Over the past 4 days, about 20-25 people have been killed from political violence and police shootings during strikes called by the opposition BNP Alliance in demand for a neutral election time government. This brings the death toll resulting from political violence and police shootings to about 2800 during this year (2013). But this is not all. Democracy has been killing the people of the country all along and in numerous ways. The desperate cries of those who lost their loved ones in Rana Plaza still rings loud in our ears. We can make an endless list of killings by democracy. Furthermore all of the following hold true of democracy:

Democracy = Corruption and looting
Democracy = Half the people living in poverty
Democracy = Oppression of women
Democracy = Vilifying Islam and RasulAllah (saw)
Democracy = Imperialist domination
Etc, Etc

These are the fruits of over two decades of Awami-BNP politics and democracy. So why is there a big fuss about ensuring a so-called free and fair election? And what does it matter if Hasina and Khaleda hold a dialogue or not? The Mozena-Pankaj dialogue is what matters most in this system where Hasina and Khaleda are only agents of their masters, U.S. and India. And whether there is dialogue between Hasina-Khaleda and whether there is an all-party participated election or one-sided election the results will be all the same. There will be no real change in people's lives. Real change will come only by discarding the entire ruling regime. This requires the sincere military officers to take the side of the people. The people are crying out for change but the means for change is not in their hands. The means are with the sincere officers, for they are the ones who have the material power to overthrow the regime. Thus overthrowing this regime is a duty on their neck but not for establishing military rule; rather they have to transfer the authority to the sincere and aware politicians to establish the Islamic rule - the Khilafah "Caliphate" state.

Hizb ut Tahrir therefore urges all sincere, aware and thinking people towards the following actions:

1. Reject the rule of Awami-BNP and their democratic system. Do not be the silent victims and witnesses of the deaths and destruction caused by them. And do not wait for their dialogue and their elections to once again vote and bring either of them to power;

2. Join with Hizb ut Tahrir in struggling against the current regime and working for establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate"; and

3. Demand from your fathers, uncles, sons, relatives and friends among the military officers to overthrow the ruling regime; and transfer authority to Hizb ut Tahrir for establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate".

And our call to the sincere officers in the military is as follows:

1. Fulfil your responsibility as Muslims. The duty to establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" is upon your neck as much as any other Muslim; in fact it is even more as you hold the key to authority i.e. the material power.

2. Fulfil your oaths which you took to serve the people and the country. Your oath is not to guard the regime which oppresses the people and serves their enemies.

3. Emulate the Sunnah of RasulAllah (saw) and be the Ansar for establishing the second Khilafah "Caliphate" State. With the help of the Ansar (ra), RasulAllah (saw) established the first Islamic state in Madina and that State continued until 1342 Hijri (1924 CE). If you become the Ansar for the second Islamic State, Allah (swt) will reward you in the same way as the first Ansar (ra), inshaAllah. Therefore overthrow the Hasina government immediately and transfer the authority to Hizb ut Tahrir for establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate".

((يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ))

"O you who believe! Answer the call of Allah and His Messenger when He calls you to that which gives you life..." [Surah Al-Anfal: 24]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Bangladesh