Press Release
Protest letters delivered to Turkish diplomats in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, denouncing the arrests of Hizb ut-Tahrir activists in Turkey

The so-called Islamist rulers of Turkey arrested hundreds of activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir from 23 cities just two days prior to the Khilafah "Caliphate" conference in Istanbul which was organized by Hizb ut-Tahrir wilayah Turkey to mark the ‘Day of destruction of the Khilafah "Caliphate"'. These are the rulers who are dressed-up in Islamic garb but are actually working to uphold and protect the secular principles of Kamal Attaturk. Hizb ut-Tahrir has distributed a huge number of leaflets throughout the world to expose this secular Turkish government. In Pakistan tens of thousands of leaflets were distributed just in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, and Peshawar.  Moreover, protest letter was mailed to Turkish embassy whilst delegations of Hizb ut-Tahrir delivered this letter to the Turkish Consulates in Lahore and Karachi.  The letter condemned the non-Shar'i and cowardly act of the Turkish government in the strongest language. In Lahore the delegation was led by Dr. Iftikhar whilst Dr. Ismael headed the delegation in Karachi. We would like to forewarn the Turkish rulers as well as all Muslim rulers that they and their colonial masters would not be able to stop the re-establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" no matter how hard they work or how brutal they become. And Allah's promise will inshaAllah come true. Allah says in the Blessed Qur'an:

[وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُم فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا]

"Allah ahs promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to the (present rulers) in the land, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them authority to practise their Deen which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islam). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear..." (Al-Noor: 55)

For the past half a century, activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir have been enduring the oppression and torture of these brutal rulers with great courage and patience and arrests of these nature cannot pose an obstacle in the their way to establish the Khilafah "Caliphate".  The shabab know fairly well that the dawn is just about to break and this dark night of oppression is close to end and the glad tiding of Rasulullah (saaw) is about to be accomplished when he (saaw) said:

"Then there will be Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah on the method of Prophethood"

Naveed Butt
The Official Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan