Press Release
Killing Innocents is Haraam and Killing Muslims who Have Gone Out against Oppression is Greater in its Haraam
(Translated)

We condemn in the strongest words the explosion that happened in the southern district of Beirut yesterday which led to tens of innocent victims. The criminal act does not justify a criminal retaliatory act.

Nevertheless it is necessary to make mention that the entry of Iran’s party in Lebanon into Syria to support the tyrant of Sham against the Muslims revolting against oppression and tyranny, is a greater sin.

Is it not now time for Iran and its party in Lebanon to realise the size of the predicament that they have engulfed the region in, through making lines upon a Madh’habi basis that has no precedent and through undertaking killing here and killing there?! And for whose sake is all of this being undertaken O party of Iran?! Is it for the sake of Allah ‘Azza Wa Jalla?! Does it reflect an emulation of Al-Imam Al-Hussein (ra)?! And has Allah (swt) commanded championing the one who does not rule by what Allah has revealed and causes corruption upon the earth?! Did Al-Hussein (ra) defend the one who usurped the authority of the Muslims and ruled by Kufr?! No by Allah. Rather Allah (swt) has commanded us to support the oppressed and make the truth prevail and Al-Imam Al-Hussein did not go out except for this. As for what Iran and its party in Lebanon is undertaking then it is exactly the opposite of that and in fact it is exactly what America wants in order to preserve its control and dominance over the land of Shaam as this is realized by every Muslim who possesses vision and insight.

We also warn the political authority in Lebanon to exploit this reprehensible explosion as an excuse to increase arrests against those men supporting the blessed revolution in Ash Sham under the pretext of countering terrorism. The prisons have become fall of young Muslim men who support the revolution of Shaam and what has been witnessed in terms of torture against them is still fresh in our minds. These measures amongst others will not do anything to protect the people of Lebanon. Therefore any arrest against the young Muslim men will never result in anything apart from increased splintering and fragmentation in addition to an increase in tensions between the people as well as a continuation of a series of acts and undesirable retaliatory acts.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Lebanon