Press Release

By Expelling the Activists of Hizb ut Tahrir, the Dhaka University Administration has shown that they are also Well-indoctrinated Subject of the Neo-Colonial West and Will Never Confront Islam’s Political Call Intellectually

On Sunday (24 January 2016), Dhaka University (DU) syndicate took an outrageous decision to expel five of its meritorious students for life for their involvement with Hizb ut Tahrir. They are MBA students of the Management Department Shihab Uddin and Saidi Hasan Sajib, MBA student of Accounting Department Toriqul Islam, and BBA students Nakib Farhan and Alamgir Hossain.

Once again it has been proven that so-called ‘free speech’ and ‘free thinking’ are nothing but some illusion that are being kept alive by the Western neo-colonialists in the Muslim lands through their surrogate rulers and pseudo-intellectual puppets. The expulsion of these bright activists of Hizb ut Tahrir, a party which has been popularly accepted for its constant intellectual and political struggle without ever resorting to armed struggle even in the face of continued government oppression and torture, by the DU authority accurately reflects this reality. This outrageous decision of the administration is indeed a towering hypocrisy of this upholder of the ‘fabled democratic values’ that always takes false pride in its role of protecting the spirit of freedom of speech in the campus. But fact of the matter is that they carry the same colonial legacy of tolerating everything except the political call of Islam. What a shameful conduct of intellectual bankruptcy that some courageous tongues could not be tolerated whereas some of these well-indoctrinated subjects of the West glorify their university as the central premise for ‘free thought’ in Bangladesh! The suspension of the non-violent activists of Hizb ut Tahrir symbolizes not only a failure of the DU administration but also of the failing secular democracy that could not defend its ideology with debate and discussion.

O the sincere teachers and students of Dhaka University! Hizb ut Tahrir calls upon you to raise your voices against such tyrannical and anti-Islamic decision of the administration. What is the cause that these brave sons of the Ummah are striving for? Their constant struggle is not for the purpose of their self-fulfilment; rather they are sacrificing this mundane world only for your betterment, to save you from this despotic Awami-BNP regime. Therefore, it is your moral and religious obligation to aid the inspiring workers of the Khilafah "Caliphate" (Caliphate) upon the method of the Prophethood who are the only hope for your salvation from the western-backed tyranny of the regime.

﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ﴾

“Oh you who Believe! Answer the call of Allah and His Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life and know that Allah comes in between a person and his heart. And verily to Him you shall (all) be gathered.” [Al-Anfal: 24]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Bangladesh