From the book, Introduction to the Tafseer of the Quran by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, the eminent jurist and statesman, Sheikh Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ بِالرُّسُلِ وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لاَ تَهْوَى أَنفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقاً كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقاً تَقْتُلُونَ (87) وَقَالُواْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ اللَّه بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلاً مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ (88) وَلَمَّا جَاءهُمْ كِتَابٌ مِّنْ عِندِ اللّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ وَكَانُواْ مِن قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَلَمَّا جَاءهُم مَّا عَرَفُواْ كَفَرُواْ بِهِ فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّه عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ (89) بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْاْ بِهِ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُواْ بِمَا أنزَلَ اللّهُ بَغْياً أَن يُنَزِّلَ اللّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ عَلَى مَن يَشَاء مِنْ عِبَادِهِ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَى غَضَبٍ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ (90) وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُواْ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ قَالُواْ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرونَ بِمَا وَرَاءهُ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقاً لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنبِيَاء اللّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ (91
"We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of Messengers after him. We gave ‘Isa, son of Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him with the Purest Ruh. Why then, whenever a Messenger came to you with something your lower selves did not desire, did you grow arrogant, and deny some of them and murder others? (87) They say, ‘Our hearts are uncircumcised.' Rather, Allah has cursed them for their kufr. What little iman they have! (88) When a Book does come to them from Allah, confirming what is with them - even though before that they were praying for victory over the kafirun - yet when what they recognise does come to them, they reject it. Allah's curse is on the kafirun. (89) What an evil thing they have sold themselves for in rejecting what Allah has sent down, outraged that Allah should send down His favour on whichever of His slaves He wills. They have brought down anger upon anger on themselves. The kafirun will have a humiliating punishment. (90) When they are told, ‘Have iman in what Allah has sent down,' they say, ‘Our iman is in what was sent down to us,' and they reject anything beyond that, even though it is the truth, confirming what they have. Say, ‘Why then, if you are muminun, did you previously kill the Prophets of Allah?'(91)"
These verses explain the following:
1. Allah (swt) reminds Bani Israel of the favours that he blessed them with, and their rejection of them. Allah sent the Torah to Musa (as), then the Messengers followed his shari'ah after him (as), as one Prophet died another succeeded him until the time of Isa (as). The meaning of (وَقَفَّيْنَا) is to succeed or to make follow, one after the other, just as a man (يقفو) stands behind a man if he travels in his footsteps behind him. It is originally from (القفى) i.e. the back. Here it is to indicate the following by the Prophets of Musa until the time of Isa (as).
2. Allah (swt) reminds them of the sending of Isa (as) to them, supported by clear indications of miracles, establishing that he is a Messenger from Allah, including raising the dead, healing the blind and the leper, and informing them of what they have stored away. (أَنِّي أَخْلُقُ لَكُم مِّنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ فَأَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ وَأُبْرِئُ الأكْمَهَ والأَبْرَصَ وَأُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ)
"I have brought you a Sign from your Lord. I will create the shape of a bird out of clay for you and then breathe into it and it will be a bird by Allah's permission. I will heal the blind and lepers, and bring the dead to life, by Allah's permission. I will tell you what you eat and what you store up in your homes. There is a Sign for you in that if you are Believers." [Aali-Imran 3:49]
And Allah (swt) supported Isa (as) with the (رُوحِ الْقُدُسِ), who is Jibreel (as), (أَيَّدْنَاهُ) means We helped him and We strengthened him, as in the saying أيدك الله meaning He strengthened you.
(بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ) is a لفظ مشترك homonym, but here it comes to mean Jibreel (as), or the book revealed to Isa (the Injeel) or the word that Isa would say to raise the dead.
(الْقُدُسِ) is purity and(بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ) here is Jibreel (as). This is proven by the other verse:إِذْ قَالَ اللّهُ يَا عِيسى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى وَالِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلاً وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرَاةَ وَالإِنجِيلَ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِي فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِي وَتُبْرِئُ الأَكْمَهَ وَالأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِي وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ الْمَوتَى بِإِذْنِي "Remember when Allah will say, ‘‘Isa, son of Maryam, remember My blessing to you and to your mother when I reinforced you with the Purest Ruh so that you could speak to people in the cradle and when you were fully grown; and when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the Injil; and when you created a bird-shape out of clay by My permission, and then breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission; and healed the blind and the leper by My permission; and when you brought forth the dead by My permission" [al-Maidah:110]
So, the noble verse mentioned the (رُوحِ الْقُدُسِ) and mentioned the Injeel, therefore the (رُوحِ الْقُدُسِ) is other than the Injeel. Similarly, the (رُوحِ الْقُدُسِ) was mentioned in the verse before the creation from clay and raising the dead, so it is not the word that Isa would raise the dead with, so it follows that the (رُوحِ الْقُدُسِ) is Jibreel (as).
3. Then Allah (swt) expounds their wickedness and hardness in their hearts, such that every time a Prophet was sent to them with other than what they desired, such that he did not realise for them their worldly interests, they would arrogantly not follow him, and they would kill some of those Prophets and accuse others of them of lying. They would mockingly say that their hearts were created closed (غُلْفٌ), so they do not open up for those Prophets. All of that: The accusations of lying, the killing and the closed hearts was as a result of their arrogance.
Allah explains at the end of the verse that they are liars in their claim that their hearts were created such, but that they deserve the curse of Allah and expulsion from His mercy, because they disbelieved in Allah by their own choice and they disbelieved in His Messengers knowingly. They do not believe except in a little; that which agrees with their desires. i.e. they believe in some and reject some, as Allah described them. They denied some of what was in their book of the description of Rasool Allah (saw) and other than that of what they themselves do not desire.
(فَقَلِيلاً مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ) - the Faa' (الفاء) is for causality to explain the cause of their curse and their disbelief. They did not believe except in a little of what was sent down to them. (ما) the Maa is extra to emphasize the meaning of littleness. Allah said that a little iman is kufr, so that means that whoever does not believe in all of what was sent down until his time is a disbeliever, because Allah (swt) says: (بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ اللَّه بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلاً مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ) i.e. That they are considered to be disbelievers for their iman in a little and not all of what was sent down to them. Puttingبَل before the words, refutes what was before it. Therefore, (قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ اللَّه بِكُفْرِهِمْ) means an accusation of lying from Allah (swt) for those of the Jews who say (قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ)
4. As an example of their corruption and filth, Allah (swt) informs of how they were before the sending of the Messenger (saw) praying for victory (يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ) over the idolaters, if they fought them with the Prophet whom they found described in their books, promising what they would do to them when he is sent, as they would be among his followers. Except that the rejected him (saw) when he was sent with al-Qur'an al-Kareem that confirms what was in their book of his description and qualities. They knew certainly that he is the promised Prophet whom they used to praying for him to bring them victory. (يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءهُمْ) (146)They recognize it as they recognize their own sons. [al-Baqarah:146] With that they deserved the curse of Allah for their disbelief(فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّه عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ)
5. Because they rejected the Messenger, whom they knew of his truthfulness, they were oppressive and jealous بَغْياً that he was from other than them, as they had wanted him to be from them from the lineage of Ishaq. So, when they found him from Ismail's line (as), they rejected what was in the Torah about him, so they knowingly disbelieved, which is the extreme of evil and stubbornness. With that they presented themselves for a severe punishment from Allah that will not leave them ever(عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ) i.e. a punishment that brings humiliation and despair to the victim, never leaving him, so he eternally remains in it. This is specific for the people of kufr.
Based on that, the Jews brought Allah's punishment on themselves and they spent themselves in exchange for rejecting what was sent by Allah to His Messenger (saw) - the Quran - because He was not sent from them. So, they sold themselves in exchange for disbelief and the lowly punishment. What an evil sale that one would sacrifice himself and fritter it away for a price that includes a punishment in the fire of Jahannam for ever and all eternity. The profitable sale is the one spends himself in exchange for Allah's pleasure and gardens in which blessings are bestowed. As for their sale, it is a lowly loser's sale (بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْاْ بِهِ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُواْ بِمَا أنزَلَ اللّهُ)
(اشْتَرَوْاْ بِهِ أَنفُسَهُمْ) i.e. they sold them selves. شرى and اشترى come with the meaning of selling and buying, with the qareenah determining the meaning. If these verbs are used for the self (nafs) like when it is said: شرى نفسه or اشترى نفسه i.e. he sold it, because he is the owner of himself (his nafs). It is not correct to say he bought (اشترى) it. As for if these verbs were used for other than the self's owner, such as when it is said: اشترى زيد من عمرو نفسه i.e. Amr himself, so it means buying from him. This is like His Saying (swt): (وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْرِي نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغَاء مَرْضَاتِ اللّهِ) "And among the people there are some who give up everything, desiring the good pleasure of Allah." [al-Baqarah: 207] i.e. he sells himself in Allah's way, and His Saying (swt) (إِنَّ اللّهَ اشْتَرَى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الجَنَّةَ) "Allah has bought from the muminun their selves and their wealth in return for the Garden." [at-Tawbah 9: 111] i.e. buying from them in exchange for a grand price, which is entering Jannah.
(فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَى غَضَبٍ) i.e. they returned and dispersed, as a result of these actions, with wrath upon wrath, meaning severe anger: anger at their disbelief in the signs of Allah in the time of Musa (as) and their disbelief in Isa (as) an likewise their disbelief in Rasool Allah Muhammad (saw) knowing of His is truthfulness. Therefore, the severe anger accompanies them in their coming and going.
6. Then Allah (swt) explains their lie and their contradiction in what they say. When they were asked ‘why do you not believe in what Allah revealed - al-Quran al-Kareem - they said ‘we will not believe except in what was sent down to us from the Torah and we will not believe in a book after it' while knowing that this Qur'an confirms what is mentioned in their book about the description of The Messenger (saw). They know that, except that they are stubborn and reject. Allah established the proof against them and exposes their lie in what they say (نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا) , as they did not believe in what was sent down to them when they killed the Prophets of Allah, while to kill them was forbidden in the Torah that was sent down to them, that they claim they believe in (قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنبِيَاء اللّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ)
In this Allah (swt) explains that the Jews who were in the time of Rasool Allah (saw) were following in the same footsteps as their predecessors. They were not believers in what was sent down to them, as they claimed they were, nor in the books that were sent down from Allah (the Injeel and al-Quran al-Karim).
Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Pakistan held demonstrations throughout various cities of the country against the reception of the U.S. officials; traitors in the Pakistani leadership welcomed them in order to receive more orders. Protesters carried banners reading "Welcoming U.S. Officials is a Sign of Treason" and "Oh Pakistan Army! Destroy the American Hegemony -Establish the Caliphate State". Protesters have refused any kind of contact with U.S. officials, be it through visits, electronic correspondence or telephone calls.
Monday, 20 Ramadan 1434 AH, corresponding to 29 July 2013
I had just over five minutes to address a diverse audience about the overnight killing of protesters in Rabaa Al-Adawiya in Cairo.
The news from Egypt had made this a sad day. Some reports said over 120 people had been killed in Rabaa Al-Adawiya, many of them Morsi supporters. A few hours before, just after fajr, early news was trickling through of some deaths in Cairo but it did not appear like a massive incident. Then I woke a few hours later and the images from Rabaa Al-Adawiya were of rows of bodies drenched in blood. Truly horrific. A Somali brother I met in my local Mosque at Zuhr time said that when Muslims feel unwell, he feels unwell. This was indeed a day to feel unwell.
From Allah we come and to Allah we return. May Allah (swt) grant Jannah to those killed. May He (swt) grant sabr to their families in these difficult times.
So what would I say to my audience in those few minutes bearing in mind that some might actually be supportive of the coup in Egypt and be opponents of Dr Morsi. I read the press release from Sharif Zayed, Hizb ut Tahrir's media head in Egypt to get a feel of how the issue was being addressed locally. I decided to make the following points.
1) Get them to empathise with the dead and make duaa for them. We are Muslims and the least one could do is acknowledge that this was an unjust killing of fellow Muslims.
2) Explain to them that this killing took place because there is a dangerous plan unfolding in Egypt. General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi called people to come out on Friday to support him. He is the military chief, trained in the US and with close links to America. Egypt has the Suez Canal crucial to global shipping and trade, maintains security of the Israeli entity and is the most populated Muslim country in region so is key to regional and global events hence the US has sought to maintain control over it. U.S. interference has been through some military top brass, the latest of which is Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
Demonstrations against the coup have gone on for over three weeks and Sisi has now decided to end it and establish the political program that he announced. They need a pretext to clear the streets and clashes provide that. So he called people to the streets. This was designed to create a clash, which will then be followed by an excuse to intervene and clear opposition off the streets even if that means shedding the blood of the people of Egypt.
3) Killing Muslims is a red line and Islam must be our reference.
Abdullah bin Umar said, "I saw the Prophet (saw) doing tawwaf around the Ka'aba saying,
قال : رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يطوف بالكعبة ، ويقول :
" ما أطيبك وأطيب ريحك ، ما أعظمك وأعظم حرمتك ، والذي نفس محمد بيده ، لحرمة المؤمن أعظم عند الله حرمة"
"How sweet are you and how sweet is your scent. How great are you and how great is your sanctity. By the One who the soul of Mohammad is in His Hand the sanctity of a believer is greater with Allah than your sanctity." (Ibn Maja)
The Ka'aba is considered the greatest Islamic symbol on the earth with Muslims all over the world turning their faces toward it five times daily as we pray. Yet, the sanctity of the blood of a single believer is worth more to Allah (swt) than the sanctity of the Ka'abah.
Since the blood of a single believer is worth more to Allah (swt) than the Ka'aba, and in fact more than the whole Earth and what is in it, then it is crucial that Muslims place the same priority upon the blood of their brothers and sister, and treat the violation of that sanctity as worse than an aggression against the Ka'aba. So in the case of Egypt, shedding blood must be a red line. Whatever side we are on politically, bloodshed is something to oppose and not get involved in. This plan will only serve interests of US, other colonial governments and the Israeli entity.
We must appeal to the Islamic sentiments and understanding of the people and recognise that there are many in the army and anti-Morsi camp who also oppose the killing of the Muslims. Only Islam unites and stops us from killing each other. Only Islam can safeguard a peaceful and prosperous future for all in Egypt and we must work to convince others of that.
Taji Mustafa
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in Britain
This week, Stuart Hazell was convicted of the appalling crime of sexually assaulting and then killing his partner's 12 year old granddaughter Tia Sharp. Over the past few weeks, other stories regarding the sexual abuse of children, young girls and women have also dominated the media. The history of mass abuse in children's homes in North Wales, allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct by teachers in English Specialist music schools, and admission of guilt in the abuse of girls by the sports presenter Stuart Hall has followed the huge continuing scandal involving the famous TV personality Jimmy Saville who has now been accused of abusing hundreds of girls and women during his time at the BBC. On the other side of the Atlantic, news also broke of the shocking case in Cleveland, America where Ariel Castro kept three women in captivity for ten years, raping and even fathering a child with one of them.
Alongside this has been the highly publicised case this week of the British men from Pak origin Muslim men who were convicted of sadistically abusing children and girls as young as 11 and 12 in a paedophile grooming ring in Oxford and forcing them into prostitution. This follows other high profile stories over the last two years of similar sexual grooming rings of vulnerable teenage girls in Shropshire, Derby and Rochdale operated by Pakistani men. In response to these vile crimes, some sections of the UK media and particular politicians such as former Home Secretary Jack Straw, suggested that there was a racial or even religious cause to the abuse of white vulnerable girls... However, the Hazell, Saville, Hall and other cases cited above as well as the fact that in the UK almost a quarter of young adults have experienced sexual abuse in childhood (NSPCC, 2013) demonstrates that the sexual abuse of children, teenage girls, and young women is a widespread and rampant problem within secular liberal societies that affects all communities - black or white. The question that needs to be asked is why.
Why is Sexual Abuse so Rampant in Western societies?
(1) The secular, liberal way of life defines the purpose of life as pursuing the maximum enjoyments of the here and now and living life to the max. Happiness is therefore viewed as fulfilling sensual pleasures and actions are decided based upon the desires of individuals. Consequently, personal whims become the basis of deciding right, and wrong. Essentially this means that every individual in society is free to dress and pursue any relationship they wish and decide for themselves how to satisfy their sexual instinct in whatever way is pleasurable to them. Securing liberal freedoms such as personal and sexual freedom is therefore set as the priority of liberal societies up and above family and community wellbeing. All this nurtures a dangerous environment within society.
(2) This harmful view towards the satisfaction of the sexual instinct has ramifications on society. Open relationships, promiscuity, and the sexualisation of men and women in advertisement, films, TV, music, magazines, books, pornography, and the beauty industry has become the norm in the UK and other secular liberal states. Even children have been sexualised - their clothes, music they listen to, the TV shows they watch, and even the computer games and toys they play with have become increasingly sexually provocative.
(3) Within such a society where the sexual instinct is constantly urged and triggered, and the mindset of satisfying desires dominates over the mindset of doing what is right, it is inevitable that many men and women will seek to fulfil their sexual desires in any manner they see fit and through whatever means that is available to them if they feel that they can get away with it, even if that means abusing children, or vulnerable young girls and women.
(4) In addition, under the Capitalist system as implemented in the UK, US, and most secular liberal states, the pursuit of profit reigns supreme. Consequently businesses are permitted to encourage the sexualisation of society in order to increase sales, regardless of the detrimental impact on individuals and society. For example, although David Cameron has talked a lot about the harmful effects of the sexualisation of children, the UK government has not banned the sexualisation of children's clothes or entertainment, choosing to secure profit over the welfare of children. And despite 1 in 5 women being victims of a sexual offence in the UK, there has been no ban on the exploitation, objectification, and sexualisation of women in advertisement and the media that devalues their status and hence exacerbates sexual crimes against them, for capitalism places financial gain over protecting the dignity of women. Indeed, it is the degrading of women and girls for profit that creates an environment that is ripe for the exploitation of children, girls and women in trafficking, prostitution and grooming rings.
It is all this that fuels sexual abuse.
Islam Holds the Solution to Sexual Abuse
(1) In stark contrast to the secular, liberal way of life, Islam defines the purpose of life as worshipping Allah (swt). Hence its view of happiness is to seek Allah (swt)'s Pleasure and not to satisfy carnal desires. Actions are not based upon pursuing individual whims but upon abiding by the Commands and Prohibitions of the Creator. Thus there is no sexual freedom in Islam that allows people to fulfil their desires however they please, rather Islam sets down firm guidelines on how to view the opposite sex and what type of relationships are permitted. Even with regards to the view of the woman, Islam does not allow men to view them as they wish but obliges that they be viewed and treated with dignity always. The Prophet (saw) said,
«خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِهِ وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِي...» أخرجه الترمذي
"The best of you are those who are best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family." (Tirmidhi)
In addition, taqwa (God-consciousness) nurtures a mindset of accountability to Allah (swt) that understands that every action has reward or punishment in the Akhirah (Hereafter), ensuring that the Muslim adheres to His (swt)'s Limits and Rules, and maintains an upright, moral behaviour regardless of who is watching. This aids the creation of a safe society.
(2) Islamic laws organise society based on what is best for the security and wellbeing of children, family life, and the community overall rather than securing individual freedoms and desires. In doing so it seeks to guarantee the basic rights of every child, woman, and man in that society to live within a safe environment where crime is minimised, their dignity protected always, and hence where they are free from fear of harassment or abuse. Therefore the sexual instinct is not allowed to run havoc and is channelled in a way that ensures it does not become the number one issue on people's minds across society. So free-relationships are rejected, fornication and adultery prohibited, and no sexualisation of women, children, or any aspect of society is allowed that agitates the sexual instinct in public life, again protecting children, women, and the vulnerable from abuse.
(3) Islam has a detailed and comprehensive social system of laws that regulate the relationship between men and women and channel the triggering and fulfilment of the sexual desires to marriage alone. These laws include the Islamic dress code that minimises the allure of men and women, the lowering of the gaze to avoid attraction, and the prohibition of the beautification of the woman in public life or socialising of unrelated men and women that reduces the agitation of the sexual instinct. Thus the sexual instinct is not suppressed but nor is it let loose within society that exacerbates sexual abuse, trafficking, and paedophile grooming rings. Rather it is directed and fulfilled in a way that is beneficial to individuals and society through ensuring the integrity of the family unit is maintained, and the rights of women and men within a relationship, and the children they bear are protected. In addition, Islam has prescribed harsh judicial laws to safeguard these values and laws, and hence protect individuals and society by preventing the loose fulfilment of the sexual desire outside of marriage.
(4) Finally, since Islam is not driven or dominated by financial gain but what is best for humanity and society, it does not allow profit to dictate and allow the sexualisation of women, children, or society but rather ensures that the morals, rights of children, unity of family life, security of women and other important values of society are protected. Hence it outright prohibits the objectification, exploitation, and devaluing of women in any field of life, ensuring that their high status and dignity is maintained at all times.
All this minimises sexual abuse and the exploitation of children, teenage girls, and women and creates a society where they do not live in fear but in security. However, this can only come to life comprehensively under the Khilafah "Caliphate" system of ruling that implements all the laws of Islam upon a state.
As Muslim women in the West, we must understand that it is through rejecting the Western secular liberal values, lifestyle and culture, and nurturing the Islamic values, obligations and rules within our Muslim youth and community that alone holds the remedy to addressing the problem of promiscuity, sexual abuse, and the exploitation of girls and women and similar vile crimes... However, we also have a great responsibility to explain to our non-Muslim contacts, colleagues, and neighbours the harmful consequences of the secular liberal way of life upon women, children, and society, and alongside this to present them with the light of Islam, its values and laws as a solution to the many societal problems they face, including that of the vile crime of sexual abuse. Allah (swt) says,
((ولو اتبع الحقُّ أهواءَهم لفسدتِ السماواتُ والأرضُ ومن فيهِنَّ، بلْ أتيناهم بذكرِهِم فهم عن ذكرِهِم معرضون))
"If the truth had been in accord with their desires, truly the heavens and the earth and all beings therein would have been in confusion and corruption! Nay we have sent them their admonition but they turn away from their admonition." [TMQ Al-Mu'minun:71]
Women of Hizb ut Tahrir / Britain
The French government has condemned the violence that erupted in the French suburb of Trappes over the country's face veil ban while also ardently defending the provocative, discriminatory law which caused the unrest. Clashes between Muslim protestors and police occurred following the arrest of a Muslim man whose wife was fined by a police officer for wearing the niqab.
Monday, 29 July 2013
AFP, Ukraine
More than a thousand bearded men, muffled in scarves and accompanied by veiled women, stand under the hot sun, waving black and white flags and chanting "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest).
This is not a scene from the Middle East or Central Asia but a rally of the supporters of the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Freedom) in Simferopol -- the capital of the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Crimea.
Hizb ut-Tahrir seeks to re-establish a Caliphate -- a pan-Islamic state based on Islamic rule like in the medieval era -- across the Middle East and Central Asia.
Banned in several states, it is now showing surprising strength in Crimea, a balmy seaside holiday resort region which has its own substantial Muslim Tatar minority.
The head of the information office of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ukraine, Fazyl Amzaev, told AFP that the party's ambition of reviving the Caliphate does not extend to Ukraine and its presence is educational.
"Our work in Ukraine does not mean that we act or will act to change the borders of the state," Amzaev said.
"Achieving the goal of establishing the Caliphate is real only in countries with a predominantly Muslim population. But in Ukraine, we, as Muslims, are obliged to inform the society about Islam in its correct form."
The first devotees of Hizb ut-Tahrir appeared in the Crimea in the early 1990s. Twelve percent, or 250,000 of the nearly two million inhabitants of Crimea are Sunni Muslim Crimean Tatars.
Now they number between 2,000 and 15,000 -- Hizb ut-Tahrir does not disclose the true number, claiming only a permanent climb in supporters.
"The world is a big village, and everywhere there is a struggle against Islam in favour of liberal-democratic values," Amzaev said, calling on Ukrainian Muslims not to assimilate but to keep their values.
"The Caliphate is not a threat, but on the contrary is the salvation for mankind amid a crisis of capitalism, democracy and liberal values in general."
Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, established in 1953 in East Jerusalem, has been banned in Russia and several Central Asian countries. It is also outlawed in Germany due to anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli propaganda.
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Crimea -- the main umbrella group for Muslims in the region -- has already called on the authorities to take a closer look at the group's work in Ukraine.
Its deputy head Aider Ismailov told AFP that Hizb ut-Tahrir's teachings can contradict local religious tradition and practices.
"This party creates a negative image of Islam and Muslims, people are scared of their rallies," he said.
Ismailov is not pushing for the party to be banned in Ukraine, but he considers its ideology harmful.
"We would like to see the government state its position towards a religious-political group which preaches that democracy is a system of unbelief," he said.
Ukraine appears in no hurry to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir, if just because the group simply does not exist in the legal framework of the country -- it is not registered either as a party or as a public or religious organization.
Party members themselves do not seek for their formalization, citing ideological reasons.
"Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ukraine does not seek political goals, and our participation in non-Islamic authorities is forbidden by the canons of faith," Amzaev said, saying it neither plans to take part in elections nor seek power.
The authorities so far have taken merely small steps to avoid possible confrontations between Hizb ut-Tahrir members and their opponents, in particular with court decisions trying to ban party rallies.
In June, a court approved a suit from local authorities banning a scheduled rally that could not guarantee order.
Despite the prohibition, the action took place, and the police, as in similar cases in the past, limited themselves to drawing up a protocol on an administrative law violation.
The Crimean members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, however, also behave with extreme care to prevent possible attacks from opponents and punitive actions by the authorities.
In Simferopol, they have no headquarters and their information office is a virtual concept not linked to any postal address.
Amzaev is however a prominent public figure, giving interviews, speaking on television, writing on social networks, and recruiting supporters.
During the last rally of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Simferopol, almost every speaker called on fellow Muslims to aid the Syrian rebels battling the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which sparked protests in the Crimean Tatar community against the possible sending of militants to Syria.
Amzaev said: "We are not recruiting the rebels, but I do not rule out some of the Crimean Tatars fighting against Assad."
[Source: Al Arabiya]
Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah of Pakistan demonstrated through out the country against the welcoming of US officials by traitors within Pakistan's leadership to take further orders. Demonstrators were holding banners and placards declaring: "Welcoming US Officials is a Sign of Treachery", "O Pak Army! End American Raj, Bring the Khilafah "Caliphate"
