News & Comment 50 Years of the Zanzibar Revolution is a Manifestation of Oppression to Citizens
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Just as expected, the miserable National Coalition headed by Al-Jarba, has submitted to external pressures especially the American-Russian to attend the meeting of its General Assembly in Istanbul on the 17th and 18th of January 2014 CE. It accepted participation in the Geneva II Conference to be held on the 22nd of January, despite the conspiracy by everyone in broad daylight on the Muslims of Syria; adding itself openly and officially to the list of co-conspirators, and to undertake the dirty role ascribed to it, to keep the rule of Syria under the hands of America; of which the expense will be the transition of power from Assad to Al-Jarba, who will receive the orders of America instead; of which the first will be the task of fighting the Islamic project. This was the focus of Assad, Iran, Russia and Western countries as well as the rulers of the Muslims, and even Al-Jarba and his mentor who taught him "magic", the Communist Michel Kilo, who had said of the armed fundamentalist groups and the extent of their danger: "It is a fatal mistake to ignore them." On this central subject, Kerry recently said: "The conference will discuss the fight against terrorism as a priority in the agenda at hand." And it could be argued that the most important at this conference are two issues:
keep power in Syria under the hands of America, and to strike a fatal blow to the Islamic project which is represented by the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" system in Syria. This was announced by both impostors: the Foreign Minister of Syrian criminality, Al-Mu'alim, and the impudent Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, who confirmed this in more than one statement. The announcement of the approval of the National Coalition to attend Geneva II was accompanied by the news that the administration of President Barack Obama asked the Congress to study the allocation of nearly $50 million dollars for potential international peacekeepers in Syria in the annual budget framework.
This indicates that the approval of the coalition may be obtained by America before the announcement, and that the approval is going according to the road map of the American solution, and this solution is to send international forces to be effective on the ground, as mentioned by Ibrahimi before, to be along the lines of the international forces in Afghanistan, ISAF the multinational US-led, and which carries out multi-purpose dirty roles, which include: the protection of the rule of the new "Karzai" of Syria, and strike the Islamic project which is pursued everywhere under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
America is pursuing the awakening of Muslims throughout the world and is working to distort and strike it. We can see the tragedies of Muslims that are widespread throughout the world. It dragged with it countries around the world including the Muslim rulers and now it is Syria's turn. The issue is bigger than Syria; it is about bringing the Islamic project in Syria to an end, and to abort it before its birth. From here, they want to repeat the bitter experience of Afghanistan, and to indulge in the blood of Muslims with a new alternative ruler under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
We turn to the members of the National Coalition, who still have some good in them to work to expose the conspiracy of the coalition against the Muslims, and to work to destroy it from the inside with all their strength, may Allah forgive them for their sin and of affiliation to the National American Coalition.
We also turn to the militant groups and to the components and the dissident army officers, we urge you not to respond to the invitation to join the national army, which America intends to create from your ranks in order to use you along with the international forces, just as in Afghanistan to strike all that stands in the face of its project, or those who seek to establish a Khilafah "Caliphate". And work to unite your forces under project that supports the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" State as is required of you by the Shari'ah, and just as the Ansar of Allah and His Messenger did, the first who Allah was pleased with.
We also turn to the Muslims in Syria of Ash-Sham in general and to the people of influence in particular, you are facing a universal conspiracy and severe deception. America, the number one enemy of Islam, backed by the international community chose a handful of amateurs in politics to be your representatives in the National Coalition, and they are far from being fit to represent you. You are believers who want the rule of Islam while they are secularists and they put their hands in the hands of America to strike the Islamic project. Even the Islamists from among them are upon the Western methodology. You have sacrificed blood and they traded with it. You suffer hardship of the siege and starvation, cold and fear, humiliation and death in the most horrific styles; they are languishing in hotels, they eat and become merry, if they appear on television screens they show sorrow and weep for you and compete with America in attacking the Islamic project. They side with the American camp against the camp of Islam and Muslims. As for what is required of you to do in the face of America's plots and its allies against you, it is an essential matter.
You are the popular base that has the first say in everything that happens, and you alone, so far, have exposed and defeated everyone who have a hand in the conspiracy against you, from the evil America, to its agent the butcher Bashar, to Iran's intolerance, to Russia's spitefulness, to the international community conspirator, to the treacherous rulers of the Muslims and especially Turkey, which is not far from you only a stone's throw and the Gulf rulers who have warehouses stocked with weapons and ammunition, bought for hundreds of billions of dollars... And you have foiled all sly efforts and those continuously conspired against you, you can proclaim that you are against the Geneva II Conference, and you are against the American project and with the Islamic project, and that you are against the National Coalition and succumbing to the commands of America, and you are against the fighting that directs the weapons towards a Shari'ah prohibited target. And know that Allah (swt) has given you an opportunity to bring about change on the basis of the Islamic project and made the presence of the popular base emerge on the basis of Islam and the rule of Islam that the Prophet (saw) had worked to establish in Medina in which Musab (ra) told the Prophet (saw), "There is no house left in Medina that Islam is not mentioned in it." And so is the case now in Syria, where there is no house left that the Khilafah "Caliphate" and the rule of Islam is not mentioned in it.
O Muslims, believers in Syria of Ash-Sham: Hizb ut Tahrir in Syria, which is following the method of the Prophet (saw) to establish the Khilafah "Caliphate", calls upon the Muslims in Syria to take their stance in the process of Islamic change that is desired, and address the people of power to unite and direct their arms towards the state of disbelief and to establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" state, which extends the hand to them to establish the command of Allah (swt), He (swt) says:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ * وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لَا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْكُمْ خَاصَّةً وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ * وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ أَنْتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَخَافُونَ أَنْ يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ النَّاسُ فَآوَاكُمْ وَأَيَّدَكُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ * يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَخُونُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوا أَمَانَاتِكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ * وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ * يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تَتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ فُرْقَانًا وَيُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
"O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered * And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allah is severe in penalty * And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful *O you who have believed, do not betray Allah and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence] * And know that your properties and your children are but a trial and that Allah has with Him a great reward * O you who have believed, if you fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion and will remove from you your misdeeds and forgive you. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty." [Al-Anfal: 24-29]
O Allah, we ask you for your victory, support, cunningness and your power and rule and to bestow upon us a rightly guided Khilafah "Caliphate" to change the situation to the better. Ameen.
News
On the 13th January 2014, the tragic death of a young teenage bride Kader Erten, who was found dead, shot by a gun in her house after her second baby died, made the issue of marriage of girls at a young age in Turkey an issue of media and political discussion once again. Although the circumstances around the girl's death as well as her marriage are not yet clear, various secular politicians, NGO's, and other opinion-makers have used the story to turn attention on young marriage which Islam encourages but that they define as a problem. In addition, in the undertones of their discussions, they have associated it with forced marriage and attributed some blame to it for the incident. Unsurprisingly therefore, the solution to ‘forced marriage' of young girls presented by various politicians, sociologists, and organisations has been to introduce and enforce policies which ensure that Turkey's legal age for marriage of 17 years is adhered to by its citizens.
Comment
The truth is that the forcing of women into marriage, whether at an adult or minor age, is not separate from other problems which women in Turkey also have to face; rather it is a part of those. In 2013 alone, 153 thousand women were subjected to violence, 174 of them lost their lives, and more than 3 thousand children under the age of 18 were victims of sexual abuse across the country.
Despite such figures which should raise questions about the dominant capitalist and liberal values that dominate Turkish society which result in such problems, this condemnation of marriage at a young age is an insidious style of attack against the Islamic social rule which encourages young marriage, by attributing to it the origin of forced marriage. In fact, forced marriages which Islam condemns as well as all other kinds of atrocities against women have spread after the destruction of the Khilafah "Caliphate", together with depriving women of all kinds of Islamic political, economic, educational, and social rights. This is a result in part of the erosion of the Islamic mentality, values and behaviour of Muslims that ensures they treat women according to the Commands of their Creator, causing them instead to embrace non-Islamic traditions and practices.
Additionally, the implementation of the secular capitalist system in Turkey infused many through the education system and media with a secular capitalist selfish and self-centered lifestyle praising the fulfilment of the lustful desires. As a result, women and even children have been exploited, abused or mistreated by those who are stronger or wield more authority or power than them.
According to Islam, marriage is a contract. Therefore marriage, as any contract in Islam, is contracted by legitimate offer and acceptance. The woman has the right to accept the marriage or to reject it. Neither her guardian (Wali Amr) nor anybody else has a right to marry the girl or woman off against her consent OR prevent her from marrying. It has been reported from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said:
«لا تنكح الأيم حتى تستأمر، ولا تنكح البكر حتى تستأذن». قالوا يا رسول الله وكيف إذنها؟ قال: «أن تسكت»
"A matron should not be given in marriage except after consulting her; and a virgin should not be given in marriage except after her permission is sought". The people asked, "O Messenger of Allah, How can we know her permission"? He (saw) said: "To remain silent". Indeed, there are numerous hadith showing that the Prophet (saw) himself annulled the marriages of women that were made without their consent. If a girl or woman rejects the marriage or she was forcibly married the contract becomes void, except if she returns and consents to it. On the other hand, the prohibition of barring a woman or a girl who is above puberty from marrying is established in the Qur'an. Indeed, Allah (swt) has said:
((فَلاَ تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَن يَنكِحْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَاضَوْاْ بَيْنَهُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِ))
"Do not prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands, if they mutually agree on a reasonable basis." [Al-Baqarah: 232].
Therefore according to Islam, a sane and mature girl is free to marry if she wishes so, even though not considered an adult by the secular civil law which is fickle, contradictory and confused in its view of maturity. In addition, Islam has encouraged the youth to marry when young. Ibn Masud narrates that Rasulallah (saw) said:
«يا معشر الشباب، من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج فإنه أغض للبصر، وأحصن للفرج، ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فإنه له وجاء»
"O you youngsters. Whoever amongst you who can afford to marry should marry, because it will help him more to lower his gaze, and guard his modesty (i.e. private parts from unlawful sex). And whoever is not able to marry he should fast, because it will be protection for him."
Islam is a comprehensive way of life. In order to be effective, it is necessary to implement it with all its orders, prohibitions, and laws; its education, economic and social system. Furthermore, the Khilafah "Caliphate" is a vital issue! It is only Islam that will apply what Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) have ordered, and it is Islam that will ensure the best results for the people.
((فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلاً))
"If you disagree in anything, refer it to Allah and His Messenger (to the Hukm Shari), if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is beneficial (Khayr) and better in terms of result." [An-Nisa: 59]
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Um Khalid
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir