Today, 15 March 2012, after maghrib prayers, the government thugs raided a dars of Islam organized by Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan and seized over fifteen of the attendees. This despicable action comes before the traitor rulers are expected to open the NATO supply line land route to the crusader troops in Afghanistan, having already opened the air route.
On Sunday, 11th March, Muslims of Afghanistan have once again witnessed the bloodbath of their own brothers and sisters in Panjwayi District, southern Kandahar Province at around 2a.m [local time] where the crusader army ruthlessly killed 17 innocent Muslims and then set them on fire. According to local people, 17 civilians including women and children lost their lives in a killing spree perpetrated by US soldiers who entered residential houses and carried out the heinous crime.
On 16 March 2012, Hizb ut Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan launched a campaign of protests at the raid and arresting of the shebaab of Hizb ut Tahrir from an Islamic dars in Islamabad on 15 March 2012, after maghrib prayers. The protestors held banners saying, "Traitors arrest members of Hizb ut Tahrir under US dictation." The crime of the shebaab of Hizb ut Tahrir is that they call the people of power and the masses towards the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate", a Khilafah "Caliphate" that will return in accordance to the glad tidings of RasulAllah SAW. The protestors demanded the immediate release of the arrested members and supporters of Hizb ut Tahrir. The protestors called for the sincere in the armed forces to uphold their pledge as the shebaab of Hizb ut Tahrir do, by granting the Nussrah to Hizb ut Tahrir for the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" state.
The time has come to remember and commemorate the woman, at least she is given one day annually to be flattered while standing before audiences, pedestaled on podiums to briefly highlight specific female accomplishments. This "holiday" forged by some committee the mark the International Annual Women's Day that has gathered the attention across the globe.
Rather than focusing on the accomplishments, why not focus on the obvious? Women and girls live in this world while suffering silently, especially throughout Muslim lands. Often times forced to endure the frustrations and aggressions of their male counterparts. These men vent their aggressions from the outside world on the very person he is supposed to seek comfort. The vast majority of Muslims, men and women knows the due rights of the Muslim female given to her by her Creator. Be they the rights of a wife, mother, daughter, and sister. These range from economic, social rights and beyond. Yet the focus is directed to the woman's duty to her husband often times oppressed by the same person she obeys. Even when Abu Sufyan known for his stinginess was miserly towards his family, the fairest of the fair from humankind, the Prophet (saw) ordered Hind, Abu Sufyan's wife to take her due right to fulfill her necessities.
Under the Islamic State, there is a system intact to implement and carry out these rights so they are not hypothetical ideals preached upon deaf ears. Therefore when a wife's emotional and security needs are not met but even worse threatened by domestic abuse, including battery, withholding allowances, she no longer has to suffer in silence. She no longer suffers in shame and indignity. The Muslim female regardless of age has the backing of the just Imam to secure her position in her household. One of respect, dignity, honor who is the backbone of society in Islam. The blessed Prophet (saw) constantly stressed the significance of the amaneh (trust) placed upon the shoulders of men.
Very sadly throughout the world, we witness case after endless case of abuse ranging from physical abuse to acid burnings to severe trauma. Allah (swt) clearly and decisively outlined the relationships between man and woman yet His Commands have little bearing on man's behaviors and attitudes towards his female counterpart. Indeed counterpart, since women are equal to men as both are human beings.
Today's dire eroding economic and social circumstances make it almost unbearable living conditions for women. The information is clear as crystal yet again lacks the effect on the behavior.
How is our Ummah supposed to have the Islamic personality if there is a discord or break between (fikr) thought and action?
How are the Mutassims of today supposed to rescue their Muslim sisters if they do not exit in their own family units? If the Mutassims do not exist in our society? Again, this terrible calamity fallen upon our Muslim sisters is the direct result of the Khilafah "Caliphate"'s absence.
This Khilafah "Caliphate" is not an imaginary utopia but an actual implementation of the Hukm Sharii (Islamic Laws). The State that genuinely safeguards our sisters in the truest form guaranteeing her security, protection, respect and love from her very own Mutassim.
So during the times of trumped up commendations, one needs to realize how much bearing it has upon the millions of women living under oppressions. Has this forgery really made any difference on their current living conditions?
Manal Bader
Bayt Al-Maqdes
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UK must plan for euro collapse:
Ministers should draw up plans to deal with a break-up of the eurozone "as a matter of urgency", a committee of MPs and peers has warned. The joint committee on the government's National Security Strategy (NSS) said the full or partial collapse of the single currency was "plausible". It said political unrest and a rise in economic migrant numbers could result. "Long-term security" is at the heart of foreign policy thinking, the government said in response. The committee, whose members include ex-MI5 director general Baroness Manningham-Buller, said economic instability could leave the UK "unable to defend itself". It added that governments across the EU could be forced to cut defence spending if the instability were to continue. "International economic problems could lead to our allies having to make considerable cuts to their defence spending, and to an increase in economic migrants between EU member states, and to domestic social or political unrest," it said. And, while the committee welcomed the government's decision to publish the NSS alongside the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, it said that "a clear over-arching strategy" had not yet emerged. Committee chairman and former Labour foreign secretary Margaret Beckett said: "A good strategy is realistic, is clear on the big questions, and guides choices. This one does not. "We need a public debate on the sort of country we want the UK to be in future and whether our ambitions are realistic, given how much we are prepared to spend."
Gulf States continue to bank roll America's military industry:
The Persian Gulf arms race is accelerating amid the smouldering confrontation between Iran and the United States, with gulf monarchies re-examining their defence programs even though they've spent far in excess of $100 billion on arms since 2006. Rising tensions with Iran is likely to drive rival Sunni Muslim states like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey to acquire nuclear weapons as well. But that's some way in the future. In the meantime, the Gulf Cooperation Council states -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain -- are bolstering budgets to counter Iran and are being encouraged to do by the United States. "Military spending is increasing across the gulf," the Middle East Economic Digest reported. "With the exception of Oman, the GCC states have all accelerated defence expenditure since 2006." In 2010, the last year for which data are available, the Saudis spent $45 billion on defence, a 79% increase over 2005. The emirates spent more than $16 billion, a 113 % jump from 2006. But this isn't just to strengthen defences against Iran and its swelling force of ballistic missiles that even without nuclear warheads are powerful weapons to be used against sprawling oil installations and even cities. It's widely seen as a systematic long-term effort by the United States to keep its defence industry functioning at a time when the U.S. Department of Defence is drastically cutting its defence spending and reducing the size of the U.S. military to rescue the economy. The Persian Gulf monarchies, all but Bahrain rich in oil or gas or both, have become vital partners in the Obama White House's drive to ramp up military sales to its Middle Eastern allies as it cuts back U.S. defence spending and shrinks the United States' costly military forces. Historian and anti-war activist Nick Turse observed recently: "The agreement to broker the sale of tens of billions of dollars' worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia sheds light on the Pentagon's efforts to shield itself -- and its favoured arms dealers -- from the shakiness of the American economy, as well as President Barack Obama's stated goal of trimming $400 billion from projected national security spending of $10 trillion over the next 12 years."
Pentagon very worried about Iran war:
A top US official has revealed that the Pentagon is very worried about the prospects of a military confrontation with Iran, despite the escalating war threats emanating from Washington and Tel Aviv. "[The] military is very worried about what they're confronting with budget cuts and are just not anxious to take on another war," Lee Hamilton, a member of the US Homeland Security Advisory Council, said in an interview with Politico on Tuesday. "They see the difficulty of this situation from a military standpoint, not only the attack itself but sustaining the attack over a period of days, if not weeks. ... A very powerful factor here is what the Pentagon now calls persistent conflict or endless war. We have, in effect, been at war for 10 years, at least since 9/11," the former US congressman added. Last month, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey also said a potential Israeli military attack on Iran would be "destabilizing." "It's not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran," Dempsey said, adding that the US government is confident the Israelis "understand our concerns." The United States, Israel, and some of their allies accuse Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program. In an interview with the Atlantic magazine last Friday, US President Barack Obama said the US is "not taking any option off the table" in its purported bid to stop Iran's nuclear energy program. "It includes a military component. And I think people understand that," Obama added.
Pakistan eager to continue its subservience to America:
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday said Pakistan wanted to improve relations with the United States based on mutual respect and interest. In an interview with ABC News, Gilani said the US is an important country and Pakistan does not want to spoil its relations with it. On US drone attacks, he said: "We consider these attacks as against the sovereignty of Pakistan and this matter has been raised with the US authorities." To a question, Gilani said the parliamentary committee on national security has prepared recommendations for new terms of engagement with the US and the Nato. On relations with Afghanistan, he said the two neighbouring countries have suffered a lot in the war against terrorism and they should work together to fight the common enemy. "Afghanistan's stability is vital for Pakistan's stability. We are part of solution and not part of problem," he observed.
Xinjiang militants linked to Pakistan groups: China:
A senior Chinese official has alleged that militants in north-western China have ‘deep-seated ties' to Pakistan-based terror groups, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday. The newspaper called the accusation ‘unusually explicit' that could put strains on the relationship between China and Pakistan. But Nur Bekri, the top government official in China's north-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, was quoted as saying that the Chinese officials believed the Pakistani government opposed recent attacks directed at China. Some ethnic Uighurs have waged a long and bloody campaign for independence from China, WSJ noted. Beijing has long accused Uighur separatists of being part of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, known as ETIM, which it says has ties to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations. "We have discovered some East Turkestan activists and terrorists from our neighbouring country have countless links," Bekri said during a meeting in Beijing of the National People's Congress, China's once-a-year legislative body. He added that Pakistan itself was an ‘all-weather friend' of China, echoing previous remarks from Chinese officials. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry and military officials couldn't be reached for comment, according to the journal. The Foreign Ministry said in a previous statement that it would continue to support China in fighting the ETIM.
Hizb ut Tahrir organized an international conference for women in Tunisia on Saturday, 10/03/2012, entitled, "The Khilafah "Caliphate": A Shining Model for Women's Rights and Political Role". The conference, which began at nine am and continued until six thirty pm, featured sixteen speeches, in addition to comments by members of the audience. There were video addresses by women who could not attend, due to denial of a Tunisian visa...
On 14 March the Deputy Attorney General read out a letter from ISI in front of the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court, Mr. Iqbal Hameed ur Rehman, and denied its involvement in the abduction of members of Hizb ut-Tahrir. As a matter of fact the ISI accused Hizb ut-Tahrir members of going underground to undertake militant and subversive activities. Hizb ut-Tahrir completely rejects the answer
