Press Release
A Dangerous Precedent That Must Not Be Ignored
(Translated)

In a dangerous precedent in the history of the revolution, the General Security Service in Aleppo abducted ten women on Saturday, December 21, 2024. These women had come out to protest, demanding the ruling of Islam and the release of their husbands, sons, and children who were abducted more than a year and a half ago. These individuals have been imprisoned by Jolani [al-Julani] in Idlib since May 7, 2023!

We address all the people of the revolution and the activists among them, including fighters, students of knowledge, media professionals, intellectuals, and organizations: Was this revolution, with its sacrifices and millions of martyrs and displaced persons, launched for this? Was it for such practices to occur, imitating what the criminal regime of Assad perpetrated over decades?

It is ironic that while unveiled women in Damascus can protest freely for secularism and liberties without anyone interfering with them, virtuous women demanding the application of Allah’s Shariah (law) and the release of their sons who have been abducted for a year and a half are being kidnapped!

O People of the Revolution, who have sacrificed and endured so much: Did this revolution not begin to protect the honor that the tyrant Assad’s regime had violated? Can we now accept the return of such policies, targeting virtuous women?

The revolution in Al-Sham was sparked by a single statement from the criminal Atef Najeeb, in which he insulted the honorable women of Daraa. Today, we witness the abduction of virtuous women in the first security action after the fall of the criminal regime. Beware of remaining silent about such actions, as honor is a red line, for which lives are sacrificed, and every precious resource is spent.

O People of the Revolution, will you accept that ten women, who demanded the lifting of an injustice inflicted upon them, be abducted while unveiled women, who once called for killing children and women, are allowed to protest freely? And where? In Damascus, the city of the Umayyeen, and in the square named after them!

Fear Allah in your honor, for which you rose in revolution. Beware of silence, for its consequences are grave, and regret will come when it is too late.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Syria