Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Pakistan has issued a Publicized Policy Position (PPP) regarding looking after the affairs of the people. It outlines how democracy is far from a system for the people, as it is claimed. Democracy does not even look after the majority of the people. Democracy is in fact designed to secure the interests of the few elite.

On Saturday, 17 Jumada II 1434 AH / April 27, 2013 Hizb ut Tahrir  Palestine organized a large protest in support of its members and supporters in Tulkarem to protest the arrest of 20 members last Thursday who were at a rally in support of Masjid al Aqsa.  They rejected the arrogance of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in dealing with the activities of the Hizb in the province and its attempt to impose its political guardianship.  After the protest, the PA's security forces arrested numerous Hizb members.  Security forces arrested those who took pictures of the events; in addition; vandalized a restaurant that Hizb members fled to in the center of the city.

Hundreds gathered in protest, the spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir stated, " Hizb ut Tahrir in Palestine has invited people to expose what isn't  depicted  in the Syrian Revolution that the media and the tyrant rulers try to conceal and most importantly try to hide that the fact that Muslims in the land of al-Sham support and work towards the Khilafah "Caliphate".  These seminars held in the cities of the West Bank especially in the districts of Tulkarem and Jenin.  The Palestinian Authority closed the halls and threatened hall owners coercing them to accept the PA's agreement. It also revealed their hatred towards Islam and the call for the Khilafah "Caliphate". Their reply was aggressive, un-restrained, and arrests were made to impose its leadership by force and oppression as what occurred on Thursday, April 25, 2013.  Their aggression included use of batons and tear gas arresting nearly 20 men and many of them were minors similar to what the Jewish occupational forces do.

The spokesman denounced the security forces and when these security forces raided homes and arrested our children; when the Jewish settlers confiscate our lands and uproot trees the security forces suppress the Palestinian people and force them to accept the peace treaty and waiver the Palestinian land to the Jews.

He stressed, "the practice of this government's leadership will cause them disgrace and humiliation in this world and the Hereafter."  Its greatest crime is the waiver of Palestine to the Jews, which will not go without any penalty."

Lastly, "we express that the Hizb's actions will continue and increase as long as the halls are closed before the intellectual work.  We also do not accept our activities to be subjected for authorization from the PA.  Our alternatives will be the courtyards streets, and public spaces.  Arrests will not deter us from our work despite the oppressors of injustice and violations of our rights."

The Hizb condemns the Palestinian Authority's behavior in which they had no respect for the young and elderly. It warns the Palestinian Authority that their actions will backfire upon them and the Hizb will take its full rights.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Palestine

Huge crowds gathered for Hizb ut Tahrir in Tulkarem to protest the Palestinian Authority

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

O Dear Sisters,

السلام عليكن ورحمة الله وبركاته

Assalamu Alaikunna Warahmatu Allah Wabarakatu

الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه ومن والاه وبعد،

Praise be to Allah, prayer and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah (saw) and his family and companions and his allies,

I begin my speech with that which is Khair (good):

((رَبَّنَا وَآتِنَا مَا وَعَدْتَنَا عَلَى رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ * فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّي لَا أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ))

"Our Lord! Grant us what You did promise unto us through Your Messengers, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: for You never renege on Your promise * and their Lord has accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I allow the waste of the work of any of you, be He male or female: you are members, one of another..." [Surah Aali-Imran 3:194-95]

The subject of your conference causes restlessness and touches the hearts, for the free women of Sham seek protection but the Muslim armies do not protect, whether those who are nearby or those that are further away ... these women seek help, but the rulers scattered in the Muslim countries do not help, these rulers are corpses in the clothing of the living ... and when the free women of Sham despaired from receiving any protection or help, the grief and tragedy intensified within her, so she sought refuge in the neighboring Muslim country but found the false border halting her. Thus it is a tragedy over the tragedy of the hardship and suffering she faced, that the rulers considered her a burden on national security! Instead of finding safe shelter, she only found more hardship, such that it compelled some refugees, to the neighboring place, to feel that they had only moved from one hardship to another, so they returned from where they came, back under the shade of death again!

O Dear Sisters. This is how the Muslim countries have become, rife with borders and blockades. Hardship afflicts anyone who wishes to pass through the Sykes-Picot borders. If he wishes to pass between a village or a city to another in neighboring country, even though the soils of both countries are one and the same soil: such as between Deraa and Ramtha, or between Al-Qaseer and Arsal, or Abu Kamal and Al-Qaem, or Aleppo, indeed beyond Aleppo, to Adana, or beyond Adana, he is afflicted by suffering and hardship travelling between these nearby places! Even though, the Muslim used to move from the far west, from Andalusia, to the Far East, to Indonesia, with dignity in the lands of Islam, in peace and security.

Thus, this is how the Muslim woman has found herself; she appeals for protection and receives no protection, she cries for help and receives none. And when she seeks refuge in a neighboring country, they consider her a burden, even though she was dear and dignified under the shade of the Islamic state, the Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashida that implements the Ahkam of Islam ... the Muslim woman was the measure of care and protection in the Islamic State, the Khaleefah carried food on his own back for her, if she were hungry. The Khaleefah sends an army to protect her, if she were to ask for help, thus he answers her appeal "Wa-Muatasema" "Where are you? O Muatasem"... one of her cries compelled Muhammad bin Qasim, the commander of the Muslim army, to shake the throne of the King of the Sind, because he seized a Muslim ship and took the woman as hostages ... her insecurity drove Qutaiyba, the leader of the Muslims, to capture the one who distressed her. He refused the treasures of gold and silver offered by the captured one to ransom himself. And Qutaiyba refused saying "No, by Allah I will not release you, so that you may never again terrorize any other Muslim woman" and then ordered his killing.

O Dear Sisters: What is happening in the land of Sham is a war on Muslims and Islam, led by America and its allies, implemented by its means and agents... The Takbeers of the revolutionaries trembled them in their beds, the strong stance of the Muslims stunned them and the calls for the Khilafah "Caliphate" from the mouths of the sincere shook them, rather shook them to pieces, which made those who are terrified of the Khilafah "Caliphate" lose their minds ... On the one hand they see their puppet Bashar toppled or almost toppled, whilst on the other hand, they fear that he will topple before they mature an alternative agent to him, so that Sham will return as Dar al-Islam again. Therefore they supply the tyrant Bashar with all types of weapons of mass destruction, so that he is able to resist until they appoint the coalition and its government.

The Khilafah "Caliphate" is the foremost concern of America and its allies, indeed the entire West including even the pettiest of its agents and followers, whether in the neighboring region or beyond. So, they are doing their best to stop the great Khilafah "Caliphate" from returning, because they realize that if the Khilafah "Caliphate" were to return, it will become the foremost in the world, spreading the Khair (good) throughout the world, burying the tyrants and sending them on to their black fate and then the Islamic Ummah will return as it should be...

((كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ))

"You are the best Ummah ever raised up for mankind; You Enjoin Al-Maroof (Right) and forbid Al-Munkar (Evil), and You believe In Allah." [Surah Aali Imran 3:110]

Moreover, the Khilafah "Caliphate" will illuminate the world again, then the limbs of the Kuffar colonialists and their agents will be torn, fear will strike the hearts of those who hate Islam and their adherents. Islam and Muslims will be dignified whilst Kufr and its people will be humiliated. All this will happen, Allah willing, in spite of the enemies of Islam.

O Dear Sisters: It is true that the tragedy of the free women of Al-Sham is great and their affliction is awful ... It is true that their crisis greatly intensified, but it is also true that the intensification of the crisis is a sign of ease, for the brightest dawn comes after the darkest pitch of the night,

((فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا))

"So, Indeed with every difficulty, there is relief." [Surah Ash-Sahrah 94:5]

And you have the brothers of Hizb ut Tahrir, and those who support, advocate and assist it, for they have resolved that they will not tire or rest until they bring the dawn of the Khilafah "Caliphate" again, by the will of Allah,

((وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ))

"That day believers will rejoice * upon the victory of Allah who makes victorious whom He wishes and He is the Mighty, the Merciful." [Surah Ar-Rum 30: 4-5]

To conclude, I extend to you my salaam, O dear sisters, and I commence your blessed conference, the good conference, the poignant conference, Insha'Allah, so in the name of Allah and with His  blessings...

والسلام عليكنَّ ورحمة الله وبركاته

Wassalam Alaikunna Warahmatu Allah Wabarakatu

Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah

Amir of Hizb ut Tahrir

Anzac Day is commemorated with increasing fervour each year in Australia. The Australian Government goes out of its way to keep the ‘Anzac spirit' alive. It seeks to impress the Anzac tradition as symbolic of the ‘national character' of Australia and to impose the Anzac history and concept on everyone, including Muslims living in Australia, as a universal Australian value.

In this regard, Hizb ut Tahrir / Australia emphasises the following points:

1.     The true legacy of the Anzac tradition in our times is Australian involvement in the unjust invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Just as Australian troops were used for British imperial designs in WWI, so too were they used in Iraq and Afghanistan for American political and economic interests. The false pretext in both cases was the spurious claim of "fighting for our freedom", as if one's freedom is predicated on the oppression of others.

2.     The truth is that Australia, as a former British colony in the past, and a modern independent sovereign state today, supports an international framework of deceit, exploitation and destruction led by the US and European powers. It is this ugly reality that is covered by superficial jingoistic celebrations based on crafted mythologies like the ‘Anzac legend'.

3.     From the Muslim perspective, the Gallipoli campaign represents an aggression by Allied troops against the legitimate Islamic authority of the time, the Ottoman Caliphate. There is nothing for Muslims to celebrate about Australian's contribution to colonial aggression against the Muslim world.

4.    In the post- 9/11 and 7/7 context, the Government has impressed upon Islamic schools in Australia to introduce Anzac Day commemorational activities. This is an imposition of foreign values and a foreign history on Muslims that is unacceptable. Will our children, in the near future, be made to observe one-minute silence and by lectured about the ‘feats' of Australian troops in Iraq and Afghanistan too?

5.     We urge the people of Australia to rise above the lowliness of nationalistic sentiment to the higher plane of intellectual inquiry and to think deeply about the reality of Australian participation in war abroad, past and present. There are worthier ends than to live off the oppression of peoples abroad and worthier means than sacrificing the sons of this country at the altar of the economic and political interests of foreign powers like the United States and United Kingdom.

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