On July 23, 2014, DEGLAH news agency reported a false story fabricated from beginning to end and attributed to information about Hizb ut Tahrir made by an ex-member of ISIS, who did not want to disclose his name, under the title: "Daish's Network Organization in Diyarbakir."
No sooner had President Uhuru Kenyatta gave orders of introspection all title deeds in Lamu, where half a million sections of land have been seized by tycoons, there has been verbal exchange and hurling of accusation at one another among politicians. It is normal when the issue of land, which until now has not taken any significant political dimension in the politics of Kenya so far, we in the Islamic political party of Hizb ut Tahrir East Africa wish to expound on this issues as follows:
This shameful habit of land grabbing, is just part and parcel of many land grabbing in the Island as reported by Daily Nation Newspaper which quoted reports from social organizations claiming that there are 869,000 hectares that were grabbed. This was deliberately orchestrated by tycoons who avidly wanted to selfishly benefit from the $24 billion LAPPSET project. Indeed, tycoons have grabbed people's lands for the purpose of either selling them to or seeking compensation from the government. This is a clear indication that the Lamu indigenous residents who are Muslims are still and continue to be oppressed by selfish tycoons.
The trend of land grabbing in Lamu exposes a growth and a stiff continuation at an appalling pace of this heinous deportment, despite many reports from various commissions formulated to tackle the trend. It is clear that the current and the previous leaders who served in the government and the opposition, they have all not succeeded to basically tackle this problem. The only area they excel, is to turn this issue as a propitious political mileage game and later hurl accusations at one another; yet they all have a big hand in the scunge. This problem has made Kenya witnessfrequent skirmishes and violence considering that 85% of the locals are hugely dependent on farming, nevertheless only a portion of 84.4% own land, among them don't even own 3 actres!
We would like to blankly put it black and white, that this problem is currently facing the whole world including Kenya, the reason behind it, being the failure of the capitalist ideology with its wicked means of owning land. The basis of this ideology revolves around benefit and avidity for amassing wealth as the criterion, thus corruption, emblezzlement, and many other social evils are normal to reign the capitalist society.
Moreover, under the yoke of this wicked ideology, the possetion of land is not meant for food production, rather for monopoly then sell them at exorbitant prices.
This is contrary to the sublime Islamic ideology that discourses on various means of owning properties including how to posses land and formulated laws of land whether public, private or government land. Islam strongly condemns any sort of grabbing be it of land, houses or any other properties. The Prophet [saw] says, «مَنْ أَخَذَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ظُلْمًا، طُوِّقَهُ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ» "Whoever grabs a piece of land an arm's length will be made to sink to the seventh earth" (Reported by Muslim). Consequently, until the re-establishment of a state that shall implement Islam fully, that is when this heinous trend shall come to a halt.
Shabani Mwalimu
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir
in East Africa
Hizb ut Tahrir East Africa, have neither faith nor confidence in the guile plan by the Zanzibar Government of National Unity heinous attempts of raising a motion to the parliament under the guise of improving Kadhis Court performance. We strongly condemn any attempts meant to impose what is termed as amendments to the gender degradation laws, which in quiddity are meant to divide the assets of previously married couples on equilibrium basis soon after separation [division of matrimonial assets]. A move that categorically contradicts the sublime Islamic teachings consequently undermines Kadhis Court remit.
These Government of National Unity deceitful moves, tantamount to all other law motions, just like the law of a child of 2011, it is sheer political pressure from foreign nations [as reported by Mwananchi News Paper on June 4, 2010, pg 1&4]. These plans were also propelled by internal cronies, the so called activists and social organizations that associate themselves with the fight for women's rights including ZAFELA [Zanzibar Female Lawyers]
We blankly declare that, despite many crafty plans and objectives, these moves are apparently meant to obliterate the small and meager portion remaining of the Islamic social and matrimonial, laws of inheritance and a child custodianship, crippling and destabilizing the Kadhis Court if not removing it completely
Oh Muslims of Zanzibar! Specially the Sheikhs, Imams and Scholars!
A devoted and caring parent always does not feel tired of their parenthood duty. We, Hizb ut-Tahrir, would like to cautiously remind you as we did last time in 2011, when the child law campaign were at the pitch and eventually made into a law. A burdensome and wicked law which will forever inflict pain, problems and a magnitude responsibilities in the history of these Islands.
Are you all aware that among other heinous things these laws recognize the fatherhood of a child could be determined and established by DNA tests? Do you know that these laws recognize marriage based on other than Islam? same sex marriages? Can't you see these will unlawfully empower and enable those who are Islamic ally unfit to inherit be considered as heirs? Can't you see this will encourage oppression and transgression until the Day of Reckoning?
The ongoing campaign against Kadhis Court is but a foreign campaign which continues in Kenya, Tanganyika and which is a long term project in Zanzibar ostensibly under the pretext of many scrupulous plots including the so-called improvement of the of the concerned department dealing with women and children issues in order to remove these responsibilities from Kadhis Court. under the guise of passing new laws. All these are done under the motto of liberation, improvement, redemption of women and children from oppression all these are deceitfully done when the innocent people are made busy for fruitless issues. That's precisely how they took advantage of the unaware people and passed into law the 2011 child law without any substantial resistance nor stiff opposition as people were concentrating on the fruitless democratic issues.
Finally, Hizb would like to warmly call all the Muslims generally and especially the Sheikhs, Imams, Scholars to adhesively stand their ground with the Hizb against this temptation and criticize openly on podiums all these wicked and heinous attempts in an Endeavour to make Ummah perceive the reality of the enmity which is surrounding them.
Also, we call upon politicians and legislators who clamour for the obliteration of the Kadhis court for their own meager worldly selfish gains to wake up and stop putting on a shameful humiliating gown in their history. They are part and parcel of the Muslims Ummah thus they ought to fear Allah Taala and not be enticed by small worldly gains and later face eternal destruction hereafter.
((يَاقَوْمِ لَكُمُ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ ظَاهِرِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ فَمَنْ يَنصُرُنَا مِنْ بَأْسِ اللَّهِ إِنْ جَاءَنَا))
Oh who you believe! You have power and authority on the land today. But who will save you from the torment of Allah if it befalls you? [TMQ Ghafir: 29]
Masoud Msellem
Deputy Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in East Africa
With the entire country gripped by a desire for revolution, on 29th July 2014, the Prime Minister declared that revolution can only come through democracy. As for the opposition parties, in the build up to Pakistan's Independence Day, August 14, they have made clear that they are competing for the same throne, in the same system, with the same claim.
