Recently, the Islamic Ummah has been heading towards revival throughout the Islamic land. It has widely supported Hizb ut Tahrir and the way it carries the Da'wah towards the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate", which is the same as that of our beloved Prophet (saw). In spite of being outlawed with media sanctions applied in Afghanistan, Hizb ut Tahrir has spread out its influence among the Muslims across the country more than any other party. This extensive influence and support Hizb gained in Afghanistan, made some circles and elements develop envy against it.

A sample of such jealousies is an article titled "A Glance upon Hizb-ut Tahrir" written by Khawaja Basheer Ahmad Ansari and published in theMandegar Daily. Hizb ut Tahrir Wilayah Afghanistan strongly denounces concepts envisioned in the article, and draws attentions to the following points:

1. The article is written in a manner, which raises the possibility that Mr. Ansari has been dictated and bribed by intelligence agencies or some jealous parties to write such an envious article, full of hatred, against Hizb ut Tahrir. Because it seems that the writer deliberately misinterprets the Hizb's concepts.

2. In his infamous article, Basheer Ansari exactly the same way as the Orientalists and Colonialists, assaulted the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" and called it an outdated and tyrant ruling system, but instead described democracy the best ruling system and better than Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate". He defiantly, recommends democracy to the Muslims in Afghanistan, whilst they have been suffering democracy's growing symptoms during 12 years such as; colonialism, poverty, corruption, immorality, mass-murder, assaults to Islam and much more.

3. The writer has assaulted the government which was founded by our beloved Prophet (saw), and has supported and prescribed a governing system which was founded and improved by Jean Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu, John Locke and their like western capitalist thinkers and not by Allah (swt).

4. Khawaja Basheer Ahmad Ansari questioned the life-long ruling period of a Khaleefah which is instructed clearly in consensus (Ijmaa') of Sahabah, which is the third source of Shariah after Qur'an and Sunnah. We strongly condemn such assault and boldness against Islamic Shariah.

5. Despite being ignorant in Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh), Ansari sneered the Hizb's Islamic concepts. Whilst to understand such concepts and issues, it takes someone to fully understand Classic Arabic (Fus'ha), Quranic science, Usul of Fiqh, Usul of Ahadith and the extraction method (Istanbat), in order to understand such issues. Unfortunately, Ansari lacks all of these.

6. Khawaja Ansari has accused Hizb ut Tahrir, not focusing on guidance to the good (Ma'roof) and preventing from the bad (Munkar), morality, providing Islamic education, and charity. He is probably ignoring or does not see with his eyes, that every day tens of Hizb ut Tahrir members are imprisoned by the tyrant rulers throughout the Islamic land, which is all the outcome of their "Amr bil Ma'roof Wa Nahi anil Munkar". Many of the imprisoned members have been sentenced even up to a hundred years, and many of them have been torture until martyrdom. The members of Hizb ut Tahrir, more than anyone else, are committed to Allah's (swt) rules (Fardh, Mustahab, Haram, Makruh and Mubah). But there are some Ahkam, which are not relevant to the fateful issue of Khilafah "Caliphate", and cannot be conducted through Hizb, such as inviting to morality, establishing charity schools and Maddrasas, constructing mosques (Masajed). As such actions can't help the Ummah get out of the misery and head towards revival, therefore Hizb as a hizb does not undertake these actions. But it doesn't mean that the members of Hizb ut Tahrir individually don't pay attention to Akhlaq, and Fadhayel.

In conclusion, we ask the supporter of system of Kufr and Ignorance (Jahilliyah), not to abuse your pen in favor of colonialism, puppet rulers and their intelligence agencies. We kindly ask you to repent and seek forgiveness from Allah (swt) and apologize to the Muslim people of Afghanistan.

((لِيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَسَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ))

"So that those who were to be destroyed (for their rejecting the Faith) might be destroyed after a clear evidence, and those who were to live (i.e. believers) might live after a clear evidence. And surely, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower." [al-Anfal: 42]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah of Afghanistan