Monday 28th Feb, 2011 the Islamic party of Hizb ut-TahrirEast Africa sent a special delegation led by the party's media representative Shabani Mwalimu to the Bangladesh embassy in Nairobi.
The wave of change has spread throughout the Ummah. Muslim youth has taken to the streets against the tyrant and treacherous Muslim rulers. The palaces of these traitor rulers are trembling with the marching feet of the people. People have decided to throw away the shackles of slavery.
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World Food Prices Rise to Record on Dairy, Grains, UN Says
Libya: West mulls military intervention to remove their puppet from power
GCC rulers advocate plan to buy off their citizens
Iran contacting Arab opposition movements: Clinton
UK MPs doubtful about success in Afghanistan
Pakistan: CIA man has no immunity
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World Food Prices Rise to Record on Dairy, Grains, UN Says
World food prices climbed to a record in February on surging dairy, grain and meat costs, the United Nations said. An index of 55 food commodities rose 2.2 percent to 236 points from 230.7 in January, the eighth straight gain, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said on its website today.Rising food costs helped to fuel social unrest and riots in North Africa and the Middle East that toppled presidents in Tunisia and Egypt this year. Prices surged globally as a drought in Russia prompted the country to ban grain exports last year and adverse weather threatened crops in nations from wheat exporter Canada to soybean producer Brazil. "Unexpected oil-price spikes could further exacerbate an already precarious situation in food markets," David Hallam, the Rome-based FAO's director of trade and markets, said in a statement. "This adds even more uncertainty concerning the price outlook." Global food prices probably will rise in the first half of this century because of an expanding population and higher incomes, slower crop-yield growth and the effect of climate change, Ross Garnaut, the Australian government's climate-change adviser, said yesterday.
Libya: West mulls military intervention to remove their puppet from power
US officials have said that a no-fly zone is one option to push Muammar Gaddafi from power and prevent bloodshed in Libya, but it's also dangerous for both sides. Foreign experts say that instituting one would raise geopolitical stakes, as no matter who crosses into the airspace, they would be shot at. A United National Security Council member told CNN that there hasn't been a formal discussion on the no-fly zone option, but there have been informal talks outside of meetings. NATO is conducting an informal plan for such a case, they noted. If the council finds evidence that Gaddafi is using air forces to bomb or kill civilians, fly in mercenaries or hinder humanitarian assistance, they will be prepared to consider the option, the source added. On Wednesday, Robert Gates, the US secretary of defense, warned Congress than a no-fly zone will have to start with an attack on the country's anti-aircraft capability. He and joint chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said on Tuesday that they don't have any confirmation of reports that aircraft controlled by Gaddafi are firing at citizens. However, journalists have reported seeing aircraft drop bombs on civilians. US officials say all diplomatic and military options are open, but Mullen and Gates say that pursuing a forced grounding of aircraft in Libya is risky and complicated. Another diplomat also said that implementing a no-fly zone would be very difficult too, as they would need hundreds of planes and airports. This is an act of war, the insider added, and there would be consequences.
GCC rulers advocate plan to buy off their citizens
On Wednesday Bloomberg reported that states of the Gulf Cooperation Council were working on starting a Marshall-style plan to support Bahrain and Oman, which are facing instability, Al-Qabas reported, without saying where it got the information. The six members of the GCC are currently holding diplomatic talks on the matter, which may lead to a summit, the newspaper said. The plan aims to raise Omanis' and Bahrainis' living conditions, improve their economic and social conditions, create job opportunities for the unemployed and provide homes for the homeless, according to Al-Qabas.
Iran contacting Arab opposition movements: Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Iran is directly or indirectly communicating with opposition groups in Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen in a bid to shape events there.It was the first time that Clinton detailed alleged efforts by Iran to meddle in the three-month wave of Arab revolts that has toppled presidents in Tunisia and Egypt, convulsed Libya and shaken Yemen, Bahrain and Oman."They are doing everything they can to influence the outcomes in these places," Clinton told the Senate Appropriations Committee."They are using Hezbollah... to communicate with counterparts... in (the Palestinian movement) Hamas who then in turn communicate with counterparts in Egypt," the chief US diplomat said."We know that they are reaching out to the opposition in Bahrain. We know that the Iranians are very much involved in the opposition movements in Yemen," she said. "So either directly or through proxies, they are constantly trying to influence events. They have a very active diplomatic foreign policy outreach," she added. In a bid to counteract the Iranian moves, she said, the United States is making diplomatic and other contacts of its own with opposition groups across the Middle East and North Africa. Clinton said it was a delicate task."Most people want us to be helpful but they don't want us to be taking a leading role, and so how we deliver on the aid they're seeking without looking as though we're trying to take over their revolution is our challenge," she said. "But it is also a challenge for the Iranians. They don't have a lot of friends, but they're trying to curry more friends," Clinton said.
UK MPs doubtful about success in Afghanistan
The military surge in Afghanistan is in danger of derailing moves to ensure a peaceful political solution to the crisis, an all-party group of MPs warns in a critical report published today. In a sign that the political consensus in Britain in favour of the US-led operation in Afghanistan is breaking down, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee question David Cameron's approach and express fears that the 10-year military campaign could end in failure. The MPs say it must be accompanied by a "political surge" in which the US holds talks with Taliban leaders. They also cast doubt on the official justification for the presence of British troops in the country, saying it is not clear they help to prevent terrorist attacks in the UK because al-Qa'ida has been weakened. The report could mark a turning point in the debate on Afghanistan. Although a growing number of UK politicians question in private whether the war is winnable, most have been reluctant to go public because they do not want to undermine British forces. The report will make uncomfortable reading for Mr Cameron. The MPs say the security rationale behind his announcement of a 2015 deadline for the unconditional withdrawal of UK combat forces remains unclear and warn of "potential risks." And they criticise as " inappropriate and unhelpful" his public rebuke to Pakistan for its record on counter-terrorism during his visit to India last year.
Pakistan: CIA man has no immunity
A Pakistani court has said a CIA contractor facing trial over the fatal shooting of two men does not have diplomatic immunity. The court in the eastern city of Lahore also adjourned hearing of the case where Raymond Davis, 36, is being tried until March 8.Thursday's decision is at least a temporary blow to the US, which insists Davis was considered a diplomat and was acting in self-defence against the dead men, whom he called robbers. The US had retained a retired judge, Zahid Hussain Bokhari, who is also a former government prosecutor, to help with the Davis case. The issue of immunity is also being considered by the Lahore high court, which could override the trial court's decision. Asad Manzoor Butt, a lawyer for the families of the two men, said: "The court adjourned the hearing until March 8 because Mr Bokhari [the retired judge] said he needs time to complete papers for the case."The case has further inflamed anti-American sentiment in Pakistan and is testing the often-strained ties between the allies.Last month an influential US senator, John Kerry, apologised to the Pakistani government over the shooting but Barack Obama, the US president, has said Davis enjoys diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Conventions."We expect Pakistan ... to abide by the same convention," Obama said.Along with the two men Davis shot, a third Pakistani was killed when struck by a US car rushing to aid the American on January 27 in Lahore. The US embassy in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has yet to comment on the decision.
Turkey has been hailed by many Western politicians and commentators as a model for the future political system of Egypt and a new Arab world, praised for supposedly marrying a Muslim majority population with a secular liberal democratic system. This scandalous treatment of women within the country should give serious re-consideration of whether such a system can truly herald a positive future for the women of Turkey or the Arab world.
21 February 2011, Sydney, Australia - A large crowd attended a demonstration in Western Sydney this evening organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia in support of the recent uprisings in Libya in particular, as well as other parts of the Muslim World such as Bahrain, Algeria, Yemen, Jordon and Syria.
Felani, a 15 years old Muslim girl in Bangladesh has become yet another victim of shoot to kill policy administered by notorious BSF (Border Security Force) of India. This is a story that reveals how countless numbers of Muslims in the border districts of Bangladesh have been a target of the Indian shoot to kill policy. Indeed the story of Felani is a touchy one. She was returning from her father's work place in Nayadilli, India becasue her marriage had been arranged in her home district in Bangladesh. On Friday, 07 January, 2011 at 6am she and her father were climbing the illegal barbed wire boundary built by India between Bangladesh and Indian International Border No. 947, between 3rd and 4th pillar of Anantapur, Fulbari. Her father, Nur Mia crossed first. But at that time Felani's clothes got entangled in the wire. She was frightened and started screaming. Hearing her scream, the BSF members started shooting at her, at 6.15am. She was asking for water till her death, about 30 minutes after shooting but nobody was there, not even her father because of the fear of notorious BSF's bullets. The dead body of Felani was tangled in barbed wire for around 4 hours. Then the coward Indian Security Force (BSF)'s took away the body at 10:45am. After 30 hours BSF handed over the dead body to BDR, the Bangladesh border guards. This has happened despite the fact that, like many others from Kurigram, a desperately poor district in northern Bangladesh, Felani's father had paid 3,000 rupees ($65) to traffickers on the Indian side for his crossing.
Indeed Indian notorious BSF kills with such impunity along India's 4,100-kilometre (2,550-mile) border with Bangladesh that one local journalist wondered what the story is about! According to Human Rights Watch, India's force has killed almost 1,000 Bangladeshis over the past ten years. That implies a shooting every four days! Almost the same number of people has been abducted; more than 1000 people have been injured; and more than 300 has been raped during the same time. The death toll on Bangladeshi side killed by Indian BSF dwarfs the number killed attempting to cross the inner German border during the entire cold war period!
How treacherous it is that, when such a crime has taken place, instead of accounting the Indian government or calling the Indian High Commissioner for an appropriate explanation, the government in Bangladesh led by Sheikh Hasina has not allowed newspapers to cover this story, until 3rd February when Anandabazar Newspaper, a leading Bangla-language newspaper in Kolkata, India and The Economist (London) published this story. Not just that, when some locals and opposition leaders have tried to create attention to the people and media about this issue by printing posters with the hanging picture of Felani the government of Sheikh Hasina arrested them and put them behind bar. Moreover, when a local nationalist think tank organization ‘Patriots of Bangladesh' led by Wing Commander (retired) Hamidullah Khan in a press conference in Dhaka announced that they will collect some amount of money to support Felani`s family, which they wish to give to Felani`s father in a scheduled visit to Kurigram district on 8th Feb 2011, the government in the meantime took away Falani`s entire family to an undisclosed location. Furthermore, the government declared section 144 (banning the holding of any assembly, protest, meeting, press conference etc.) with the flimsy excuse that government affiliated youth and student organization called Jubo League and Chatra League both have declared meeting in the same village, thereby successfully foiling the program declared by ‘Patriots of Bangladesh'. When on 9th Feb the organization tried to hold a press conference in protest of the government action in the district press club, police stopped them, threatened them with arrest and forced them to return to Dhaka. Earlier, the government has arrested more than 15 members of 000 000 for the party`s successful campaign against government's two years of pro US-British-Indian and anti-Islamic policies.
This is how this government of Sheikh Hasina is treating those who speak for the people of Bangladesh and exposes her subservience to her crusader and polytheist US-British-Indian masters. While this is the only border, along with the illegitimate ‘Israel-Palestine border', where the Indian government has fenced the entire land zones without respecting any international law or norms what so ever in this regard or where such a policy of shot to kill is applied (!), this treacherous government of Sheikh Hasina has remained on the side of India, not on the side of the Muslims in Bangladesh. Indeed the ummah of Bangladesh fully know that when in this very month of February 2009, just one month after taking power, this government has actively helped an Indian orchestrated so called BDR mutiny which killed more than 70 including 57 top ranked army officers as a part of weakening the army of Bangladesh as well as destroying the BDR forces in broad day light in the headquarter of BDR in the heart of Dhaka, how can this government protect the life of a unknown Felani of 15 years old in the remote village of Kurigram district? However, such a treachery is not unnoticed by the sincere politicians of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the ummah and inshaAllah when the inevitable Khilafah "Caliphate" is established such crimes of Hasina will be served with proper justice and India will be given an appropriate and befitting response.
Jafar Muhammad Abu Abdullah
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jakarta. Around 200 protesters of Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia gave give political supports to the people of Libya to continue to fight for the atrocities of dictator Muamar Qaddafi, Thursday morning (24 / 2) in front of the Libyan Embassy, Jakarta. In this rally HTI condemned the atrocities committed by Muamar Qaddafi, a leader who prefers massacring his people rather than protecting his people to defend his corrupt power. HTI affirms that the people of Libya should not be satisfied with just the change of the despotic leader who is also the accomplice of British colonial and other colonial powers. Libyan people should fight for the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate". Only with the Khilafah "Caliphate" will the change of the system will run rightfully and truly. It is the system of Khilafah "Caliphate" that will solve problems of Muslims, including that of people of Libya. Farid-one of the orators - asserted that Libyan people must be vigilant to avoid their struggle being hijacked by those who support the ideas of liberalism and democracy who are also the British and the American accomplices. It is because what happens in the Middle East today is a form of popular resistance that has been oppressed by the dictator. "It is a natural reaction of people who have been oppressed not because of liberalism or democracy," he said. Therefore, if they want a real independence, it is Sharia and Khilafah "Caliphate" that should be enforced. Just in front of the gate of the Libyan Embassy, the protestors spanned a banner that reads: "Fight Againts Qadafi, the Muslim Butcher who Rejects the Sunnah!" The banner was a reminiscent of the Qadafi's atrocities who conducted extra judicial killings, by hanging 13 Hizb ut-Tahrir activists who tried to correct his thought who rejects the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad PBUH as the source of law. (Mediaumat.com, 24/02/2011).
A delegation of Hizb ut-Tahrir comprising Imran Yousafzai, Deputy Spokesman Hizb ut-Tahrir and member Hizb ut-Tahrir Tahir Khan visited the Bangladesh embassy yesterday and delivered a protesting letter against the brutal torture inflicted on the arrested activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh. The delegation requested the meeting with the ambassador but the representatives of the coward government refused the meeting.
