Press Release
The Forced Starvation of Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims in Rafah, Gaza, is Because of the Inaction of the Military Officers and Soldiers, Who Await Orders that Will Never Come

O Officers and Soldiers of the Pakistan Army! There have been enough cries of appeal from Gaza to you! There have been enough cries for those who have ears that hear and hearts that feel. In these long, painful, restless months, we have heard all of your excuses for your inaction. Not one of your excuses are acceptable, according to Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw). The Islamic Ummah is not accepting any of your excuses. Tens of thousands of Muslims in Gaza have had their bodies crushed and shredded by bombs. The most cowardly of all people are inventing new ways to martyr, injure and mutilate. Allah (swt) obliged you with Jihad, support of Muslims and the liberation of the Blessed Land. Allah (swt) did not make your obligation conditional on orders from the agents of the colonialists. Such orders will never come. Allah (swt) did not make your obligation conditional on the nation state borders, drawn by the colonialists to divide and weaken the Islamic Ummah.

Allah (swt) will not accept your excuses for inaction, whilst the bodies of your brothers, sisters and children are crushed under rubble! Allah (swt) will not accept excuses from you, whilst forced starvation was imposed on hundreds of thousands of your Muslim brothers and sisters. They are dying of hunger in the streets. They are scavenging for rotten food in filthy garbage. They are gathering grass to cook to sate hunger. They are crying for relief for their young and elderly. They are fainting through hunger. So, what has been your response so far? Shedding tears, threatening to resign, planning retirement and cursing your commanders! Your inaction makes you complicit in the crime of your leadership. Your obedience of those who disobey Allah (swt) only leads to your punishment in Hellfire. Allah (swt) said,

[وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا]

“And they will say, “Our Lord! We obeyed our leaders and elite, but they led us astray from the Right Way.” [TMQ Surah Al-Ahzab 33:67].

O Officers and Soldiers of the Pakistan Army! Indeed, these Muslim rulers and military commanders are the worst of all criminals. They are the vanguard of the West in its crusade against Islam and Muslims. They are those barter off the First Qibla, the blessed Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, to save their crooked thrones. As for you, you are the protectors and facilitators of these rulers and military commanders. It is your inaction that enabled your military commanders to collaborate with the Americans, to give a free hand to the Jews for all these months. Why are your enemies not afraid of you? How can traitors rely and depend on you? Do you not have even some of the manhood of the kafir American soldier, who set himself ablaze, in protest against his military leadership? For how long will you ignore the command of Allah (swt) by Whose Favor you breathe, drink and eat? Allah (swt) says,

[وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انقَلَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ]

“And of the people is he who worships Allah on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it. However, if he is struck by trial, he turns his face away. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.” [TMQ Surah Al-Hajj 22:11].

How long will we hear you excuse yourselves by saying, “What can I do alone?” How can you say so, when all the many sincere officers and soldiers around you, all agree with you? How can you say so, when you are the sons of Muslims who love Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw) and the believers? So, how, then, can a small group of highly corrupt, traitorous commanders stop you from mobilizing for victory and martyrdom? Will you not plan and coordinate with the sincere Muslims, to remove all the obstacles in the way of obedience to Allah (swt)? Have you preferred the temporary life of this world, over the eternal life of the Hereafter, just as those traitorous commanders that you curse have? Then be warned that Allah (swt) said, 

[قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ]

“Say, ‘If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah (swt) executes His command. And Allah (swt) does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.’” [TMQ Surah At-Tauba 9:24]

O Officers and Soldiers of the Pakistan Army! The Ummah stands at a crossroads. There is either to be severe punishment from our Lord (swt), or abundant showering of the blessings of Allah (swt). It depends on your actions, above all others. Allah (swt) said,

[إِلاَّ تَنفِرُواْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلاَ تَضُرُّوهُ شَيْئًا وَاللّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ]

“If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. Allah is over all things competent.” [At-Tauba, 9:39]. You are the ones who can teach these Zionist beasts a lesson that neither they, nor the colonialists that support them, will forget. You are the ones who can avenge innocent children, sisters and brothers and strike terror in the heart of every tyrant. You are the ones who can cleanse the Blessed Land from the impurity of the Jewish entity.

Your entire army, or even a part of it, is more than enough to seize the honor of liberating Palestine. The whole Ummah will stand behind you. All able bodied Muslim men will stand beside you. So, put Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) in front of you. The thrones of the rulers, the evil hands of America in our lands, will be uprooted. With its hands cut, America will then only be able to watch helplessly from far away, separated by oceans. America is afraid that the Jewish campaign of genocide against Muslims in Ramadan will cause the overthrow of these rulers. Turn this fear into reality, so that their eyes become wide with fear.  Grant your Nussrah to Hizb ut Tahrir for the re-establishment of the Khilafah (Caliphate) on the Method of Prophethood. Hizb ut Tahrir is waiting for your response, fully prepared with a complete political project. So will you invite the Wrath of Allah (swt) to visit you through more inaction, or will you strive to earn His blessings in this Dunya and the Aakhira?

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Pakistan