for the righteous amongst you,
((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ))
"O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life." [Al-Anfal: 24]
Sunday, 24 Shab’an 1435 AH, corresponding to 06/22/2014 CE
Opening
The Absence of the Khilafah "Caliphate" is Humanity's Dilemma Today
by Brother Mohamed Nasser Shuweikheh
Defeat of Capitalism's Economy in the face of Khilafah "Caliphate"
Al-Assad Bin Ramadan
Hizb ut Tahrir:
A practical model for the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" and the uprooting of colonialism
Brother Redha Belhajj
The establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" and the uprooting of colonialism:
The Issue of the Palestine Model
Engineer Ismail al-Wahwah
The Establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" amid the Weakness of Colonialism and the Support of the Armies
Dr. Mohammad Malkawi
The Ummah's Expository Revolution Reveals the Weakness of Colonialism
Brother Ahmad Bin Hussein
Closing Statement
Brother Abdel Raouf al-Ammari
The family's of the detainees from Hizb ut Tahrir organized a stand before the State Security Court to demand the release of their sons from prison.
Wednesday, 27 Sha'aban 1435 AH corresponding to 25 June 2014 CE
Full Recording of the Stand
Sideline Interviews
