Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah of Afghanistan: Kabul Universities Screamed "We Want Khilafah"

Approximately seven centuries ago in the year 656 AH, Hulagu Khan destroyed Baghdad after a severe siege. People were massacred in large numbers, houses and mosques were demolished, books and libraries were burned, and crops and livestock were destroyed. The Tigris River, penetrating Baghdad, was witness to this destruction as its water was diluted with human blood and the ink from books. Today stripped from any humility before Allah, His Messenger or even the believers, tyrants indulge in Muslims' blood in Qusair.

The tyrant of ash-Sham strikes Qusair with lethal explosives and competing with him is Hizb ‘Iran' (Hezbollah) with its missiles and launchers, the latter of which is indirectly but directly lead by Iran through human interference and logistic support in the form of trucks and airplanes. The attack on the area of Qusair and its orchards has been on-going for days, even weeks now, expanding to its houses and mosques; and neither people nor trees and stones are spared from the tyrant and his henchmen's bombings. This time it is the ‘Asi River which runs through Qusair, whose water is witness to the effects of the bombing, killing and destruction.

All of this is to please America and its allies and the Jewish state and its henchmen who want to keep Bashar to protect the interest of the colonialist Kuffar and the Jews. This will go on so long as it will take them to groom a new agent to replace another agent. Meanwhile the tyrant, the Iranian regime and its party assure them: I am hastening, America, so you can be pleased with me!

These brutal attacks were given the green light by America, assuming that more killing in the land of ash-Sham will cause them to accept the American initiatives. Therefore America is producing for them another agent to replace his predecessor by holding conferences and negotiations under the title of "peaceful solutions". America rebuilds the secular system after face-changes, because it understands that the direction of the people of Ash-Sham is Islam. In doing so America has instructed its front and rear battle lines to use all means of killing and destruction including all sorts of massacres to force people into subordination to their commands and plots. And these are the monstrous attacks!

It is possible for the Muslim to comprehend the malice of the tyrant of ash-Sham against the Muslims and Islam, since he proudly declares his system is a secular regime in opposition to Allah, His Messenger and the believers. But Hizb ‘Iran' and its Hizb in Lebanon speak of Islam and Islamically.  So how can they participate with secularism rather compete with him in killing Muslims, bombing their mosques and killing their women and children? If they are believers, do they not recite the words of their Lord?

((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ))

"Oh you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do?" [TMQ 61:2] Or are they an example of those described by Allah as

((يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ))

"saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah is most Knowing of what they conceal" [TMQ 3:167]

We have become witness to the paradoxes that are staunchly rejected by the sane mind making the blood boil in one's veins in those with vision and insight, whereas the Jewish entity that violated Palestine and the Golan Heights bomb vital facilities in Syria. However the Syrian regime responds with bombing the elderly, women and children in Syria! Meanwhile Hizb ‘Iran' proclaims to

assist the Syrian regime of ridding the Golan Heights from the filth of the Jews when it actually assists the tyrant in destroying Qusair and seizing it from the purity of Islam and its people! Iran used to threaten the Zionist entity with retaliation instead it threatens Qusair and others in ash- Sham, while calm and peaceful with the Zionist entity which violated Palestine and the Golan Heights!

Qusair is being bombed from all directions with the enemies of Allah and His Prophet gathering against it: the Sham's tyrant who is proud of the secularists and the hypocrites who speak with their tongues of which is not in their hearts. They speak of Islam, while concealing their spite towards the people of Islam. Meanwhile all of them rush to destroy Qusair including its inhabitants, plants and even rocks!

All the while, regimes' armies do not mobilize to rescue Qusair nor are they affected by Allah's saying: ((وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ)) "If Allah should aid you, then no one can overcome you" [TMQ: 3:160] Rather they observe the bombing and destruction while counting the martyrs and injured, are not concerned by the screams of the orphans and bereaved mothers. In fact they seem to be waiting with unparalleled patience for Qusair and others in Sham to be obliterated. Heartbreakingly these armies are stationed in their barracks obeying the ruler in his treachery, open transgression and injustice. These armies obey regimes that praise America, spilling the precious Muslim blood to satisfy America and its allies. Is there no honorable man amongst these armies, that Allah will show him the truth and guide his heart? To topple these treacherous regimes and proceed as the commander of his unit or battalion to rescue his people and brethren? Is there no such man?

Nevertheless, there are lions in Qusair resisting the continuous bombings in which tyrants utilize all types of weapons that reach them via America's frontlines: Russia and Iran. They resist with weapons which do not amount to a tenth of what the enemy is using. But with hearts of great conviction and tongues speaking the truth, they declare: Either victory or martyrdom to repel the aggression against our religion, our honour, our houses and ourselves! Lions in the face of surrounding tyrants! Lions at a time when mice have roared the lion's roar! The lions of Qusair will be victorious Inshallah in their dunya (life) and the Hereafter! Whatever befalls the believer is good and the reward is for the God-fearing.

Indeed the curse of Qusair will reach the tyrants of ash-Sham and the Iranian regime and its Hizb in Lebanon. Indeed the sacred  blood that was spilled will haunt them in their beds in the darkest of the night and throughout the day until the command of Allah is sent down, and can no longer be withstood. Even if they destroyed Qusair, they will attain but humiliation in this dunya (life) and severe torture if they knew, ((فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْيَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ)) "So Allah made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the hereafter is greater, if they only knew." [TMQ 39:26] They will be destroyed like their adherents before them! Hulagu and his adherents were expelled after they thought they had defeated the Khilafah "Caliphate" in Baghdad and Hulagu had already deemed himself victorious until he himself was destroyed. But the Khilafah "Caliphate" returned and climaxed from anew in Cairo and Istanbul, ﴿وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنْكُمْ شُهَدَاءَ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ﴾ "and these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allah does not like the wrongdoers" [TMQ 3:140]

Hizb ut Tahrir reiterates the words of truth (Haqq) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said to Ka'ab bin ‘Ujra many centuries ago in a Hadith Sahih extracted by al-Hakim in al Mustadrak Ala Assaheain:

«أَعَاذَكَ اللَّهُ يَا كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ مِنْ إِمَارَةِ السُّفَهَاءِ» قَالَ: وَمَا إِمَارَةُ السُّفَهَاءِ؟ قَالَ:  «أُمَرَاءُ يَكُونُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِي لَا يَهْتَدُونَ بِهَدْيِي وَلَا يَسْتَنُّونَ بِسُنَّتِي، فَمَنْ صَدَّقَهُمْ بِكَذِبِهِمْ وَأَعَانَهُمْ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ، فَأُولَئِكَ لَيْسُوا مِنِّي وَلَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَا يَرِدُونَ عَلَيَّ حَوْضِي، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ بِكَذِبِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُعِنْهُمْ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ فَأُولَئِكَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ وَسَيَرِدُونَ عَلَيَّ حَوْضِي»

"O Ka'ab Bin ‘Ujrah, may Allah give us refuge from the ruling of Al-Sufaha." They said: "Oh Messenger of Allah: What is the ruling of 'Al-Sufaha'?" He said: "Rulers who will be after me. They do not follow my guidance, and they do not implement my Sunnah. The one who follows their lies, and helps them in their oppression, he is not from me, and I am not from him, and he will not be permitted into my Hawd (basin). And the one who did not believe their lies, and did not help them in their oppression, he is from me, and I am from him, and he will be permitted into my Hawd (basin)." This Hadith has been extracted by many Sahabah.

Whoever supports an unjust ruler and authenticates his lies, regardless of the Islamic legal school he follows, be he Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali, Zaydi, Ja'fari or Ibadi, the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) applies to him: فَأُولَئِكَ لَيْسُوا مِنِّي وَلَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَا يَرِدُونَ عَلَيَّ حَوْضِي "He is not from me, and I am not from him, and he will not be permitted into my Hawd (basin)," as a clarification of the graveness of this sin. Therefore Hizb ut Tahrir believes in the ayah of Allah ((هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ)) "Allah named you ‘Muslims'" [TMQ 22:78], speaks the truth, does not fear none other than Allah with the help of the Almighty. Hizb ut Tahrir addresses those who aided and still aid the tyrant of ash-Sham to restore their goodness and repent their wrongful deeds. We ask them to show remorse before the time comes when remorse will no longer be accepted, nor will their repentance be accepted. Will they then be deterred?

((إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَذِكْرَى لِمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ))

"Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind]" [TMQ 50:37]

Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Pakistan has issued a Publicized Policy Position (PPP) regarding the subject of nuclear weapons, their proliferation and global disarmament.

Weapons technology has reached the stage where there are weapons of such power that do not merely subdue the army of a nation, but are capable of destroying the nation itself.

Event:

Pakistan's elections on 11^th May 2013 were widely covered by local as well as foreign media. So far no official data has been released regarding the percentage of votes cast, but it is believed that around 55 to 60 percent people voted in this election. Political parties and media ran an almost month long campaign to encourage people to vote. They created fear in the people that if they do not vote then the previous corrupt rulers will once again come in to power. The Election Commission conducted several press conferences and assured the nation that this time no one can steal their mandate because they have employed such a tremendous and transparent system, that there is no possibility of rigging any more. However, after the announcement of results, every party whether it has won seats in National assembly or provincial assembly, raised hue and cry regarding vote-rigging where they have lost seats, as reports emerged of more than 100% voter turn out in many areas! Practically there is not a single party in the country which is not accusing of severe vote rigging and demanding fresh elections for a number of seats. Almost every party is holding protest rallies, sit-ins and strikes. Serious complaints of rigging have been reported across the country, from Karachi to Lahore and onwards.

Comment:

The election drama in Pakistan has once again proved that real change is not possible through this corrupt democratic system. First of all, this system does not allow any genuine and independent political party based on Islam, like Hizb ut Tahrir, to take care of the issues of people. Even the people are not allowed to choose their representatives freely from amongst those political parties that are allowed to take part in election in this corrupt system. If the people are not free to vote in two largest cities of Pakistan, Karachi and Lahore, then one can imagine what would have been the situation on Election Day in small cities, town and villages.

If through free and fair elections real change was possible in this corrupt democratic system then in India, which is the 10^th largest economy of the world, with 1900 billion dollar GDP, 70 percent of the people would have not been living on less then 2 dollar per day income and almost the same percentage of people would have not been forced to go on rail tracks and road side to answer the call of nature, through lack of toilets in their homes. Immense concentration of wealth in the hands of a small elite confirms that democracy is not for majority, or even the minority, rather it is for a very thin slice of people who take turns in ruling and make laws to serve their self-interests.

And injustice through concentration of wealth is not faced in developing countries only, rather in developed democracies as well people have not been able to bring real change through free and fair elections. That is why we see people in America protesting against their system and holding placards declaring, "We are the 99 percent". This means that this democratic system, even after conducting dozens of free and fair elections in developed democracies, could not bring real change for the masses.

Real change is only possible by conducting political and intellectual struggle on the method of Prophethood against this Kufr democratic system in order to establish Khilafah "Caliphate". And the current electoral drama in Pakistan once again reaffirmed the need for the abolition of democracy and the return of the Khilafah "Caliphate".

Shahzad Shaikh

Deputy to the Official Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Pakistan