Press Release
A Delegation from Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Turkey Delivered a Press Release to the Pakistani Embassy in Turkey
Demanding the Release of the Two Sisters, Ustadhah Romana and Dr. Roshan, who have been Unjustly Detained in Pakistan
(Translated)

In the early hours of 30 July 2018, Sister Romana Hussain, a respected, renowned teacher of Islam and mother of four children was abducted from her home by intelligence personnel. She is a graduate of psychology and philosophy from the prestigious St. Joseph's College and is studying for a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies in Karachi. She was abducted because they found literature of Hizb ut Tahrir in her home. Two weeks later, on Monday 13 August 2018, the oppressors went out of their tyranny and raided the home of Dr. Roshan and abducted her along with her husband. Dr. Roshan is a highly respected, and well-known doctor for calling for the establishment of the Khilafah (Caliphate) on the Method of the Prophethood in Karachi.

Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah of Pakistan has issued a press release calling for the immediate release of the two righteous sisters. A delegation from Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah of Turkey delivered the release in Arabic, English and Turkish to the Pakistani Embassy in Ankara and called for the immediate release of the two sisters.

The statement emphasized the following:

“O Muslims of Pakistan! How is forceful abduction being used against the Muslim woman calling for Islam as a way of life in a state established in the name of Islam?

How, when the Ummah of Muhammad (saaw) has mobilized for the honor of the Muslim woman throughout the ages of Islam? How, when RasulAllah (saaw) exiled an entire tribe from the Madinah State, Bani Qaynuqa’a, when it became belligerent after the dishonoring of a single Muslim woman by one of its tribesman? Indeed, protection of the Muslim woman defines us as an Ummah and distinguishes us from the nations of disbelief and disobedience. Thus, we remember with pride how the Khaleefah Mua’tasim demolished the strong fortification of Umairiyah in response to the cry of a single, oppressed Muslim woman.

And we remember with deep gratitude how our lands were opened to Islam, after the army of Muhammad bin Qassim irrigated our soil with its blood, in response to the persecution of Muslim men and women at the hands of the tyrant Raja Dahir. So, raise your protest in every forum available to you, so that the Muslim woman can worship Allah (swt) in complete submission, without fear of retribution”.

“Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Pakistan invokes the words of Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saaw) before the new rulers as well as the caretakers, so perhaps they may take heed. Allah (swt) said:

(إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ)

“Those who persecute the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: They will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire.” [Surah Al-Buruj 85:10]. RasulAllah (saaw) said,

«وَمَنْ عَادَى أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ بَارَزَ اللَّهَ بِالْمُحَارَبَةِ»

“And whosoever shows hostility to the Awliya (ones close to Allah) of Allah will vie with Allah in belligerency.” (Hakim narrated as Sahih from Mu'aadh bin Jabal. And in the Hadeeth Qudsi, it is narrated,

«إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَالَ مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقَدْ آذَنْتُهُ بِالْحَرْبِ»

“The Messenger of Allah (saaw) said that Allah said, 'whomever harms my Wali I will declare a war against him' ...” [Bukhari].”

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Turkey