Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir delivered public speeches after Jummah prayers today outside various mosques across Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong. The speakers addressed the musallis on the topic of "Speaking the Word of Haqq against Tyrant Rulers is a Duty demanded by the Muslims' Iman." The speakers said the rulers who rule in the Muslim world today clearly violate the obligations and responsibilities of the ruler as defined by Islam. They said Islam has clarified the obligations and responsibilities of the ruler in the Qur'an and the Sunnah; in general terms they are:
1. To rule by what Allah (swt) has revealed in internal and external affairs;
2. To act as the guardian of the people and look after their affairs; and
3. To protect the Ummah from her enemies and defend her interests.

The speakers said the current rulers in Bangladesh are no different from the current rulers in rest of the Muslim world. For the past 40 years the Awami-BNP rulers have rejected Allah's commands and prohibitions; and have ruled the country by the abhorrent, man made democratic system borrowed from the disbelievers. They have not been satisfied with failing to look after the people's affairs and secure their basic needs; rather went beyond that to sucking the blood of the people for successive decades, looting the Ummah's wealth and handing over Ummah's wealth to their disbeliever-polytheist masters. Not only that, the Awami-BNP rulers allied with the disbeliever-polytheist states, US-Britain-India; and failed to resist their conspiracies and aggression against the country. This is how these rulers have betrayed Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw) and the Muslims.
From the day one of taking power Sheikh Hasina and her government has acted against the Qur'an, the Sunnah and the Ummah. They collaborated with India in the killing of army officers in Pilkhana to destroy the country's defence forces; granted transit to India; consolidated the foothold of the killers of Muslims, and mass murderers, the US and Indian militaries in the country; adopted policies against Qur'an-Sunnah; and directed a crusade against Islamic policies. Indeed the list of the heinous crimes of the Hasina government is endless.
The speakers reminded the musallis that speaking the word of haqq against the current kufr ruling system and the treacherous, tyrant rulers is a duty demanded by the Muslims' iman. Muhammad (saw) said,
"The best Jihad is (to say) a word of truth before an oppressor ruler."
He (saw) also said,
"The master of martyrs is Hamza b. Abdul Muttalib and a man who stood to an oppressor ruler where he ordered him and forbade him, so he (the ruler) killed him."
These ahadith are clear and decisive statements regarding the obligation upon Muslims to order the ruler with good, restrain him from evil, speak the word of truth against him and account him strongly. In fact Muhammad (saw) has described this work as the best Jihad.
Finally the speakers called upon the Muslims to fulfil this noble duty; otherwise they will have to face the wrath and punishment of Allah (swt) for remaining silent against the kufr ruling system and tyrant rulers. The Prophet (saw) said,
"The people when they see the tyrant and do not restrain his hands, Allah will be about to punish them all."
Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Wilayah Bangladesh