Press Release
28th Rajab the day when the Ummah lost its Shield
(Translated)

On 30th June, 2011 (28th Rajab) the Muslims Ummah will complete the 90th (Hijri qamari) year of living without Khilafah "Caliphate". Indeed the abolition of the Khilafah "Caliphate" followed years of decay, and decades of decline - the final act in a much longer process where Muslims stopped referring to their Deen to solve life's affairs, instead becoming infatuated with Western secular ideas.

The Khilafah "Caliphate" had been a great state for centuries. It was a superpower on the world stage. It was a leading state in science, technology, commerce, architecture and jurisprudence. The Khilafah "Caliphate" provided peace and security for the Muslims, allowing them to live in harmony together as a single state, regardless of their language or race. The Khilafah "Caliphate" even provided sanctuary for those who were persecuted because of their beliefs. Its armies defended Muslims when they were attacked and carried the Deen of Islam to world. For hundreds of years of Islamic rule, before the British occupation, the Indian Subcontinent flourished in a manner unrivalled before or since by any non-Islamic rule.

After the eventual destruction of the Khilafah "Caliphate" State the Western colonial powers installed puppet rulers in our countries who would continue to serve the interests of the Western powers, rather than obey Allah and His Messenger, and serve the Muslim Ummah. Decades later, it is little wonder that crooks and gangsters who usurp power such as Karzai, Zardari, Mubarak, Gaddafi, the house of Saud etc have the red carpet laid out for them in Western capitals.

Today, the Western powers who sense the growing call to remove these corrupt rulers and re-establish the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" state are desperately trying to prevent this by occupying our lands and spreading malicious propaganda against the call for Khilafah "Caliphate". Only recently the retired UK army chief, Richard Dannat when asked about the occupation of Afghanistan, said; "there is an Islamist agenda which if we don't oppose it and face it off in Southern Afghanistan, or Afghanistan, or in South Asia, then frankly that influence will grow. It could well grow, and this is an important point, we could see it moving from South Asia to the Middle East to North Africa, and to the high water mark of the Islamic Caliphate in the 14th, 15th century."

This Rajab, Hizb ut-Tahrir is holding landmark conference in different parts of the world, where hundreds of thousands of people will participate. These conferences will bring Muslims from all over the world, including politicians, journalists, thinkers, academics and other influential people to call for the historic return of the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate" State. The conferences will aim to raise the issue of establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate" State to the top of the agenda in the Muslim world.

Re-establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate" is not an issue amongst issues. It is THE most vital issue for the Muslim Ummah. Every day our blood is spilt cheaply in Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir and Iraq. The Muslim Ummah is crying out for a leader who will take a stand against these brutal occupations and stand up to the oppressors. To re-establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" we need to build an overwhelmingly strong movement within our countries that will overthrow the corrupt rulers from their thrones and bring into place a Khalifah who will implement the Shariah and stand up for the affairs of the Muslim Ummah.

Join us in building this global movement.

"  يَوْمٌ مِنْ إِمَامٍ عَدْلٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَحَدٌّ يُقَامُ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِحَقِّهِ أَزْكَى فِيهَا مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا "

The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said "A single day under a just ruler is better than 60 years of ibadah" [Bayhaqi / Tabarani].