Event:

On 8^th July 2013, Aljazeera published the report of Abbottabad Commission on its website. The report was constituted to probe the incident of the American attack on Abbottabad on 2^nd May 2011. So far the Kayani-Sharif regime has not denied the content of this leaked report. Instead, it has started to investigate who has leaked and how it is has been leaked. This leaked report has sparked again the discussion regarding who was responsible for the 2^nd May incident.

Comment:

Hizb ut Tahrir was the first party which placed the responsibility of this terrible incident directly on General Kayani and his touts present in the political and military leadership. In a country where even after the incidents of Abbottabad and Salala, most of the analysts and intellectuals still afraid to name the responsible, Hizb forthrightly informed the people of Pakistan of the real culprits, with out any fear of oppression. Kayani and traitors in the political and military leadership are so feared that even the Commission did not place the responsibility directly on them, but used subtle language through which everyone can understand who are the real culprits.

There is no doubt that Hizb ut Tahrir is the one who has the right to represent the people and claim their leadership, because it alone did not fear Kayani and his thugs. Moreover, Hizb ut Tahrir started a country-wide campaign against his treachery and until today is exposing his crimes with courage. Hizb paid the price of its bravery willingly and still pays it without regret, for the reward of accounting the tyrant lies with Allah (swt). When Hizb exposed the treachery of Kayani, three of its members from Islamabad and two from Rahim Yar Khan were abducted by his thugs. They were tortured severely and kept in captivity, with physical and mental torture, for between four and nine months. And then in May 2012 the Official Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Pakistan, Naveed Butt, was abducted and remains missing until today. This is in addition to the scores of arrests and attempted arrests, persecution of the Shabaab, to the point of pressurizing their employees to fire them from their jobs. Yet, despite of this oppression, Kayani could not succeed in lightening or silencing the bold voice of Hizb ut Tahrir and its Shabaab.

The report of the Abbotabad Commission has proven the stance and conviction of Hizb ut Tahrir that the real problem which Pakistan faces to day is the American Raj. This American Raj has rendered the security of Pakistan and its people to a mockery.  Unfortunately even today the real culprit in this incident, General Kayani, is not only the oath-breaking head of Pakistan's armed forces, he is working to secure another extension or promotion as a five star general, for his shameful loyalty to his American masters.

The report of the Commission has also proven the stance of Hizb ut Tahrir that America is our enemy therefore we can not treat an enemy as a friendly nation. The need of the hour is that the sincere officers in the armed forces must provide Nussrah (support) to Hizb ut Tahrir for the establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate", so the traitors within the political and military leadership can be uprooted, American diplomatic missions and bases closed, diplomatic and intelligence officials kicked out of the country and the Raymond Davis network shall be demolished. Only by doing so will the security and sovereignty of Pakistan and its people be guaranteed.

Shahzad Shaikh

Deputy to the Official Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Pakistan

Question:

As-Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakaatuhu

Is it permissible for a woman to remove her Hijab in the presence of the paternal uncle of the father and the maternal uncle of the mother?

Barakallahu Feek, My Noble Brother

Answer:

Wa Alaikumu Assallam Wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuhu,

Allah (swt) says:

((حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُمْ وَعَمَّاتُكُمْ وَخَالَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ الْأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ الْأُخْتِ))

"Prohibited to you [for marriage] are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters..." [An-Nisaa 23]

So the daughters of his brother are forbidden to him (in marriage) and the daughters of the sons of his brother to the entire chain other than that so it includes the daughters of the daughters of his brother and the daughters of the daughters of the sons of his brother and the daughters of the daughters of the daughters of the sons of his brother and so forth. Therefore the paternal uncle of the father of the woman is from the woman's Mahaarim (Those prohibited in marriage) because she is the daughter of the son of his brother.

In the same way the man is forbidden from the daughters of his sister and the daughters of the sons of his sister and the entire chain other than that i.e. the daughters of the daughters of the sister of the man and the daughters of the daughters of the sons of his sister and so on. Therefore the maternal uncle of the mother of the woman is from amongst the Mahaarim of the woman because she is the daughter of the daughter of his sister.

Your brother,

Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah

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Headlines:

• US Suggests Egyptian Military may have Averted Civil War
• Syria: 'Britain Must Be Prepared for War'
• Pakistan, US Agree to Begin Talks on Civil Nuclear Technology
• Drone Attacks in Yemen Hit Mostly Civilians
• China Enforces Ramadan Prayer and Fasting Restrictions on Muslims

Details:

US Suggests Egyptian Military may have Averted Civil War:

Egypt may have avoided a civil war this month, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, saying this was one factor to weigh as Washington decides whether to cut off most US aid to the Arab nation. The armed forces deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on July 3 after huge street protests against his rule, clearing the way for this week's instalment of a new interim cabinet charged with restoring civilian government and reviving the economy. Thousands of Mursi's supporters demonstrated outside the Prime Minister's office and marched through Cairo on Wednesday to denounce the new military-backed administration and show that they had no intention of bowing to army dictates. Under US law, if the United States were to decide that Mursi was ousted in a military coup, or a coup in which the military played a decisive role, it would have to cut off most of the roughly $1.5 billion in annual US aid to Egypt. Kerry repeated the US position that it has not yet made any decision, saying it would take its time, consult its lawyers and get all the facts. "This is obviously an extremely complex and difficult situation," Kerry told reporters in Amman, adding that he would not "rush to judgment". "I will say this: That what complicates it, obviously, is that you had an extraordinary situation in Egypt of life and death, of the potential of civil war and enormous violence, and you now have a constitutional process proceeding forward very rapidly," he added. "So we have to measure all of those facts against the law, and that's exactly what we will do." [Source: Reuters]

Syria: 'Britain Must Be Prepared for War':

Britain must be prepared to go to war if it wants to end the conflict in Syria and keep chemical weapons out of the hands of al Qaeda, the outgoing head of the armed forces has warned. General Sir David Richards, who steps down today as Chief of the Defence Staff, said that if the West wanted to see an end to President Bashar al Assad's regime it would have to step in as it did to end the Gaddafi regime in Libya. He also warned that if the regime suddenly collapsed then Britain "would have to act" to prevent chemical weapons falling into the hands of terror groups. The 61-year-old general said there was "a lack of international consensus" over how to act over Syria but a shared reluctance to see Western boots on the ground. "If you wanted to have the material impact on the Syrian regime's calculations that some people seek, a no-fly zone per se is insufficient. "You have to be able, as we did successfully in Libya, to hit ground targets. "You have to establish a ground control zone. You have to take out their air defences. You also have to make sure they can't manoeuvre - which means you have to take out their tanks, and their armoured personnel carriers and all the other things that are actually doing the damage. "If you want to have the material effect that people seek you have to be able to hit ground targets and so you would be going to war if that is what you want to do." [Source: Sky News]

Pakistan, US Agree to Begin Talks on Civil Nuclear Technology:

Pakistan and the US Tuesday agreed to begin negotiations on civil nuclear technology, media reports said. Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, addressing a joint press conference along with Elizabeth L. Littlefield, President of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), here said that both countries agreed in principle to continue dialogue on civil nuclear technology cooperation, said the Associated Press of Pakistan. However, Dar said that no timeline could be given for any future agreement on the issue, it said. Both sides also agreed to enhance cooperation in the energy sector with special focus on development of bio-gas and wind energy to help Pakistan overcome the power crisis. Both sides also discussed investments and cooperation in other sectors. In 2010, the US rebuffed then Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani when he said his country "qualifies" for a civilian nuclear deal with the US, like that with India. The Obama administration then said that such a deal was not part of its talks with Islamabad. [Source: Business Standard]

Drone Attacks in Yemen Hit Mostly Civilians:

US drones' strikes in Yemen nearly tripled last year compared to the year before, from 18 to 53, according to the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank. According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, there have been up to 154 strikes by US drones in Yemen since 2002 that have killed almost 800 people. But it is mostly civilians who are often injured or killed in these attacks. [Source: Aljazeera]

China Enforces Ramadan Prayer and Fasting Restrictions on Muslims:

Rights groups are calling on the central government to lift restrictions that they say have been preventing Uygurs in the region of Xinjiang from observing Ramadan since the Muslim holy month began. They say Beijing's security crackdowns after recent outbreaks of violence in the restive region have discouraged Muslims from praying at mosques and interfered with their requisite daytime fasting. World Uygur Congress spokesman Dilxadi Rexiti said this week that government officials had entered Uygur homes to provide them with fruit and drinks during daylight hours, when Muslims were supposed to abstain from food, drink and sexual activity. Meanwhile, authorities have banned organised study of religious texts and placed religious venues under close watch, including an "around-the-clock" monitoring of mosques in the northern city of Karamay, the Karamay Daily reported. Dr Katrina Lantos Swett, of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), said such moves would not alleviate ethnic unrest. "Launched in the name of stability and security, Beijing's campaigns of repression against Uygur Muslims include the targeting of peaceful private gatherings for religious study and devotion," Lantos Swett said. "These abuses predictably have led to neither stability nor security, but rather instability and insecurity." [Source: Muslim Village]

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