Have you seen the pomp and extravagance at the Royal Wedding? The fancy costumes and the singing of hymns? The attendances of the world's 'Elite', which includes the foreign heads of state, the foreign monarchies, celebraties and politicians (including tyrants and dictators of the Muslim countries). Some people even flew from other parts of the world like Brazil and USA to attend this event! Not that I watched it but you could easily see the small highlights afterwards. Looking at other events which also holds this much if not more weight, such as the United States Presidential Inauguration, these project the power of their authority upon the world such that people in other nations and countries hold them in awe and come rushing to attend and hopefully view them.
What of the Muslim world? We are a humiliated nation. Is this something we can only dream of? No! In the not-to-distant past, we were a mighty superpower bigger than what Britain and America is now. The people of the West used to come to the Khilafah in the past the way the people of today comes to London and Washington. Look at the pictures below of the might of Islam in the past! Look at its splendour, its uniforms and dress! Look at its authority and power (by the permission of Allah swt!). This is because we were ruling by Islam and Islam alone. The pictures below are of our last great Caliph, Sultan Abdul Hamid the Second (may Allah swt have mercy on him) and he became a Caliph of the Muslims during the decline of the Uthmani Khilafah (Ottoman Empire). But he tried his best and stayed firm on Islam and mashallah kept the authority of the State to the Muslims and the Sovereignty to Allah swt. The first two pictures are when he became the Caliph of the Muslims and the last one is during his last days. Look at the last picture, look at the reaction of the crowds to the Caliph, they are so proud mashallah. Would we be like this to the numerous current rulers in the Muslim world right now?
Every sultan of the Ottoman Empire had his own monogram, called the tughra, which served as a coat of arms. A modern coat of arms, (inspired by the European heraldic tradition) was created in the late 19th century. The final design was adopted by Sultan Abdul Hamid II on April 17, 1882. It included two flags: the flag of the Osmanli Dynasty which had a crescent and a star on red base and the flag of the Islamic Caliph which had 3 crescents on a green base. Some graphic elements of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire such as the central oval and the vertically-oriented crescent and star were re-edited in the current semi-official emblem of the Republic of Turkey.
So let us work to re-establish this Khilafah that which our Prophet Muhammad (saw) established! So that first and foremost we can please and seek the pleasure of Allah swt that we have obeyed His (swt)'s command, and that we can finally rule by Islam and humiliate the enemies of Islam and that every town and city resonates with the takbir of Allahu Akbar! and not USA! USA!
Syria
The protests in Syria are now going full throttle but there are disturbing reports of chaos and confusion due to who is shooting who. There are reports of the Security Forces (Mukhaberat who else?) shooting at both the civilians and the army. They then withdraw silently creating chaos in their wake. Bashar al-Assad is another typical Gadaffi. Sadly another example of 'Like father like son'.
Look at what Iran is doing. This so-called Ahmedinejad who 'supposedly' hates Israel is doing something behind closed doors. An extract below with a link is from a news articles in the New York Times...
The measures (sanctions) also take aim at Syria's intelligence agency and the Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite paramilitary unit already under heavy sanctions from the United States. Iran, officials said, is using the force to funnel tear gas, batons and other riot gear to Syria.
The ongoing Libya crises
Below are the Q&A of the ongoing crises in Libya. Nato has killed Gadaffi's youngest son and three grandsons. There's no telling whats going to happen next. There is a lot of bloodshed and killings going on in the Muslim world right now.
- The invasion of Libya has now passed its first month and is fast moving towards a stalemate. Why has the Western coalition been unable to remove Gaddafi?
- The Western coalition, which is fundamentally France, Britain and the US individually possess the capability to bring this conflict to an end, why have they failed in achieving this?
- Who are the rebels in Benghazi? Why have they failed to remove Gaddafi and what is their military capability?
- Does Libya form part of the global struggle between the world’s powers?
- What direction are events most likely to take?
The death of Osama bin Laden
This morning awoke with the news of the assassination of Osama bin Laden by the US Forces acting in Pakistan. This is upsetting news if true. A Victory for the West and utter humiliation for the Muslims! For how long will the Ummah keep acting as a coward? A defeated mentality and despair? We number more than a billion with 50+ big countries next to each other but we can not even unite and protect ourselves? The picture above shows how high they (the West) have become and how low we have become. Osama bin Laden was a Muslim and he is subject to the Shariah like any other Muslim. Allahu alam, but whatever he did or did not do it is up to the courts of the Khilafah with a Judge to make judgements, not a Kafir enemy conducting their Judge Dredd exercise! They did the same to Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi's son. But did we feel any good even if they were tyrants? This is the Enemy's Justice, not the Muslim's justice. For America to kill him, take possession of his body and dump it in the Sea where we can't then locate the body is utter shame to us! And they said they gave him a 'religious funeral' and buried him! We Muslims are the ones supposed to bury him, not the enemy and certainly not in the Sea!
Furthermore, what about the sovereignty of Pakistan? Abbotabad is in a Pakistan military area more specifically the Pakistan Military Academy! This area is the equivalent to West Point and Sandhurst which are the military academies of the US and UK! What was Osama bin Laden doing right on their doorstep?! And for all of the last decade?! It is inconceivable that the Pakistan Army and government did not know he was living there, a well-off area and a well-guarded sprawling complex in a mansion! If they knew then the US certainly sidestepped them, invaded the sovereign territory of Pakistan and conduct their killing! What would they say if foreign governments did the same in London and Washington?!
Public Demo this Saturday 7th May
Join our March to show your solidarity to the Ummah; on Saturday 7th May 2011, 2pm
Meeting Point: Paddington Green
Hizb ut-Tahrir, a political party that takes care of the affairs of Muslims and their interests according to the rulings of Islam, considers it important to declare the following:
1. We remind all the Muslims that they are one ummah, they have one Lord, the One and Unique, one Prophet, One Book, one qiblah, their peace is one and their war is one.
2. We remind the Muslims that they must help their brother; rejoice in his joy, feel his pain when he is afflicted as has come in the noble hadith: “The Example of the believers in their love for each other, their nearness and compassion for each other is like one body; when one limb suffers pain the rest of the body breaks out in sleeplessness and fever” (Muslim, Sahih #2586). And from the Prophet (saw) where he said: “The believers are like one building – each re-enforcing the other…” (Bukhari, Sahih #6026).
3. We remind them too that the lesson in this is being bound to the `Aqeedah and not bound to the Sykes-Picot agreement and what it established. This is a colonial treaty utterly invalid and rejected and any resulting spurious conditions imposed by the coloniser is also rejected. Islam required the Sykes-Picot agreement to be rejected and dissolved as well as all its implications and terms.
4. That our Lord and Helper – the Mighty and Exalted – will gave help to the oppressed where He says in his Majestic Book: “And what is the matter with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this town, whose people are oppressors, and make for us some friend from Yourself, and make for us from Yourself some helper?’”[ TMQ An-Nisa 4:75].
And we conclude with the open invitation to all Muslims to work with us to raise the word of Allah high through the pledge of allegiance to the Khalifah who will rule with the laws of Allah and to cut the hands of the greedy colonialists in our country and our affairs. The only way to liberate the Ummah from the West and those following behind her lies in the establishment of the Khilafah which we were informed about by the Noble Prophet (May Allah bless him and his family) when he said: “Verily the Imam is a shield behind whom you fight and are protected”.
Campaign video for 7th May Day of Solidarity
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