Political initiatives have clearly escalated these days to solve the Syrian crisis, the latest of which is the Initiative of Erdogan reported in the media on the 17th and 18th of December 2012 and there is evidence that the political circles are still considering the matter seriously. What has raised the degree of seriousness on this Initiative is the fact that Moscow, well-known in its strong support and defense of the Syrian regime, has considered this Initiative as "contrived" and did not reject it completely as was the case with any other previous initiative! The main theme of this Initiative is that "Bashar should step down from power in the first three months of the year 2013 and hand over power during this transitional period to the National Coalition..." What increased the degree of seriousness on this Initiative was the statement made by the Syrian Vice President Al Shara in an interview with the Lebanese News conducted on 15/12/2012 and published in the media on 17/12/2012. He said in his statement, "It is an obligation to defend Syria and not to wage a battle for the sake of a person or regime." Since America is the patron of Syrian regime and its symbols, Al Shara could not have given this statement without the green light from the U.S.A, a fact which clearly indicates this statement is in line with the Initiative of Erdogan as the latest plan to hand over the reigns to the Coalition, and perhaps Farooque Al Shara shall have a share in such a system!

All these indicators prove a greater degree of seriousness being given to the current initiatives, especially the Initiative of Erdogan. America and its allies prepared the atmosphere for these initiatives since the factory of U.S. Ambassador Ford produced this Coalition on 11/11/2012. Since that time, America and its allies are furnishing their moves in favor of preparing the atmospheres for the Coalition with aids ... and recognitions, as America had covertly recognized the Coalition since its establishment and overtly on 12/12/2012 on the eve of Marrakesh Conference so that the other countries numbering more than hundred may also follow suit on the day it was held, i.e. on 13/12/2012, as if they were waiting for permission from the U.S. to do so! All this was concocted in support of the Coalition enabling it to be the subsequent agent replacing the former agent Bashar! As the latter one is on the verge of finishing his role, so they will throw him in the abyss as they did with their other followers previously ((وَكَذَلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ)) "And thus We do make the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) Auliya' (supporters and helpers) of one another (in committing crimes etc.) because of that which they used to earn." So they are agents who betray Allah (swt), His messenger (saw) and the believers, greedily expecting the wealth and goods thrown at them by their masters or in anticipation of the promise which they make with them, as Satan makes promises to his followers and raises false desires in them ((يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا)) "He (Satan) makes promises to them and arouses in them false desires; and Satan's promises are nothing but deceptions."

America is behind these initiatives while Erdogan and his regime is the front line of the U.S. policy in Syria from the time when the National Council was established on 2/10/2011 until the National Coalition on 11/11/2012 until the Military Council in Antalya on 08/12/2012 until the other sisters of these councils and coalitions! But what haunts America and its allies is their perception that the Coalition or its different councils, which they have manufactured abroad, do not have the required public support at home.

Neither from the people who raise the flag of the Prophet (saw) nor from the sincere revolutionaries who are defending the people in the face of the regime, which is bound to fall. Therefore, it is not unlikely that America sets out to obtain a decision from the Security Council for international forces to protect the Coalition after the transfer of Bashar's authority to it. In the same way, neither it is unlikely that the introductions of such a resolution speaks of chemical weapons, generates the issue of addressing the security problems after Bashar, creates noise surrounding the installment of the Patriot and accuses some Islamic movements in Syria of terrorism, in spite of the fact that America is the mother of terrorism in the world!

O Muslims, O Honest Revolutionaries:

Your spilled blood and sacrifices must not be forsaken in vain. If it were to happen, it would result in prolonging the application of the secular republican democratic civil system whatever its name may be. In such a system, the right of legislation is in the hands of human beings, which is the cause of calamity and suffering in all of the Muslims lands... So do not make it possible for America, its Allies and the Coalition to realize their satanic ambitions in the land of Al Sham, the abode of Islam, especially at a time when the crescent of Islam is about to appear, and inshaAllah there is no fear of its disappearance. Lo, your huge armies are marching ahead while the gang of Bashar and his supporters are retreating. The victory comes with the patience... Since you are carrying your lives on your palms, you are worthy as not to waste it except for the purpose which attains the glory for this worldly life and the Hereafter. So, how is it suitable for the land of Al Sham to be governed by other than Islam?! (((أَفَحُكْمَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ) "Do they then seek the judgment of (the Days of) Ignorance? And who is better in judgment than Allah for a people who have firm Faith." How is it possible for the people of Al Sham to seek safety, security, the guidance and reassurance in a system other than Islam? ((( فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَى * وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا) "Then whoever follows My Guidance shall neither go astray, nor fall into distress and misery* But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur'an nor acts on its orders, etc.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection."

O Muslims, O True Revolutionaries:

Verily, it is one of two camps: Either it is the camp of faith with no hypocrisy or the camp of hypocrisy with no faith. So, do not allow the camp of hypocrites, which is the camp of colonialists Kuffar and their agents, succeed in assigning the Coalition to establish a secular democratic republican system on your neck, for the reason that you will then return to the same system that you revolted against. In such circumstances, there would only be the alteration of faces painted with cosmetics and one agent would be replaced with another. And then you will go through the same injustice and misery you are being warned about. Your blood will make a complaint to their Creator against you and your sacrifices will sue you in front of the Entity at whom no one is wronged. Hence you will lose and repent but the repentance will be of no use. And you would be like her who undoes the thread which she has spun after it has become strong!

So, make every effort so that the camp of faith, the camp of those working for Khilafah "Caliphate", the camp of truth and sincerity, the camp of glory succeed. ((وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ)) "But the honour, power and glory belong to Allah, His Messenger (Muhammad), and to the believers, but the hypocrites know not," the camp of the best nation that has been raised for the mankind...

O Muslims, O True Revolutionaries:

Hizb ut Tahrir is from among you and with you. It is extending its hand seeking the support from all the sincere people of power to establish the second rightly guided Khilafah "Caliphate" after this oppressive rule (dictatorship), as the glad tidings of which have been given by the Messenger of Allah (saw) «...ثُمَّ تَكُونُ جَبْرِيَّةً، فَتَكُونُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ، ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُهَا إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَهَا، ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةٌ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ النُّبُوَّةِ» "Then, there will be a reign of tyrannical rule and it will remain for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, Allah would take it away whenever He wills to take it away. Then, there would be Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of the Prophethood." (narrated by Musnad Ahmad and Al Tayalsi). You are the people of power, so give your support to Islam and its people. Support those working for Khilafah "Caliphate" and be like the Ansar of Madinah, who supported Allah (swt) and His messenger (saw). So Allah became pleased with them and they with Allah. And the Throne of Allah shook at the death of their leader Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh (ra) and the angels proceeded in his funeral. All this was thanks to this great work done by Sa'd Ibn Mu'adh and his people, the support to Allah, His messenger and the believers to establish the rule of Islam.

O People of Al Sham, The leader does not tell a lie to his people. Hizb ul Tahrir gives the glad tidings to you as well as warns you. It gives the glad tidings by saying of Almighty Allah ((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ)) "O you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allah, He will help you, and make your foothold firm" and warns you with the saying of the Almighty and All-Powerful Allah ((وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ) "And incline not toward those who do wrong, lest the Fire should touch you, and you have no protectors other than Allah, nor you would then be helped." So make pledges to Allah on them and be from among the sincere ones. Allah is with you and will never decrease the reward of your good deeds.

The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in coordination with Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia have organized this momentous International Women's Conference today, attended by over 1500 influential women from all corners of the globe to address the desperate poverty and soul-destroying exploitation afflicting millions of women across the world and globally under the capitalist system and all other man-made models of governance.

Ustadh Abu Anas discusses the current developments in Syria and and if the prophecy of the Caliphate is soon to be realised in Syria.

• The signs that the Syrian revolution is approaching victory by the Will of Allah
• The global media blackout of the chants of the people of Syria and the brigades calling for the Caliphate
• The efforts of America and the colonial powers to prevent the establishment of the Caliphate
• The Syrian National Coalition and the transitional government, and their roles assigned to them
• After all the evident destruction, is it even possible to establish the Caliphate in Syria?
• Could the Caliphate counter the reactions of the East, West, and the Jewish state?
• The repercussions of the declaration of the Caliphate on the Muslim world and the regional neighboring countries
• How would the Caliphate face pressing domestic issues such as the issue of the minorities and ethnicity?

The Spokesperson of Hizb ut Tahrir in Pakistan Naveed Butt's book Democracy-Root of Problems, Khilafah "Caliphate"-The Solution has been published in the English language, translated from the original Urdu, for the first time