We have now passed the 87-year mark of having no Imam over our necks, 87 years of ruling other than the Shariah, 87 years of more than one tyrants, dictators and despots, 87 years of oppresion and decay. But after 87 years, the protests that started in Tunisia has snowballed and caught the West and the Rulers of the Muslim countries with their pants down.
This was 3rd March 1924. Now we are in 2011 and change is still now continuing unabated. Inshallah we may be witnessing looming protests (large ones inshallah) in the Heart of the Muslims world...Saudi Arabia! Next Friday will be the one to watch. Please make dua that the current protests throughout the Muslim world enlarges and spreads until it engulfs all the Muslim countries, and that the Ummah of Muhammad (saw) starts calling for real change, including the removal of all the rulers and the re-establishment of the Khilafah Rashidah ameen.
The closed societies of the Muslim world are now opening up and this means opportunities for the dawah to reach to the wider sections of society. Crucially the armies are now in contact with the people and we know how important it is for the armies to discover the role that they can play in supporting the call for the Khilafah. Witness what is happening in Libya. We have many of the army personnel defecting to the opposition and they with the civilians have formed a fighting unit to dislodge the Gadaffi government. May Allah swt bless their revolution and grant them the victory ameen.
Wasalaam mu aleikum!
OD
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87 Years after destruction of Khilafah, the Ummah is marching for real change!
3rd March 1924 – 3rd March 2011 After 87 years of oppression, corruption and weakness. The Ummah is marching for real change!
3rd March 2011 is the 87th anniversary of the destruction of the Khilafah (caliphate). It was on the 3rd March 1924 the Islamic Khilafah State in Istanbul, Turkey was formally destroyed by Mustapha Kemal in collaboration with imperial Britain. It was the day the Muslim Ummah as one Ummah and one state lost her leadership, the Khalifah. The Khilafah State was replaced by countless statelets spanning the entire Muslim world to be ruled by puppet rulers subservient to the agendas of the European powers. From then on, the Muslim Ummah has been governed by kings and dictators who have held onto their thrones by brute force, repression and terror. These puppet rulers have been there to guard the interests of the Western powers in our lands, keeping the ummah divided and ensuring the pillage of our resources.
Even at its weakest, the Khilafah State was considered a world power. At its best, when it followed the Islamic ideology and Prophetic example most closely, it was the shining beacon of justice and civilization for humanity – where lives were secured; where the poor and weak were cared for; where technology and learning flourished; and where men and women of different creeds and colours could live together side by side in harmony.
Yet since its demise the Ummah has been weak, divided and colonised, possessing little political influence and no leadership to harness its bountiful resources: approximately 20% of the world’s population, over 60% of the world’s oil reserves and 55% of gas reserves, approximately 37% of the world’s gold reserves, and almost 25% of the world’s defence personnel.
Muslims had become used to living under the tyranny and oppression of illegitimate rulers; and have become used to their lands and resources being exploited by Western colonial powers until this year – 2011 CE, 1432 AH. This year, in a matter of weeks everything changed. The Ummah rose up and threw off the decades-old rule of tyrants Ben Ali in Tunisia and Mubarak in Egypt. The Ummah rose up and weakened Gaddafi in Libya and Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen, almost to the brink of collapse. And now a fire is burning under the thrones of the illegitimate rulers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Oman, Iraq, Algeria and Morocco.
The Ummah is united in one voice of frustration at the rulers and their unjust systems; one cry of anger at the west who supported them; one voice of despair at food prices and the lack of jobs.
Yet as America, Britain and France have felt their grip on the Arab and Muslim world weaken, they are doing everything to retain control. The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt have been ousted by the people, but the regimes and ruling structures, which support kufr systems and Western interests, remain. They will allow constitutional amendments as long as they maintain their hegemony. They will encourage ‘democratisation’ as long as elections allow their puppets to win, their economic interests to be secured and the secular framework – that blocks the liberating power of Islam in political life – remains.
The Western media has been in overdrive to tell the world that this is not an Islamic revolution. They are doing everything they can to stop people overthrowing not only the ruler, but any system that is subservient to western ideals and values. However, the reality is that the people in the Arab world want the ability to elect and account their rulers and want to be freed from the hegemony of American and British puppets. In some Muslim countries polls show up to 70% of people want the return of the Khilafah. This is unsurprising when we see the cries of ‘Allahu Akbar’ and the congregational prayers even during the heat of demonstration. Muslims know that only Islam can bind people together in the Muslim world, unite people, and bring dignity, justice and security to this Ummah again. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said “A single day under a just ruler is better than 60 years of ibadah” [Bayhaqi / Tabarani].
By contrast ‘freedom and democracy’ brought death and destruction in Iraq and Afghanistan. It brought torture and detention in Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and Bagram. It has led to the decline in society in the West, breakdown of family life and the sexual exploitation of women and children. The global capitalist system has collapsed and the gap between rich and poor in western countries has been exposed for the world to see. This is not the future the Muslim Ummah wants.
In previous years, we have called this Ummah to remove these treacherous rulers as they have been the thorn in our side for far too long. This year, we add to this, that it is not individual men – whether Mubarak, Ben Ali, Gaddafi or Zardari – who are the only problem. It is the systems they lead that oppress and enslave our people. Fir’awn did not rule alone – without Qarun and Haman – and an entire Pharaonic system. When Musharraf was removed in Pakistan, people thought that change had come. The corruption of the Zardari-Gilani ‘democratic’ regime has shown the Muslims of Pakistan that change is not achieved simply by removing one man. Only by removing the entire secular capitalist system and replacing it with an Islamic constitution will an elected and accountable government be realised in the Muslim world. Any other change of face will be another disaster for this Ummah. ‘Democracies’ blessed and supported by Cameron and Obama will simply ensure continuity of the existing corrupt policies in our countries.
We pray that these uprisings and protests do not stop until these evil systems are replaced with the just Islamic Khilafah system, with an accountable Khaleefah at its head. A Khalifah who will be bound by the Islamic Shariah, whose contract with the people will be to rule by justice and fairness, who will return the resources of the Muslim Ummah back to the people, unify the Muslim lands and eject the occupiers from our lands.
Hizb ut Tahrir calls upon the Muslim Ummah that now is the time to re-establish the Islamic Khilafah State. Now is the time to make this the most important issue in our lives and do whatever we can, wherever we are to contribute to furthering the establishment of the Khilafah. We pray that through these uprisings Allah brings real change and that we all see with our own eyes the promise of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) who said
“There will be Prophethood for as long as Allah (SWT) wills it to be, then He will remove it when He wills, then there will be Khilafah on the Prophetic method and it will be for as long as Allah (SWT) wills, then He will remove it when He wills, then there will be biting Kingship for as long as Allah (SWT) Wills, then He will remove it when He wills, then there will be oppressive kingship for as long as Allah (SWT) wills, then he will remove it when He wills, and then there will be Khilafah upon the Prophetic method” and then he remained silent ‘[Ahmad]
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Britain
3rd March 2011
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Are Muslims calling for democracy or elections?
Surveys show the silent ‘majority’ of Muslims want Islam yet the western media persists in trying to portray the uprisings as pro-democracy.
“…democracy is more than elections”(1).
Tzipi Livni – Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, February 24, 2011.
Brave protestors are still on the streets struggling against many of the tyrannical Arab regimes. The world continues to watch the efforts of once-ordinary people who finally shook off their fear of their dictatorial regimes and chose dignity instead.
In the aftermath of the uprising an important question remains unanswered; are Muslims calling for democracy or elections?
The question exists because Western news reporters and camera crews report demonstrators calling for democracy but what does this mean to them? CNN and the BBC may report that they use the phrase democracy but there’s an unsurprising bias, particularly when the Western media scour the streets for those who can explain their ideas in English. Do we take these calls at face-value or do we investigate if that’s what they are really calling for?
There’s no doubt ‘democracy’ is recognised as a contested and elusive term(2). So we could take a simple meaning which depends on procedural elements such as civil rights, particularly fair elections; the rule of law; equality before the law; economic opportunity and a fairer distribution of wealth; accountability and transparency as well as an end to the corruption of crony capitalism. All of this fits within what many ascribe to democracy.
However, we could also take a deeper meaning of democracy that includes Western values, not least the notions of secularism and that legislation comes from man. This meaning of legislation through popular will and separation of church from state is essentially a rejection to the Right of Allah SWT, as al-Hakim, to be the sole legislator and as al-Malik, to be sovereign alone.
Awareness of this conflict between the two definitions means it is clear we must guard against employing the term ‘democracy’ so carelessly.
One answer on what the people want comes from the explicit calls for Islam by demonstrators from Tunis and Cairo to Sana’a to Benghazi, easily available on YouTube but conspicuous by their absence in Western news reports.
Another comes from the calls of the Islamic jurists motivating the people to rise on the basis of Islam. Al-Arabiyya reported the publication of a statement of 90 ‘Ulema from various countries supporting the uprising but condemning democracy adding:
“In democracies, people might vote for things that are prohibited in Islam like establishing brothels, allowing homosexuality, drinking alcohol, and usury, and prohibiting the call for prayers or the veil”(3)
This was supported by a fatwa by the Network of Free ‘Ulema of Libya telling all Muslims it was their Islamic (rather than democratic) duty to rebel stating:
“They (the government and its supporters) have thereby demonstrated total infidelity to the guidance of God and his beloved Prophet (SAW)…this renders them undeserving of any obedience or support, and makes rebelling against them by all means possible a divinely ordained duty” (4)
Yet another answer comes from the objective polling data taken from reputable bodies. The Pew Research Centre’s Global Attitudes Project asked Muslims if democracy was preferable to any other kind of government in a report published in January, 2011(5). They found strong agreement in Lebanon (81%), Turkey (76%), Jordan (69%), Nigeria (66%), Indonesia (65%), Egypt (59%) with Pakistan trailing in behind (42%).
However, when Muslims were asked in the same poll if Islam was seen as a positive rather than negative influence in politics it found impressive margins in favour of Islam in Indonesia (91% positive to 6% negative), Egypt (85% to 2%), Nigeria (82% to 10%), Jordan (76% to 14%) and Pakistan (69% to 6%). A separate Pew report on Religion & Public Life from April 2010 found substantial majorities of Muslims polled in sub-Saharan Africa who favoured making shari’ah the official law of the land including Djibouti (82%), DR Congo (74%), Nigeria (71%), Uganda (66%), Ethiopia and Mozambique (both 65%), Kenya (64%) and Mali (63%)(6).
This coincides with previous polls. The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland conducted a major survey in February 2007 in Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Its summary concludes:
“On average, about three out of four agree with seeking to “require Islamic countries to impose a strict application of sharia,” and to “keep Western values out of Islamic countries.” Two-thirds would even like to “unify all Islamic counties into a single Islamic state or caliphate”(7)
The Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan surveyed Muslims in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria back in February 2005(8). It found approximately two-thirds of Muslim respondents in Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt stated that the shari’ah must be the only source of legislation; while the remaining third believed that it must be “one of the sources of legislation”. By comparison, in Lebanon and Syria, a majority (nearly two thirds in Lebanon and just over half in Syria) favored the view that shari’ah must be one of the sources of legislation.
So the desire for rights is clear and the desire for Islam is clear. The people may sometimes use the term ‘democracy’, which will be eagerly seized on by western media networks, but there is clearly awareness that Islam provides the rights that people want.
Some Muslims, fearful of being labelled extremists have gone to great lengths to downplay any fervour for Islam in governance while the Western media have reported events to support their bias for democracy. However, this should not lead to confusion. Muslims have risen, with iman in their hearts. They’ve put their lives on the line facing tanks, jets, artillery, machine guns and snipers, chanting loudly that they want the fall of their regimes and that they want their rights.
There is certainly more to democracy than elections and it should not surprise any of us that the people of a Muslim-majority region want Islam.
Notes:
1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022305364.html
2 http://www.globalbarometer.net/GBS_Oct_2010/08.%20Bratton%20Print.pdf
3 http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/21/138583.html
4 http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE71K1TQ20110221
5 http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1874/egypt-protests-democracy-islam-influence-politics-islamic-extremism
6 http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/sub-saharan-africa/sub-saharan-africa-full-report.pdf
7 http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brmiddleeastnafricara/346.php?nid&id&pnt=346&lb=brme
8 http://www.css-jordan.org/SubDefault.aspx?PageId=37&PollId=140&PollType=3
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Anti-government protests: Allah is preparing the Ummah for victory
26 February 2011
Abdul-Kareem
As anti-government protests sweep the Muslim world and tyrants begin to fall the question of who will replace them is now on the minds of the ummah.
If we look back to the time of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and his struggle to establish the first Islamic State, we see he صلى الله عليه وسلم approached many tribes seeking the support (nussrah) for establishing the authority of Islam. He صلى الله عليه وسلم suffered persecution and difficulty in seeking the nussrah most notably in Ta'if where they hurled insults and stones at him until the whole of his body including his feet bled.
Whilst the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and sahaba were struggling in the dawah in Makkah, Allah سبحانه وتعالى was preparing two tribes with the honour of becoming the future Ansar who supported the establishment of the first Islamic State in Medina.
These two tribes were Al-Aws and Al-Khazraj and five years before the hijra a severe battle took place between them called the Battle of Bu'ath, which led them on the path to becoming Muslim and giving the final nussrah.
'Aisha (ra) narrates about this point: The day of Bu'ath was a day (i.e. battle) which Allah caused to take place just before the mission of His Messenger so that when Allah's Messenger came to Medina, they (the tribes) had divided (into hostile groups) and their nobles had been killed; and all of that facilitated their conversion to Islam. [Bukhari]
The Battle of Bu'ath was a defining moment in the history of Islam and the anti-government demonstrations today may also turn out to be such a turning point.
Today, the ummah is feeling the shocks of the regimes collapsing and martyrs falling in the streets and this will generate an intellectual process which seeks answers for a way forward.
This is mentioned by Taquideen an-Nabhani in the book Attakattul el-Hizbi (Structuring of a Party):
Vitality usually streams into the Ummah when severe shocks occur in the society and produce a common feeling. This collective feeling leads to an intellectual process, which in turn produces a host of propositions and ideas as a result of discussions about the causes and effects of the shock, as well as the direct and indirect means to save the Ummah.
The problems people face in life will naturally provoke thinking in the person as they search for a solution. Similarly, the severe problems and shocks faced by the ummah during the fall of the tyrants have provoked many elements of the society to question and debate the next steps. The scholars, politicians, media, political parties, army, Islamic groups and western governments are all involved in this debate to varying degrees of influence. Even if after the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and beyond a Khilafah does not emerge, this should not be a source of despair for the ummah and the dawah carriers in particular. Rather these demonstrations have achieved many positive outcomes for the Islamic revival and are a step closer to the victory of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the establishment of the Khilafah.
1. For any idea to become a concept that shapes people's behaviour it must have a reality that people can perceive and relate to. During the 1950's and 60's in the Arab world there was widespread support for the rulers even though they were dictators ruling by non-Islam who upheld the interests of their colonial masters. At this time Hizb ut-Tahrir exposed the rulers, their oppression and their subservience to the west but this was viewed as "strange" by many in the ummah. However, actions speak louder than words, and over time through decades of oppression the ummah has realised who their rulers truly are. The hatred of the tyrants, the destruction of their portraits and hounding them out the country shows the ummahs true feelings towards them.
2. The ummah were in fear of the rulers who tortured, abused and imprisoned them. Those few dawah carriers who stood up were dealt with brutally to the point where thousands languished in the dungeons of the tyrants. But these demonstrations removed the fear from the ummah who faced the tanks and live ammunition with their bare chests chanting Allahu Akbar!
3. The hypocrisy of western leaders who supported and armed these tyrants is now plain for the ummah to see, such as when the police use anti-riot weapons with "made in Britain" on them or when the British PM tours the Middle East with arms companies in tow.
4. The Hizb adopted a clear and precise method for establishing the Islamic State from the sunnah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, which stressed the importance of building a public opinion for revival and gaining the physical support (nussrah) from those who prop up the rulers (primarily the armies). Many Islamic groups rejected this method in favour of compromise, gradualism and power sharing with the governments. Yet the millions protesting in Tunis and Cairo proved beyond a shadow of a doubt the power of public opinion in generating change.
5. Some Islamic movements condemned the Muslim armies as corrupt and began developing their own nussrah by creating armed groups to fight the governments directly, or ignored the armies completely in their dawah believing public opinion was enough. However, the pivotal role the armies played in propping up the regimes became clear when the armies removed their support for Ben Ali and then Mubarak. The army in Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya refused to fire on demonstrators and many held their own demonstrations and joined the protestors. The days spent mingling with the armies has helped break down the barriers imposed by the tyrants and will lead to greater dialogue and trust in the future between the armies and the wider society.
6. Another positive outcome is an awakening of the scholars who may now begin to distance themselves from the corrupt regimes and take their place as leading figures in the Islamic revival.
A statement issued by 90 preachers and religious scholars from all over the Muslim world praised the revolutions that ousted the dictatorships of Tunisia and Egypt for defeating oppression and ushering in a new era of justice and freedom.
The statement, however, criticized the revolution's call for the installation of full democracies. Democracy, Muslim clerics argued, allows the people have the final say in their countries' affairs, which leads to the prevalence of several un-Islamic practices.
"In democracies, people might vote for things that are prohibited in Islam like establishing brothels, allowing homosexuality, drinking alcohol, and usury, and prohibiting the call for prayers or the veil."
Calling itself the Network of Free Ulema of Libya, the group of over 50 Muslim scholars said the government and its supporters "have demonstrated total arrogant impunity and continued, and even intensified, their bloody crimes against humanity."
"They have thereby demonstrated total infidelity to the guidance of God and his beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم," said the undated statement obtained by Reuters on Monday.
"This renders them undeserving of any obedience or support, and makes rebelling against them by all means possible a divinely ordained duty," said the scholars, who asked not to be named for security reasons.
7. In Tunisia Islam was suppressed for decades. The post "independence" leader Bourguiba called the hijab an "odious rag", seized properties held by Islamic trusts, closed their courts and enshrined secular family codes. He even went so far as arguing that fasting during Ramadan should not be observed for it reduces productivity! He then appeared on television with his cabinet, eating and drinking during Ramadan! His successor Ben Ali was no different. Women who wore hijab were denied access to education and jobs. Many say police used to stop them in the streets, strip them of their headscarves and force them to sign papers renouncing the hijab. Men with long beards were similarly treated.
A similar suppression occurred in Central Asia under the Soviets where they closed down mosques and drove Islam underground. However, after the collapse of the Soviet Union Central Asia saw Muslims re-opening their mosques, women wearing hijab and people starting to learn their religion. Central Asia today has millions of supporters for Khilafah. Tunisia may go in a similar direction. The mosques are beginning to fill up, women openly wearing hijab and public protests calling for Islam.
The Muslims living in the future Khilafah may very well study these protests in their history books and see the part they played in reviving the ummah and establishing the Khilafah, just as the Battle of Bu'ath did in establishing the first Islamic State.
Allah سبحانه وتعالى tests the Muslim ummah out of love so they become purified and return to the straight path - sirat ul-mustaqim. These tests bring us closer to the victory of establishing the Khilafah and prepare the ummah for being the future rulers of the world.
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "A man will continue to be tested until he walks upon the face of the earth with no sin on him." [Ahmed]
The dawah carriers now face a test to answer the ummah's questions that have arisen as a result of these shocks and explain the correct Islamic concepts and Islamic method for moving the Muslim world forward. Even if these protests bring no immediate change we shouldn't be disheartened or become defeated that we can never establish the Khilafah. Rather it means we need to work harder to gain Allah's سبحانه وتعالى pleasure and work righteous deeds so we are worthy of victory.
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا ۚ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
"Allah has promised those of you who have iman and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their deen with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. ‘They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.' Any who are kafir after that, such people are deviators." [An-Nur, 24:55]
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Revolutions: False comparisons and the agent of change
26 February 2011
Abid Mustafa
The unprecedented torrents of revolt sweeping in the Arab world have led many observers to make comparisons with the demise of the Iron Curtain in 1989 or the Iranian revolution in 1979. Both assessments in many ways are misleading-at best they are simply fictitious.
In the fall of the Iron Curtain nations abandoned ‘godless socialism' and embraced free market capitalism. Eastern European countries shifted from Russia's sphere of influence to American colonization. The super power struggle between Soviets and the Americans ended with Russia's defeat and the ascendency of the lone super power America.
In contrast, the domino effect that is toppling autocratic leaders across the North Africa has not ended free market capitalism, nor has it ousted the world's lone super power. Tunisia and Egypt remain staunchly secular, its solutions are capitalistic in nature and both are firmly in the grip of Britain and America. Furthermore, the geopolitical struggle is confined between Europe and America over who controls the hydrocarbons and other riches of the Arab world. If change does materialize, then this will merely be the elimination of European hegemony-especially British control- over countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and the Gulf countries. Additionally, the face of the ruling system and apparatus will undergo some modifications to make America's rule more palatable to the people and stymie further uprisings.
Equating the Arab revolution with the Iranian one is equally flawed. The fall of the Shah and the arrival of Khomeini only switched the rule in Iran from British hands to America hands. Capitalism still flourishes and is peppered with Islamic dressing which to most observers is misconstrued as a form of theocracy. The fact of the matter is that Iran is a secular regime with some facets of democracy and staunchly operates within ambit of American rules. Again, the present uprising in Iran is not seeking an end to capitalism, American hegemony or for that matter an end to Western patronage. This is the only similarity between the present rebellions in the Arab world and the Iranian revolution.
If valuable lessons have to be learnt then it is quite evident that almost all revolutions in societies that covet change -irrespective of ideological orientations-require domestic partners that can tangibly deliver change and ensure genuine independence from Western interference. These partners are the powerful armies of the Arab and Muslim countries. General Rachid Ammar of Tunisia and General Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sami Hafiz could have easily catapulted the revolutions towards real and meaningful change. Instead, they betrayed the pure feelings of their people and chose to stand by their Western masters Britain and America. Therefore in both cases the regimes that were responsible for years of despotism, aggression and kufr are still in place awaiting further instructions from the West.
Allah says in Surah Ar-Ra'ad:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ
"Verily, Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves."
The ummah must realize that their appalling situation is destined to change but they must put pressure on the armies who are part of the ummah to join them in this quest to liberate the ummah from the yoke of Western colonialism an return to the rule of Islam.
Feb 22 2011
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Q&A on Khilafah
http://www.hizb.org.uk/what-is-khilafah/qa-on-khilafah
An in-depth Q&A on the Khiafah and it’s plan for the Muslim World
Q&A on Khilafah
1. How will the Islamic state deal with different Madhabs (Schools of Thought in Islam)
2. Is the Khilafah state solely for Muslims?
3. Are you working to establish the Khilafah in Western states like Britain?
4. Will women be given education?
5. What will the Khilafah teach other than Islamic education in it's schools?
6. What will be the Khilafah's view towards technology and the internet?
7. Can the Khilafah solve the problems of poverty in our countries?
8. Will the Khilafah close itself to the foreign world like North Korea and other rogue states?
9. How will a Khilafah state emerge?
10. What will be the basis of foreign relations?
11. How will your Islamic state deal with political actions such as embargoes, isolation and other political actions from hostile states?
12. How will your Islamic state deal with Israel?
13. What will be the basis of relationships with other Muslim countries?
14. Will your state be run by clerics?
15. Would the Caliph be elected and held accountable for all his actions?
16. Explain in brief the key principles of the Islamic political system
17. What do you mean by ‘authority belongs to the people’?
18. People say this would be an election that is ‘one-man one-vote one-time’
19. But with no fixed-term limits, doesn’t this just become an elected dictatorship?
20. Apart from the head of State are there any other elected institutions in the Caliphate?
21. What are the powers of these assemblies?
22. If legislation is divine in origin, does that not make the Islamic State a theocracy like Iran or Saudi Arabia?
23. Political parties who adhere to the constitution should operate freely within the system. But if you believe the Caliphate is not theocratic, then surely your state is religious and therefore not pluralistic?
24. But aren’t people in the West are free to criticise their leaders and their political systems?
25. How can this be reconciled with a ‘free media’?
26. If legislation is sourced from divine law, how can you progress and solve new challenges and problems?
27. Are you therefore saying that people have no role in policies because everything is divinely ordained?
28. Political leaders should represent the interests of all the people, not just a narrow elite. You are obviously critical of the closeness of big business in democratic societies, but how would you stop that happening in the Caliphate?
29. There should be a judiciary independent of the executive and who can hold the executive to account. Are you saying the judiciary is therefore independent from the State in the Caliphate?
30. Are you therefore saying that no individual or group is above the law?
31. Are you saying that the Caliphate will not discriminate against any of its citizens on the basis of creed, race, gender or disability? Surely by being based on Islam, Muslims will always be favoured and surely secularism is the best way to go?
32. Arbitrary arrest, spying on citizens, internment, torture and extraordinary rendition should be absolutely prohibited. However if you do not believe in democratic rights, wouldn’t people say that made the system a Police State?
33. Didn’t religious rule in Europe in the medieval period hold Western society back in terms of material progress?
34. Even if you reject the Western model based on its corruption and inability to tackle longterm challenges isn’t China an alternative?
35. How would you choose a ruler in the Khilafah?
36. How is a ruler accounted or changed in the Islamic Khilafah system?
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Other tidbits..
Demonstrations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and continuing fighting in Libya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IK609ep7aRE
A History of the Khilafah system
http://www.hizb.org.uk/what-is-khilafah/a-history-of-the-khilafah-system
The Obligation of Khilafah
by Kamal Abu Zahra
''The one who removes his hand from obedience he will meet Allah without a proof for himself' and Whosoever dies without a bay'ah on his neck dies the death of Jahiliyyah.''
http://www.khilafah.com/index.php/the-khilafah/issues/2752-the-obligation-of-khilafah
O Muslims in Syria: Be a model for the change spreading in the region, by establishing the Khilafah-Rashidah
Monday, 28 February 2011
On 27th March 2008, the administration of Sednaya prison carried out severe torture of prisoners, which reached the level of "combing their flesh with iron hooks". The prisoners who suffered this torture, who were mainly from the Islamic activists, began to call out for Allah's help from the unbearable cruelty. Their voices reached the other prisoners who became enraged at this, and they began to raise their voices in Takbeer (Allah-o-Akbar). Some of the prisoners escaped their cells, and a wide-scale rebellion took place for several days, after which the prison guards regained control and inflicted indescribable types of torture upon the prisoners....
read on:
http://www.khilafah.com/index.php/analysis/middle-east/11368-o-muslims-in-syria-be-a-model-for-the-change-spreading-in-the-region-by-establishing-the-khilafah-rashidah
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