Nussrah Magazine Issue 16 January/ February 2014 – Rabi ul-Awwal/ Rabi uth-Thaanee 1435 AH

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Editorial: The Real Internal Threat 01 Shaikh Ata ibn Khalil Abu Ar-Rashta: Tafseer: Al-Baqarah 92-96 02 Feature Article: Rabi ul-Awwal‘s Greatest Gift, RasulAllah (saw) 04 Naseer al-Islam Mehmood: The Betrayal of Islam and Muslims by the Armies 06 Role of the Ulema in the Establishment of the Khilafah State 08 Khalid Salahudeen: The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan 12 Abid Mustafa- Pakistan Must Sever Ties with America for Future Economic Sustainability 18 Imran Khan- A New Jockey for America‘s Horse, Democracy 22 Martyrdom in Syria 25 Russian Foreign Minister Attacks the Khilafah 26 Q& A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt 27 America Seeks A Permanent Presence Through Talks 35 Nussrah For Khilafah Bayyan Campaign 39

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Editorial The Real Internal Threat Our real internal threat is the substantial aggression, requiring US intervention. American presence within Pakistan. It is this Essentially, the United States was informing American presence which is the source of the the powers of the Old World that the intricate planning, huge funding and American continents were no longer open to sophisticated arms supply that allows the European influence, and that any effort to attacks on military and civilian targets. This is extend European political hegemony into the also why such attacks never target American New World would be considered by the assets, of which there are many on our soil, United States "as dangerous to our peace and but always target ours. Ending drone attacks, safety." The United States would not interfere partial withdrawal of foreign troops, in European wars or internal affairs, and maintaining military presence in the troubled firmly expected Europe to stay out of tribal areas and adjusting ties with America American affairs. By the end of the nineteenth are not addressing the root of our security century, Monroe's declaration was seen as a problems. defining moment in the foreign policy of the Such damaging interference in the affairs of United States and one of its longest-standing another nation is a feature of American tenets. foreign policy. American colonialist foreign However, though America despised European policy is based on foreign interventionism, a intervention in its neighboring nations, state's intervention in the affairs of another America saw no problem in its own nation. Pakistan is far from alone in suffering intervention in Latin American nations. As American interference. From Latin America Pakistan knows too well, the means included through Africa and the Middle East onwards political and military contact, intelligence to South East Asia, America has instigated assets such as the CIA and diplomatic chaos in other nations, with policies such as facilities, the embassy and consulates. In time low intensity conflict and covert operations. Latin America had good cause to resent the Low intensity conflict destroy internal Monroe Doctrine, as an excuse for America to stability, justifying repeated American replace European hegemony with its own. interference. As for covert operations, such as This resentment is what led America to ―false flag‖ attacks in the name of the enemy, disavow the maligned Monroe Doctrine they act to make sure the low intensity conflict ―officially‖, though not practically. In continues. In Pakistan's case, America has November 2013, Secretary of State John ensnared our armed forces in a low intensity Kerry declared that "the era of the Monroe conflict within the tribal areas. America uses Doctrine is over.‖ covert operations to attack our military and So much for the American double standards! civilian targets. It has both launched attacks And so much for rulers that plead with us to independently, in Raymond Davis fashion, as swallow this hypocrisy, just so that they can well as embedded its agents in the loose, acquire praise and wealth from their foreign susceptible tribal groupings. And these masters. It is upon the Muslims to lead the attacks are made in the name of the tribal world in rejecting American hypocrisy. Only people to provide justification for continuing the Khilafah has the necessary political will to the conflict. reject American interventionism and eradicate What America expects other nations to the physical means for this to occur, the tolerate, it will never tolerate itself. The American embassies, consulates, bases, ―Monroe Doctrine‖ as it came to be known, intelligence, military and diplomatic missions. was a policy of the United States introduced This will is mandated by the Islamic Aqeedah on December 2, 1823 during President James which forbids the domination of the affairs of Monroe's seventh annual State of the Union Muslims by kufr and its people. And the Address to Congress. It stated that further exercise of such a will to eradicate the efforts by European nations to colonize land American cancer from within our body, would or interfere with states in North or South be an example for other nations to admire and America would be viewed as acts of follow. Nussrah Magazine 1

Tafseer: Al-Baqarah 92-96 Tafseer: Al-Baqarah 92-96 From the Book ―Introduction to the Tafseer of proves Musa‘s Prophethood. Yet, they took the Quran‖ by the Ameer of Hizb ut-Tahrir, the calf as a god after Musa went to Mount the eminent jurist and statesman, Shaikh Ata Tur to meet his Lord. Thus they were ibn Khalil Abu Ar-Rashta: Dhalimeen (wrongdoers), as they put the matter out of its place, making the calf a god, ٌَٚمَ ْذ َجب َء ُوُ ِٛ َعٝ ثب ٌْج١ََِّٕب ِد ثُُ ارَّ َخ ْزرُُ ا ٌْ ؼِ ْجً ِِ ْٓ ثَ ؼْ ِذ ِٖ ٚأَ ْٔزُُ then you“ .ثُُ ارَّ َخ ْزرُُ ا ؼٌْجً .when it is not so َ ْ ُ ِ َّ ْ َ َ ْ َّ ْ ِ ْ َ َظبٌِّٛ َْ )29) worshipped the Calf‖ This means that there ُ َٚ was a delay, i.e. that they spent some timeئِ ْر أَ َخ ْز َٔب ١ِثَبلَ ُى ُْ َٚ َسفَ ؼْ َٕب فَ ْٛلَ ُى ُْ اٌ ُّطٛ َس ُخ ُزٚا َِب آرَ ١ْ َٕب ُو ُْ ثِمُ َّٛ ٍح َٚ considering the signs. So, the signs came, thenا ْع َّ ٛؼُا لَبٌُٛا َع ِّ ؼْ َٕب ػَ َٚ َص ١َْٕب َٚأُ ْش ِشثُٛا فِٟ لٍُُٛثِ ِٙ ُْ ا ٌْ ؼِ ْج ًَ they pondered them, yet after realizing their ثِ ُى ْف ِش ِ٘ ُْ لُ ًْ ثِ ْئ َغ َّب ٠َأْ ُِ ُش ُو ُْ ثِ ِٗ ئ٠ِ َّبُٔ ُى ُْ ئِ ْْ ُوٕزُ ُْ ُِ ْإ ١ِِٕ َٓ )29) ;definitiveness as proof of Musa‘s truthfulness لُ ًْ ئِ ْْ َوبَٔ ْذ ٌَ ُى ُْ اٌ َّذا ُس ا٢ ِخ َشحُ ػِ ْٕ َذ ََّّللاِ َخبٌِ َصخ ِ ْٓ ُدٚ ِْ إٌَّب ِط they still took the calf as their god. So, this is فَزَ ََّّٕ ْٛا ا ٌْ َّ ْٛ َد ئِ ْْ ُوٕزُ ُْ َصب ِدل١ِ َٓ )29) a reprimand of them. ٌََٚ ْٓ ٠َزَ ََّّٕ ُْٖٛ أَثَ ذا ثِ َّب لَ َّذ َِ ْذ أَ ٠ْ ِذ٠ َٚ ُْ ِٙ ََّّللاُ ١ٍِػَ ٌُ ثِبٌظَّبٌِ ١ِّ َٓ )29) 2. Then they came back, so Allah mentions a َ َ َٚ covenant and raising the mountain above theirٌَزَ ِج َذَّٔ ُٙ ُْ أ ْد َش َص إٌَّب ِط ٍَٝػَ َد١َب ٍح َٚ ِ ْٓ اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ أ ْش َش ُوٛا ٠َ َٛ ُّد َ َ َ heads, and that they should take Allah‘s signs أ َد ُذ ُ٘ ُْ ٌَ ْٛ ٠ُ ؼَ َّّ ُش أ ٌْ َف َعَٕ ٍخ َٚ َِب ُ٘ َٛ ثِ ُّ َض ْد ِض ِد ِٗ ِ ْٓ ا ٌْ ؼَ َزا ِة أ ْْ seriously and strive. This is similar to what ٠ُ ؼَ َّّ َش َٚ ََّّللاُ ثَ ِص١ ٌش ثِ َّب ٠َ ٍَُّٛ ؼْ َْ )29) َٚئِ ْر أَ َخ ْز َٔ ب :Musa brought you the Clear Signs; then was mentioned in a previous verse (92)― ١ِثَبلَ ُى ُْ َٚ َسفَ ؼْ َٕب فَ ْٛلَ ُى ُْ اٌ ُّطٛ َس ُخ ُزٚا َِب آرَ ١َْٕب ُو ُْ ثِمُ َّٛ ٍح َٚا ْر ُو ُشٚا you worshipped the Calf, after he left, and ,And (O Children of Isra'il― َِب ف١ِ ِٗ ٌَ ؼٍََّ ُى ُْ رَزَّمwere wrongdoers. (93) Remember when We َْ ُٛ made a covenant with you and lifted up the remember) when We took your covenant and Mount above your heads: ‗Take hold We raised above you the Mount (saying): vigorously of what We have given you and ‗Hold fast to that which We have given you, listen.‘ They said, ‗We hear and disobey.‘ and remember that which is therein so that They were made to absorb the Calf into their you may acquire Taqwa.‘‖ [Surah Al-Baqarah hearts because of their kufr. Say, ‗If you are 2:63] Repetition of the verse is for emphasis, Believers, what an evil thing your iman has which is that – there is no value in listening to made you do.‘ (94) Say, ‗If the abode of the Allah‘s command, unless it is listening, with akhira with Allah is for you alone, to the following the order as it is. i.e. obedience, ا ْع َّ ٛؼُاexclusion of all others, then long for death if with acceptance. Allah says in the verse We― َع ِّ ؼَْٕب ػَ َٚ َص ١َْٕب you are telling the truth.‘ (95) But they will ―Listen.‖ yet they replied never ever long for it because of what they hear and disobey‖ So, the reply indicates that ,Listen‖ includes hearing and obeying― ا ْع َّ ٛؼُا (have done. Allah knows the wrongdoers. (96 Rather you will find them the people greediest and accepting too, even though it is not for life, along with the idolaters. Any of them mentioned. Often accepting is wanted from would love to be allowed to live a thousand listening, as we say in prayer: Sami Allah li years. But being allowed to live would not man Hamida ―And Allah heard the one who َٚ The waw ―and‖ is forأُ ْش ِشثُٛا فِٟ لٍُُٛثِ save him from the punishment. Allah sees praises.‖ ُْ ِٙ what they do.‖ haal ―situation‖ i.e. they said ‗we hear and we disobey‘ whilst they were in love with their 1. Allah sent down clear signs as definite َع ِّ ؼَْٕب :calf, i.e. deep in their hearts. They said proof and supporting miracles of his (Musa‘s) ثِ ُى ْف ِش ِ٘ ُْ ‖ػَ َٚ ―we hear and we is obey َص ١َْٕب Prophethood. They are nine signs mentioned ―because of their kufr‖ i.e. for the reason of َ َ َ َ َٚ “And their kufr. Then Allah ends the verseٌم ْذ آرَ ١ْٕب ُِٛ َعٝ رِ ْغ َغ آ٠َب ٍد ث١َِّٕب ٍد ,elsewhere indeed We gave Musa nine clear signs.‖ explaining that they are liars in their claims of [Surah Al-Isra‘a 17:101] Such as the stick iman, because iman is the opposite or nullifier turning into a snake, his hand coming out of kufr, so, Iman does not ask you to take a white for the onlookers, the locusts, frogs, calf as a god, or to love in your hearts the calf blood, etc. In these is that which definitively Nussrah Magazine 2

Tafseer: Al-Baqarah 92-96 as a god, nor does it yield as a result the your sons, our women and your women, stopping of listening to and obeying of Allah ourselves and yourselves, then we pray and the Creator and the Worshipped. Linking the we invoke Allah‘s curse upon the liars.‘‖ [Aali issue to iman and connecting it to the pronoun Imran 3:61] But, both groups in the time of .did not do so صلى هللا علٍَ ّسلن the Messenger لُ ًْ ثِ ْئ َغ َّب ٠َأْ ُِ ُش ُو ُْ ثِ ِٗ ئ٠ِ َّبُٔ ُى ُْ ئِ ْْ ُوٕزُ ُْ :kum in His saying Say, ‗If you are Believers, what an The Jews did not long for death, nor did the“ ُِ ْإ ١ِِٕ َٓ evil thing your iman has made you do‖ is Christians of Najraan accept the mubahalah. So, it is a definite proof against them, if they أَ َصالَرُ َه .cynically scornful, as in His saying .does your Salah command you‖ were intelligent“ رَأْ ُِ ُش َن ُ ْ ُ ُ ُ The result of the corruption of the Jews and .4 ل ًْ ثِ ْئ َغ َّب ٠َأ ُِ ُشو ُْ ثِ ِٗ ئ٠ِ َّبٔى ُْ ئِ ْْ .[Surah Hud 11:87] ُ Say, ‗If you are Believers, what their causing corruption is that they are afraid“ وٕزُ ُْ ُِ ْإ ِٕ ١ِ َٓ an evil thing your iman has made you do‖ i.e. of dying due the darkness of their ways. if you were truthful believers in taking the calf Therefore, they are the staunchest of people in as your god and embedding its love in your clinging on to life. Rather, the mushrikeen hearts. who do not believe except in this life, cling on 3. Then Allah exposes their lie claiming that to it with all their might, as they do not َٚ believe in another life, yet despite that theلَبٌُٛا ٌَ ْٓ ٠َ ْذ ُخ ًَ ا ٌْ َجَّٕ َخ ئِالَّ َِ ْٓ .Jannah is just for them And they say, "None shall Jews cling to it even more than the“ َوب َْ ُٛ٘ دا أَ ْٚ َٔ َصب َسٜ ٌََٚزَ ِج َذَّٔ ُٙ ُْ َأ ْد َش َص إٌَّب ِط ٍَٝػَ َد١َب ٍح .enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a mushrikeen Christian‖ [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:111] He ―Rather you will find them the people establishes the proof against them, that if they greediest for life.‖ i.e. life in general, any life, are truthful, then they should be longing for but it is succeeded by an understanding which ٠َ َٛ ُّد أَ َد ُذ ُ٘ ُْ ٌَ ْٛ ٠ُ ؼَ َّّ ُش َأ ٌْ َف َع َٕ ٍخ death, i.e. the meeting with Allah. If they were completes the verse َٚ ―Any of them would love to be allowed to liveلَبٌَ ْذ :the beloved of Allah, as they claimed Any― أَ َد ُذ ُ٘ ُْ .And the a thousand years.‖ i.e. a long life“ ا ١ٌَْ ُٛٙ ُد َٚإٌَّ َصب َسٜ َٔ ْذ ُٓ أَ ْثَٕب ُء ََّّللاِ َٚأَ ِدجَّب ُؤٖ ُ Jews and the Christians say: ‗We are the of them‖ could refer to the mushrikeen, i.e. ‗children of Allah and His loved ones.'‖ the Jews cling more than the mushrikeen, [Surah Al-Maida 5:18] then, they would be anyone of which might wish to live for a rushing to long for death to confirm their thousand years, as he does not believe in any truthfulness, but if they do not do so, then they life other than this life, so he wants to live in it أَ َد ُذ ُ٘ ُْ are liars. This is exactly what happened, so the longest time possible. And maybe they did not desire death, because they know ―Any of them‖ refers to the Jews, i.e. that one what they have done of kufr and evil, so they of them might wish for a long life and this is َٚ َِب ُ٘ are afraid of their meeting with Allah: ْٓ ٌََٚ preferred, due to the indication in: َٛ But being allowed to― ثِ ُّ َض ْد ِض ِد ِٗ ِ ْٓ ا ٌْ ؼَ َزا ِة َأ ْْ ٠ُ ؼَ َّّ َش But“ ٠َزَ ََّّٕ ُْٖٛ َأثَ ذا ثِ َّب لَ َّذ َِ ْذ أَ ٠ْ ِذ٠ َٚ ُْ ِٙ ََّّللاُ ١ٍِػَ ٌُ ثِبٌظَّبٌِ ١ِّ َٓ they will never long for it because of what live would not save him from the their hands have sent before them (i.e. what punishment.‖ The mushrikeen do not believe they have done). And Allah is Aware of the that there is another life, so they do not oppressors‖ [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:95] This is believe in the punishment. The Jews, among the definite sensory proofs that Allah however, do believe in the next life and established regarding the Jews and the punishment, as they know what their hands Christians who were in the time of Rasool have done of evil, so they do not like to die, so that if they were true in as to make the punishment as far from them as ,صلى هللا علٍَ ّسلن Allah what they said regarding jannah being just for possible. Allah knows, that however long them, then they would long for death, and this their lives, a thousand or more – here is in relation to the Jews. If the Christians thousand is used to mean a lot –the in punishment must come to them, because in the ,علٍَ السالم were true in what they said of Isa that he was not a slave, but a god with Him, end they will die and then return to their Lord. then they would have accepted the Allah ends the verse that He sees their actions َٚ ََّّللاُ :and will give them what they deserve فَمُ ًْ رَ ؼَبٌَ ْٛا َٔ ْذ ُع أَ ْثَٕب َء َٔب َٚأَ ْث َٕب َء ُو ُْ َِٚٔ َغب َءَٔب :mubahalah ‖.Allah sees what they do“ ثَ ِص١ ٌش ثِ َّب ٠َ َٚ َْ ٍَُّٛ ؼِْٔ َغب َء ُو ُْ َٚأَ ْٔفُ َغ َٕب َٚأَ ْٔفُ َغ ُى ُْ ثُ َُّ َٔ ْجزَ ِٙ ًْ فََٕ ْج ؼْ ٌَ ًْ ؼََٕخَ ََّّللاِ ٍَٝ ػَ Say: ‗Come, let us call our sons and― ا ٌْ َىب ِرث١ِ َٓ Nussrah Magazine 3

Feature Article: Rabi ul-Awwal‘s Greatest Gift, RasulAllah (saw) Rabi ul-Awwal‘s Greatest Gift, RasulAllah (saw) ٚلبي اثٓ ػجذ اٌجش: ٛ٠َ االث١ٕٓ ٌثّبْ ِٓ سث١غ األٚي عٕخ Musab ibn Umair, Pakistan ئدذٚ ٜأسث١ؼٓ ِٓ اٌف١ً. ٚل١ً: فٝ أٚي سث١غ: The month of Rabi ul-Awwal is a month of ثؼثٗ َّللا سدّخ ؼٌٍب١ٌّٓ، ٚسعٛال ئٌٝ وبفخ اٌثم١ٍٓ أج١ؼّٓ" great significance for the Ummah of Sayyidina Muhammad SAW. Not only did "When RasulAllah - SAW – reached forty Rabi ul-Awwal witness the gift of the birth of years of age ... And Ibn Abd al-Barr said: Muhammad SAW, it witnessed his appointing Monday the Eighth of Rabi ul-Awwal forty- as the Final Prophet, the Mercy to all one years after the elephant. It is said: in Humankind. Not only did Rabi ul-Awwal RabiulAwwal, Allah appointed him as a witness the rise of Muhammad SAW into Mercy to all Humankind and a Messenger to Nabuwwa, it witnessed his SAW rise into all races." ruling, through a Hijrah that established him SAW as a ruler of Madinah. And Rabi ul- And how unique was this appointment in the Awwal witnessed his SAW return to Allah distinguished history of the Prophets. SWT, to ascend as a merciful intercessor for RasulAllah SAW was given the elevated his SAW Ummah on the Day of Judgment. status amongst all the Prophets AS. For Muhammad SAW was not for a certain people The appointing of Muhammad SAW as the for a certain time, like the previous Prophets Mercy to all Humankind, the final Prophet and such as those who were sent to the people of Messenger occurred during Rabi ul-Awwal. Aad, Thamud, Lut or Bani Isra‘eel. No, Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Hussein bin Ali Masudi Muhammad SAW was for all races for all times, from the moment of his blessed اٌزٕج١ٗ ,d. : 346 AH ) narrated in his book) ٚWarning and Nobility as follows: appointment until the end of time. Allah SWTاإلششاف َٚ We did not َِب أَ ْس َع ٍَْٕب َن ئ ِال َّ َس ْد َّخ ٌِ ٍْ ؼَبٌَ ١ِّ َٓ ― ,said ... فٍّب ثٍغ أسث١ؼٓ عٕخ ثؼثٗ َّللا ػض ٚجً اٌٝ إٌبط وبفخ send you save as a Mercy to all of ٛ٠َ االث١ٕٓ ؼٌشش خٍْٛ ِٓ شٙش سث١غ األٚي... ٌٚٗ صٍّٝ [Humankind.‖ [Surah Al-Anbiyya 21:107 َّللا ١ٍػٗ ٚعٍُّ ٛ٠ِئز أسثٛؼْ عٕخ ٚرٕٛصع فٟ أٚي ِٓ آِٓ Thus he SAW came for all the peoples, the ثٗ ِٓ اٌزوٛس، ثؼذ ئجّبٍٝػ ُٙػ أْ أٚي ِٓ آِٓ ثٗ ِٓ Arab and the non-Arab, the African and the اإلٔبس خذ٠جخ ―... And when he reached forty years of age, Asian, the European and the American. His Allah SWT appointed him as Prophet to all SAW message was as a mercy for all the people on Monday in the first ten days of humankind and for prevailing over all the RabiulAwwal ... On that day RasulAllah SAW other ways of life, even though those who was forty years of age and he was the first of make partners with Allah SWT may dislike it. the men to believe, and by consensus (of the How he SAW took to this monumental Companions) Khadija RA was the first of the responsibility that had never been bestowed women to believe." And Ahmed bin before to any of the slaves of Allah SWT and Mohammed bin Abu Bakr bin Abdul Malik never will be again! How he SAW strove Al-Qastalaani, Al-Qutaybee, Al Misree, Abul restlessly, enduring great hardships with Abbas, Shahabuddin ( d. : 923 ) in his book patience, speaking with wisdom and The Bounties for compassion, purifying souls of corruption and"الوْاُب اللدًٍة بالوٌح الوحودٌة Earth by the Granting of Muhammad": forging the firm foundation of a great Ummah ٚ" in the form of mountains of men, hisٌّب ثٍغ سعٛي َّللا- صٍٝ َّللا ١ٍػٗ ٚعٍُ- أسث١ؼٓ عٕخ... Companions RA. There was confirmation

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Feature Article: Rabi ul-Awwal‘s Greatest Gift, RasulAllah (saw) within these Companions RA of his SAW for his SAW Hijrah from the oppression in status as a messenger to all races, for within Makkah to ruling by Islam in Madinah. them was found Sohaib RA the Roman, Bukhaari in his Saheeh from Ibn Shihab who Salman RA the Persian and Bilal RA the said that Urwah ibn al-Zubayr told him, African, as well as the Companions from the » َٚ َع ِّ َغ اٌ ُّ ْغٍِ ُّٛ َْ ثِب ٌْ َّ ِذ٠َٕ ِخ َِ ْخ َش َج َس ُعٛ ِي ََّّللا ِ َصٍَّٝ َّللا ُ numerous tribes of Arabia. He SAW forged ػٍََ ١ْ ِٗ َٚ َعٍَُّ ِِ ْٓ ِ َّىخَ... َفزٍََمَّ ْٛا َس ُعٛي ََّّللا ِ َصٍَّٝ َّللا ُ ػٍََ ١ْ ِٗ َٚ َعٍَُّ َ َ َ َ them upon Iman as a brotherhood built on the ث َظ ْٙش اٌ َذ َّش ِح، فَ ؼَ َذي ثٙ ُْ َرا َد ا١ٌَ ١ِّٓ، َدزَّٝ َٔ َضي ثٙ ُْ فِٟ ثَِٟٕ ِ ِ َ ِ ِ ِ َ ِ ِ ,bond stronger than mere lineage and blood ػَ ّْ ِشٚ ْث ِٓ ْٛ ػَ ٍف، َٚ َرٌِ َه ٠َ ْٛ َ ا ِال ْثَٕ ١ْ ِٓ ِِ ْٓ َش ْٙ ِش َسث١ِغ األَ َّٚ ِي...«. ٍ the bond of love for Allah SWT and His Messenger SAW. These firmly bonded rows « and Muslims of Madinah heard of the of Companions RA then emerged as a departure of RasulAllah SAW from Makkah... structural marvel before the tribal structures of and they met RasulAllah SAW in Bani Amr the time. Their very brotherhood struck at the Ibn Auf's tribe, and that was on a Monday in bonds of tribalism, nationalism and racism, the month of Rabi ul-Awwal ... » And lowly bonds which deprive humankind of narrated Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh from al – mercy by replacing compassion with enmity, Baraa who said: أَ َّْ لُ ُذٚ َِٗ ُ َصٍَّٝ ََّّللا ُ ػٍََ ١ْ ِٗ َٚ َعٍَّ َُ ا ٌْ َّ ِذ٠َٕخ َ َوب َْ ٠َ ْٛ َ ا ِال ْث َٕ ١ْ ِٓ co-operation with rivalry and security with continual conflict. ِال ْثَٕزَ ػَ ْٟ ْش َشح َ ٌَ ١ٍَْخ َخٍَ ْذ ِِ ْٓ َسث١ِ ٍغ ا ْألَ َّٚ ِي After the emergence of the people of ―the arrival of RasulAllah SAW was on RasulAllah SAW within Makkah, the glorious Monday on the night of the twelfth of Rabi message of Mercy lit up the Arabian ulAwwal.‖ At-Tabari said in his history called Peninsula. It was a message of hope for the "The History of the Messengers and Rulers": oppressed, languishing under the tribal َ َ َ َ َ َ ُ ) َد َّذثٕب ا ْث ُٓ ُد َّ ١ْ ٍذ، لب َي: َد َّذثٕب َعٍ َّخ، ػَ ِٓ ا ْث ِٓ ئِ ْع َذب َق، system, and a warning for the oppressor, the ِٓ ػَ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ اٌ ُّض ْ٘ ِش ِّٞ، لبي: لذَ سعٛي َّللا اٌ َّ ِذ٠ٕخ ٠َ ْٛ َ االثٕ ١ْ ِٓ، الثٕ َز cruel amongst the tribal heads. People from ْٟ َ َ َ َ َ َ ػَ ْش َشح ٌ ١ٍْخ خٍ ْذ ِِ ْٓ َش ْٙ ِش َسث١ِ ٍغ األ َّٚ ِي ( .far and wide were attracted to its truth However, at the same time the oppressors ―We heard from Ibn Hamid, who said: We became steeped in arrogant rejection, their heard from Salamah , from Ibn Ishaaq, from hearts hardened and sealed by their kufr. They Az-Zohri who said: RasulAllah SAW arrived used their authority to persecute RasulAllah in Madinah on Monday of the night of the SAW and all those who submitted to Islam. twelfth of Rabi ul Awwal.‖ They spread lies about the message and the Thus Rabiul Awwal, was the month in which Messenger SAW, they gave chase and they RasulAllah SAW, who had been granted the tortured till martyrdom. Yet, RasulAllah SAW Nabuwwa (Prophethood) was now granted the persisted in his call, fearing none but Allah Hukm (Ruling). Now the first Islamic state SAW. And he SAW strove in secrecy, with had been established, allowing Islam to be stealth and wisdom, to seek the Nussrah, the implemented in all its glory. RasulAllah SAW Material Support, from its people, the men of established rulers over the regions, he SAW war, by which to establish his Message as an appointed judges and established the authority and a rule. foundations of a vigilant judiciary, he SAW And at this time of severe testing, formed a state treasury, raising revenues and RabiulAwwal was witness to another gift, that spending upon the citizenry and he SAW of the Hijrah of RasulAllah SAW to establish raised a strong and powerful army. He SAW Islam as a state for the first time, in Madinah, invited the other tribes and nations, Al-Munawwara, illuminated by the light of dispatching messages to the kings and Guidance. Having secured the Nussrah from Continued on Page 21 the two strong tribes of Madinah, Bani Khazraj and Bani al-Aws, the stage was set Nussrah Magazine 5

Naseer al-Islam: The Betrayal of Islam and Muslims by the Armies The Betrayal of Islam and Muslims by the Armies Naseer al-Islam Mahmoud they undoubtedly are the cause of dishonoring the Ummah before its enemies. They are the At a time when the Islamic Ummah is bridge that the West uses to intervene in the reviving from its decline and is demanding an affairs of the Ummah, and even control the end of Western domination, the Muslim Ummah, by their guarding the Western armies are defending the current illegal regimes that are imposed on the Ummah. Such regimes that were imposed by the kufr West leaders lead the armies of Muslim countries to upon the Islamic Ummah. Instead of standing protect the thrones of tyrants and the current with the Ummah and its demand for liberation illegal regimes. And if it happened that they from Western domination through ridding it of have to lead them in real wars, they lead them these regimes, replacing them with all that in the wars against the Ummah for the benefit Allah (SWT) favored the people with, the of the kafir occupiers, such as the armies who Deen of Islam and its rule; these armies began were engaged in the war against Iraq with to defend these regimes, even if it required coalition forces from the Western Crusaders. them to commit massacres against the Muslim Or in the case of Afghanistan, there was people, who rose up against the treacherous participation of some Muslim armies, such as rulers, as is seen in Egypt. Regrettably, the the Pakistani army, some battalions of the armies seem to stand on the side of Falsehood UAE army, and others, to help the crusader against the Haq and the Ummah. coalition forces, led by America, towards the In view of this sad picture, with the action of occupation and destruction of Afghanistan. the armies towards the Ummah, which However, if the military leaders were like the undoubtedly has its causes, we need to leaders of the Muslim armies that history has evaluate those causes that brought the armies witnessed, from amongst the Companions RA to stand with the tyrants. We must understand and their successors from those who lived if this depressing situation is permanent or under the rule of Islam for over thirteen only temporary, such that it can be overcome centuries, the Ummah would not live in in the coming days, especially in the light of humiliation and weakness. Indeed, there is a the Khilafah State, which is coming very big difference between the current rulers soon, Insha'Allah. leaders and the Prophet Muhammad SAW, the first commander of the Muslim army. When As for the causes for the support of the Muslims arranged themselves in rows in Badr, Muslim armies for the pro- Western regimes the Prophet SAW began to straighten the rows that govern with kufr; there are several causes; with the help of an arrow. Accidentally, he most notably: pricked Sawad bin Ghaziyyah in his stomach, اعزٛ ٠ب عٛاد ,trying to push him back, saying 1. The presence of pro-Western high- "Sawad. Fall in line." Sawad replied, "O ranking military leaders aiming to invest Messenger of Allah, you have hurt me. Allow their positions in satisfying their egos and me retribution." The Prophet SAW raised his Go"اعزمذ ,amass fortunes. Therefore, they grip onto shirt to bare his stomach and said their positions, dispense of their military ahead with the retribution." Sawad bent down ِب دٍّه ٍٝػ ٘زا ٠ب ,honor, in order to maintain their positions. and kissed it. He SAW asked What made you do that Sawad?" He"عٛاد ؟ They become Generals for personal wealth rather than weapons and war. Such leaders are replied, "O Messenger of Allah. You can see not competent to lead the Muslim armies, and Nussrah Magazine 6

Naseer al-Islam: The Betrayal of Islam and Muslims by the Armies what we are faced with. I thought, 'Let my course of doing so. However, they read this final act be that my skin touches yours.'" The story only to bask in the glories of their Prophet SAW supplicated for him. Once a forefathers, but not to follow in their Muslim leader was served with good food, the honorable footsteps. leader asked if soldiers were served with this type of food in the army? They replied no. He The Islamic Aqeedah must be the basis of the said, then do not serve me but with that which military doctrine in the Muslims' armies. The you serve the general soldiers. duty of the Muslim army is to protect the Islamic belief, the Muslims, the Islamic State 2. The separation of the Islamic Aqeedah in and to secure the spreading of the message of Muslim armies from the current military Islam for all humankind. And the Muslim doctrine. The doctrine of armies in the army must stand against anything that Islamic world should be the Islamic Aqeedah, threatens these matters. Moreover the Islamic but the military doctrine in the current armies armies must sacrifice their lives to defend is separated from the Islamic doctrine. them and to preserve these vital matters. Therefore, it's not surprising that the Muslim soldier fights his brother in Islam in conflicts 3.The absence of an Islamic culture in the of nationalism, racism or other forms of Muslim armies, rather they are educated ignorance. It is as if the Islamic Aqeedah that with non-Islamic cultures. Consequently bonds them has no effect in their actions, their these armies are weak before the kafir disputes or their fighting. This is why we occupiers. The West imposes its culture as a witness that the Islamic pride does not incite condition to supplying our armies with the soldier in the armies of the Muslim world weapons. It subjects our armies to take to mobilize, when he hears and sees the woes courses that glorify and adorn the corrupt of his brothers and sisters in different parts of Western freedoms and democracy, as well as the world, including the country that he is in! the fight against Islam under the pretext of Thus, the Muslim soldier does not link the fighting terrorism. This has occurred to a point Islamic Aqeedah that binds him and the that our armies now target our people and oppressed, who call him for their rescue. The consider us terrorists. So, we find military examples are many, the least of which are not intelligence targeting those that are committed Muslims in Syria, Burma, Palestine, Kashmir to Islam and working for the revival of the and Afghanistan. You do not find the soldier Islamic Ummah. Yet they do not care about in the Muslim armies linking his Iman, that he the Western countries' conspiracies against the connects with his Salah and some other Ummah. For example, the Pakistani military is worships, especially the Sunnah Ibaadat, but cultured to satisfy and please America and he does not connect it with his duty of serve their interests. So, the Pakistani Army supporting his oppressed brothers and sisters. has adopted an internal enemy as defined by America, "political Islam and jihadists." It has َٚئِ ِْ ا ْعزَ ْٕ َص ُشٚ ُو ُْ فSo despite reading the Ayah ِٟ considered them as an enemy and neglects the If they seek your help in― اٌ ِّذ٠ ِٓ فَ ؼٍََ ١ْ ُى ُ إٌَّ ْص ُش Deen, helping is obliged upon you.‖ [Surah external enemies, America and India. It has Al-Anfaal 8:72] However, they do not started curbing the Mujahideen who resist the associate this verse with the duty of their American occupation in the region, support of their brothers and sisters in Deen. maintaining that they are terrorists that This is even though they have memorized the threaten the "national interests." And in story of the Muslim woman who sought help Pakistan also, the military intelligence has O Mu'tasim," and as a started spying on the dawah carriers amongst" "ّا هعحصواٍ" crying response Mu'tasim extending help, freeing her the military and civilians, who are working and those who were with her, and opening the Continued on Page 11 lands within which is found Ankara in the Nussrah Magazine 7

Role of the Ulema in the Establishment of the Khilafah State Role of the Ulema in the Establishment of the Khilafah State Engineer Osman Bakhach, Director of The It is my pleasure to talk to you, albeit via Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir, Skype, after Allah (swt) has blessed us to participated by delivering a speech via Skype participate in the Khilafah Conference which at the conference: "The Role of Ulema in the you hosted in the last month of Rajab. I saw Establishment of the Khilafah‖, held in with my own eyes those dear brothers and Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday 18th Dhul sisters who worked day and night for the Qi‘ddah 1434 AH, corresponding to 24th success of that conference, may Allah reward September 2013. The following is the full text them with the best reward of this Ummah! of the speech: Dear Distinguished Ulema ------O you whom the Messenger of Allah SAW entrusted with the Amanah of indicating بسن هللا الزحوي الزحٍن knowledge to the people. He made you his

heirs in their education of what they do not Praise be to Allah, who says in the Holy know from the provisions of their Deen, as Book, and His saying is but the truth: stated in the Hadith narrated by at-Tirmidhi: ٚ ...« “…the Ulema areئْ اؼٌٍّبء ٚسثخ األٔج١بء« ُوٕزُ ُْ َخ ١ْ َش أُ َِّ ٍخ أُ ْخ ِش َج ْذ ٌٍَِّٕب ِط َرأْ ُِ ُشٚ َْ ثِب ٌْ َّ ؼْ ُشٚ ِف َٚ َر ْٕ ْٛ َٙ َْ the heirs of the Prophets” ػَ ِٓ ا ٌْ ُّٕ َى ِش َٚرُ ْإ ُِٕٛ َْ ثِب ّلل ِ “You are the best nation produced [as The people without Ulema are ignorant, an example] for mankind. You enjoin what swayed by the Shayatin amongst mankind and is right and forbid what is wrong and Jinn, ambushing them from all sides and believe in Allah.” [Ali-Imran, 3:110] ravaging them with delusions and their whims from all directions.

Hence, the Ulema are from Allah‘s And Peace and Blessings upon the blessings upon the people of the earth, they Messenger of Allah, commander of the are the lanterns in the darkness and the Imams Mujahideen, who said: of guidance. They are Allah‘s proof on His earth, through them false thoughts are »ٌَ َزأْ ُِ ُش َّْ ثِب ٌْ َّ ؼْ ُشٚ ِف، ٌََٚ َز ْٕ ػَ َّْ ُٛ َٙ ِٓ ا ٌْ ُّ ْٕ َى ِش، َٚ ٌَزَأْ ُخ ُز َّْ ٍَٝػَ ٠َ ِذ annihilated and clouds of doubt are dissolved اٌظَّبٌِ ُِ، َٚ ٌَزأْ ِغ ُشَُّٔٗ ٍَٝػَ ا ٌْ َذ ِّك َأ ْغ شا، أَ ْٚ ١ٌََ ْع ِشثَ َّٓ ََّّللاُ لٍُُٛ َة from the hearts and souls. The Messenger of ثَ ؼْ ِع ُى ُْ ٍَٝػَ ثَ ؼْ ٍط، ١ٌَََٚ ٍْ ؼَََّٕٕ ُى ُْ َو َّب ٌَ ؼَ َٓ ثٟٕ ئعشائ١ً« “You shall enjoin good and forbid evil, Allah (saw) likened them with the stars in his »ئْ ِثً اؼٌٍّبء فٟ األسض وّثً إٌجَٛ ٙ٠زذand take on the hand of the oppressor, and saying: ٜ ثٙب فٟ ظٍّبد اٌجش ٚاٌجذش. فارا أطّغذ إٌجَٛ أٚ شىذ .instruct him on the framework of truth The Ulema on earth are like“ أْ رعً اٌٙذاح« Otherwise Allah will strike your hearts against each other and He will curse you the stars which guide in the darkness of like He cursed Bani Israel.” [Narrated by land and sea. If the stars are blurred, the Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi] loss of remission comes near.” [Narrated by Dear beloved eminent Ulema gathered in Ahmad] Jakarta in support of this the Deen and to In the history of Muslims, there are uphold the word of Allah, I greet you with the shining pages upon pages of the stances of greeting of Islam: Assalamu Alaikum wa splendor and heroism, taken up by the Muslim Rahmatullahi Wabarakatahu! Ulema in the striving to enjoin good and Nussrah Magazine 8

Role of the Ulema in the Establishment of the Khilafah State forbid evil, and addressing the injustice of the "The acceptance of a Muslim to work in the ruler whenever it occurred during his ruling. English government in India, and his ruling They were always the leaders of the Ummah with their laws is permitted through the and its guides. The Ummah resorted to them section of the principle of committing the in calamities and hardships to receive lesser of two evils". He did not stop here but knowledge in their Deen from them, continued to say: "If it were not intended to contacting them to seek their advice in their resolve the support for Islam and keeping the important matters, and to lift the injustice of interest of Muslims". Subhanallah, how did the rulers from the Ummah. The Ulema the disobedience to Allah and obedience to the remind the rulers and governors of their Lord. Kaffir occupiers become permissible?! At times, Ulema have been persecuted by 2. The fatwas of Ibn Baaz, and his likes of the Sultans, and were thrown into prison the so-called Body of Senior Ulema of the sometimes, and harm inflicted to their bodies, Saudi government, that permitted the seeking their money and their dignity at other times. of support from Kufr American troops to fight They would endure all of this in recognition of the Iraqi army and expel it from Kuwait in the their responsibility before Allah Almighty, Gulf War (1990-1991), with all the inspired by the words of the Prophet (saw): contradiction of this fatwa with the true saying :(of Allah (swt »ع١ذ اٌشٙذاء دّضح ٚسجً لبَ ئٌٝ ئِبَ جبئش فأِشٖ ٙٔٚبٖ ٌٚٓ ٠جؼً َّللا ٌٍىبفش٠ٓ ٍٝػ اٌّإ١ِٕٓ عج١ال The master of Martyrs is Hamza and“فمزٍٗ« a man who stood in front of an oppressive “and never will Allah give the ruler and commanded him and forbade disbelievers over the believers a way [to him, then he was killed.” [Narrated by Al- overcome them].” [An-Nisa, 4:141] Hakim] And for the saying of the Prophet (saw): Do not light your“»ال رغزع١ئٛا ثٕبس اٌّششو١ٓ« Indeed, this was the stand of the Ulema in the past. Then came the first European way with the fire of the Mushrikeen.” colonization followed by the U.S. This even comes in contradiction of the colonization. The Kuffar worked to bring Madhab of Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab, about a group which claimed they were who considered the manifestation of the "Ulema". In fact they passed rulings according Mushrikeen and helping them against the to the plans of the devilish colonialists, in awe Muslims of the things that contradict the of them, with fatwas permitting the falsehood Deen, supported with His (swt) saying: forbidden by Allah, and denying the َٚ َِٓ ٠َزَ ُٙ ٌََُّٛ ِِّٕ ُى ُْ َفأَُِّٗ ِ ْٕ ُٙ ُْ ئِ َّْ ََّّللاَ الَ ٠َ ْٙ ِذٞ ا ٌْمَ ْٛ َ اٌظَّبٌِ ١ِّ َٓ ordinances enjoined by the Creator. With their fatwas they walked twisted ways to confuse “And whoever is an ally to them among the people in their Deen, and issued fatwas you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. that agreed with the whims of the colonialists Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing of subjecting the Ummah to their governance people.” [Al-Ma‘ida, 5:51] and ruling it by their pretentious, corrupt, Nevertheless Ibn Baaz and his likes invalid laws. deafened their ears to all this evidence and I will mention a few incidents: released the fatwa formulated in the Black 1. One of them is the fatwa of Muhammad House and concocted in Washington. These Abduh, supporter of English colonialism in Ulema have loaded themselves with the sin of Egypt, known as the Indian Fatwa. When the Muslim blood spilled in Iraq... asked whether it is lawful for a Muslim 3. Finally, and these examples are not employed with the British to rule by the exhaustive, the standing of Sheikh al-Azhar English laws that are void from what Allah Ahmed al-Tayeb along with General al-Sisi in has revealed, after a long answer filled with his coup against the rule of Muhammad deviant citations, he concluded as a result: Morsi, although the latter did not apply Islam, Nussrah Magazine 9

Role of the Ulema in the Establishment of the Khilafah State but was loyal to the Kufr principles of The talk of such abuses extends to "democratic legitimacy". volumes… However Sheikh Al-Azhar could not bear I suffice to salute your blessed gathering, a forged democracy led by a bearded and may Allah SWT make you successful in President, rather he preferred loyalty to what He has entrusted you from the Amanah Washington's politicians by legislating and of knowledge, so that you teach people the justifying the overthrow of Muhammad Morsi. obligations of their Deen. The first work on this path is the establishment of the Khilafah Dear Eminent Ulema State, in which they will find their honor and After the Kaffir Western states dignity and the pleasure of their Lord. demolished the Khilafah State in 1924 CE/ The observer of what is happening from 1342 AH, they imposed fragmentation upon debates and discussions in the Muslim lands the Islamic Ummah, and installed agent rulers east and west, is aware of the dire need for who toiled for the application of the you to destroy the ideas of Kufr and provisions of Kufr and ruling the people emphasize the Islamic ideas and lead the through oppression and tyranny. So Mustafa people in opposing the plots of the Kaffir Kemal and his fellow rulers took up crusades states, and uncover the reality of the agents of campaigns to impose Westernization on from politicians and intellectuals who mislead Muslims to make them swallow the poison of Muslims and promote the plots of the Kaffir Western civilization, using intimidation enemies. We ask you to put your hands in our and incentives. Whoever accommodated them hands to call the Ummah to the following: in their policies was glutted with vanishing 1. Carry the Da‘wah to resume the Islamic worldly joys from positions and profits. way of life through the establishment of the Whoever resisted them and insisted to stay on Khilafah state which is the principle the truth and refute the vice faced abuse in the leadership of the Muslims. It is neither a form of imprisonment and exile, murder and regional country nor a nationalistic state, persecution including his family and his rather it is based on the Islamic Aqeedah and supporters and aides from the Muslims. For the full application of the provisions of Islam example, and this is by far not exhaustive, the domestically, and carrying the call of Islam to group of martyrs from the Shabab of Hizb ut the world to remove it from darkness to the Tahrir, who met their Lord while He was light. satisfied with them – insha Allah – in Russia, 2. Leading the Ummah to take the ruling Iraq, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan... through intellectual and political struggle, Here is the entire world, witnessing the following the method of the Prophet (saw). continuing bloodbath in Syria ash-Sham 3. Not to appease the existing regimes in which Allah has blessed in His Book, and any form, exposing their plots and revealing which was described by the Messenger of their hypocritical policies, as well as exposing .ػُ « “The best of misleading figures ْم َش َدا ِس ا ِإل ْعال َِ « :Allah (saw) as the abode of Islam.” 4. Our slogan during all of this should be »َّٚللا ٚ ٌٛظٛؼا :(The people of falsehood from the Kufr the saying of the Prophet (saw اٌشّظ فٟ ٚ ٟٕ١ّ٠اٌمّش فٟ ٠غبسٞ ِب رشوذ ٘زا األِش countries, and the ones executing their plans By Allah, if they“ دزٝ ٠ظٙشٖ َّللا أٚ أٍ٘ه دfrom the Muslim rulers in Iran, the Gulf, »ٗٔٚ Turkey and Jordan, make our people in ash- placed the sun in my right and the moon in Sham choose: either murder through chemical my left, I would not leave this matter until weapons or murder through explosives, until Allah manifests it or I perish without it.” they agree to the poison of Kufr secularism. We do not doubt for a single moment that Allah (swt) will fulfill His promise to us:

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Role of the Ulema in the Establishment of the Khilafah State ػَ َٚ Now, after all of this is there any hope from َذ ََّّللاُ اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ آ َُِٕٛا ِٕ ُى ُْ ٍُٛ ِّ ػَ َٚا اٌ َّصبٌِ َذب ِد ١ٌََ ْغزَ ْخٍِفََّٕ ُُٙ ?these armies فِٟ ا ْألَ ْس ِض َو َّب ا ْعزَ ْخٍَ َف اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ ِٓ لَ ْجٍِ ١ٌََٚ ُْ ُِٙ َّ ِّىَٕ َّٓ ٌَ ُٙ ُْ ِد٠َٕ ُٙ ُ اٌَّ ِزٞ ا ْسرَ َعَٚ ُْ ُٙ ٌَ ٝ ١ٌَُجَ ِّذ ٌََّٕ ُُٙ ِِّٓ ثَ ؼْ ِذ َخ ْٛفِ ِٙ ُْ أَ ِْٕ ب ٠َ ؼْجُ ُذَِٟٕٔٚ َال The answer is definitely yes. This is even ٠ُ ْش ِش ُوٛ َْ ثِٟ َش ١ْئ ب َٚ َِٓ َو فَ َش ثَ ؼْ َذ َرٌِ َه َفأُ ْٚ ٌَئِ َه ُ٘ ُ ا ٌْ َفب ِعمُٛ َْ though the armies of the Muslims in general “Allah has promised those who have have failed the Ummah due to the above- believed among you and done righteous mentioned causes, which has humiliated the deeds that He will surely grant them Ummah before its enemies. However, there succession [to authority] upon the earth are many amongst the Muslim armies who are just as He granted it to those before them sincerely waiting for the right opportunity to and that He will surely establish for them provide the victory for Islam and Muslims. [therein] their religion which He has They know that their soul and rizq is in the preferred for them and that He will surely hands of Allah (SWT) alone. The revival of substitute for them, after their fear, the Ummah dependents on such men, who are security, [for] they worship Me, not the true descendants of Khalid bin Waleed RA associating anything with Me. But whoever لقد ,who said, whilst he was on his death bed disbelieves after that - then those are the شِد ت هائة سحف أّ سُاءُا، ّها فً جسدي هْضع شبز َ [defiantly disobedient.” [An-Nur, 24:55 إال ّفٍَ ضزبة أّ طعٌة أّ َر ْهٍة، ثن ُأًذا أهْت على فزاشً I‘ve fought"كوا ٌوْت ال َع ٍْز، فال ٔبِذ أ١ػٓ اٌججٕبء We ask the Almighty to make us victorious with His Deen and that He gives in so many battles seeking martyrdom that victory to His Deen through us, sooner rather there is no spot in my body left without a scar than later. He is the Master of that and Able to or a wound made by a spear or sword. And yet do so. Wassalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi here I am, dying on my bed like an old camel. wa Barakatahu. May the eyes of the cowards never rest." Yes, he RA was a soldier that deserved to be Your Brother called the Sword of Allah, the sword that was Osman Bakhach raised in the face of the kuffar and the enemies of Islam and Muslims. Director of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir We can say that most elements of the armies in Muslim countries carry out the orders with Continued from Page 7 their hearts gripped by pain. They are indeed hard for the revival of the Islamic Ummah, part of the Ummah. Once they have the right through the return of the Khilafah State. opportunity to free themselves from the agent leaders they will rush to do so. The army must be provided with military education of the highest level, so as to raise Hope in the armies is great. The Ummah will the level of thinking as much as possible. In not lose hope in the sincere from amongst addition, it is a must to educate every person them. Very soon the Ummah and the armies in the military with Islamic culture that will be free from the kuffar West and the enables him to understand Islam, so that the Muslims will be pleased by the sincere ones َ َّا ْعلَ وْا أ ى ,soldier is aware of his real enemy, and fights Insha'Allah. RasulAllah (saw) said ْ Know that Paradise is"ال َجٌ ة َ جَ ْح َث ِظالَ ِل ال ُّسٍ ْ ِف to defeat them, acknowledging his Shariah responsibility, acting as RasulAllah SAW under the shades of swords." ُو ًُّ َس ُج ًٍ ِ َٓ ا ٌْ ُّ ْغٍِ ١ِّ َٓ ٍَٝػَ ثَ ْغ َش ٍح ِِ ْٓ ثُ َغ ِش ا ْ ِإل ْع َال َِ، َّ َّللاَ ,said Every man from the" ََّّللا َال ٠ ْإرَٝ ا ْإلع َالَ ِ ْٓ لجٍه َ ُ ِ ْ ُ ِ ِ َ ِ Muslims is on a post of the posts of Islam, he has to protect Islam from his post and not allow defeat from his post."

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Khalid Salahudeen: The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan By Khalid Salahudeen Pakistan as a state boasts the following By Khalid Saluhideen, Pakistan strengths, collectively a firm foundation for becoming a world power: Pakistan's current political and military leadership has highlighted its inability to  Population of about 180 million prevent itself being used as part of US geo- Muslims strategic policy in the region. They present  One of the most professional armies in many reasons to justify their spineless the world, with over 700,000 regular position. The reality is that this leadership has and 500,000 in reserve. no political vision to protect the nation from  Well equipped with conventional the hegemonic designs of the US. Hence their weapons final fall-back position is always that we are  Well established nuclear power, with not able to say no to the US because they will potentially over 100 nuclear war heads, ―bomb us back to the Stone Age.‖ The context with nuclear tipped air-to-surface, of the discussion is based on political surface-to-air ballistic weapons, evidences. By this we mean that the political spanning a range of over 2000 miles. and military actions of the US in the world are  Geographically situated with the indicative of the restrictions in its ability to critical global lines of communication undertake unilateral or even multilateral and shipping lanes in the Arabian Sea actions. to its south, Iran and Afghanistan on its western border, India to its eastern This point can be illustrated by a simple border and China on the northern example. After the Salala incident, when the border. NATO lines were closed due to the intense anger within the armed forces and the public The above data is important as this is the state against General Kayani and his weak stance, that the US has to counter when it considers the US did not consider threatening Pakistan military options against Pakistan. with sanctions or military action. Instead, America entered into negotiations to find US inability to secure regional support for alternatives via the northern route. Not only an attack on Pakistan was the northern route more expensive for the US, but more fundamentally, it placed the US The US war strategy can be understood in a weak position to negotiate military supply practically from the two wars it conducted, the lines with its regional competitor, Russia. The war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. In fact that the US did not consider the military both instances, the US strategy was built on option against Pakistan indicates that this is the ability to project its power through really not an option for the US, even though it bordering countries. These countries can be placed the US in an awkward position. Hence, termed as political assets in the region. These in the ensuing discussion, the evidences political assets provide, firstly, the US with quoted from past events are fundamental to the essential facilities, so that the US can stage understanding the subject matter. The their military hardware and troops as well purposes of the evidences are to establish that project its power. Secondly, they help the US the US is not in a position to undertake a control the fall out of the war. unilateral attack on Pakistan.

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Khalid Salahudeen: The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan form the government and control Afghanistan. The US has failed in not only stabilising Afghanistan, but even in preventing attacks on its stronghold in Kabul. Currently it is looking to bring the very Taliban that it deposed from power, back into power.

If we add to this the potential involvement of the surrounding countries in terms of fuelling the insurgency, how will the US be able to cope? Hence, the success of the strategy is fundamentally dependent on the cooperation of the political assets, and local pro-US The map above shows the neighbours factions that will support the US effort surrounding Afghanistan. It is clear that the internally. US needed the support of one or more countries to stage its military hardware and Similarly in the war against Iraq, the US troops for projection into Afghanistan. proceeded to work to secure their strategy Without this, the US would not have been able through their political assets. to conduct the war. In the case of Afghanistan, the US also needed the intelligence support of Pakistan in order to attack the command and control centres of the Taliban.

The second element is preventing the active support of the neighbours against the US. Hence, the major concern of the US was preventing Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan from working against the US war effort.

The US only proceeded to execute the war The map above shows the countries after Pakistan‘s General Pervez Musharraf surrounding Iraq. As with Afghanistan, the US capitulated to all of the US demands, needed a country from which to stage their something that not even the US expected, as attacks. The US used the facilities of the quoted by Colin Powell in the book ―Bush at Kurdish Peshmerga from the North and War.‖ Hence, the option of war was possible Kuwait from the South to execute their ground only after these political assets were in place. invasion. This was preceded by air raids using their facilities in Kuwait and CENTCOM, Post-invasion, the US has had great difficulty Qatar. Hence, the complete execution of the in stabilising Afghanistan, despite the war was based on the facilitation by the presence of over 100,000 troops. The problem political assets. lies in the fact that the US could not engage in nation building because of the hatred for it As with Afghanistan, the US had to ensure amongst the people. This means that the US that there was no active support of the has not used its troops to undertake civilian neighbours against the US war effort. Post governing activities. Rather it has depended invasion, the situation has been a mess. As on using a front for its control, the existing pro with Afghanistan, the US has consciously not US factions, like the Northern Alliance, to engaged in the activity of nation building. In Nussrah Magazine 13

Khalid Salahudeen: The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan addition, it has actively incited sectarian strife, for political rights (e.g. Assam, Kashmir and so the US has directed the focus of the Khalistan [Punjab]), movements for social and insurgency away from itself. Despite this, the economic justice (e.g. Maoist [Naxalite] and US troops are not safe, except in the green north-eastern states), and religious grounds zone. (e.g. Laddakh). These causes overlap at times. There are sixteen belligerent groups and sixty Applying this to Pakistan, a US military attack eight major organizations as terrorist groups in is not feasible because of an insurmountable India, which include: nine in the north- combination of factors. From the preceding east (Seven Sisters), four in the centre & the discussion, the first problem the US will face east (including Maoist/Naxalites), seventeen is in which neighbouring countries to stage in the west (Sikh separatist groups), and their troops and military hardware. thirty-eight in the north-west (Kashmir). Under these conditions, can India contemplate The US already has military hardware and staging US troops and engage in a potentially troops in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The destabilising regional war, without implicitly US has not been able to protect its own troops fuelling these separatist movements? in Kabul, so it will be in no position to even Therefore, the most fundamental issue here is contemplate a full scale aerial or ground attack whether India is prepared to fight America‘s on Pakistan. Similarly, whatever troops and war, and at what cost, bearing in mind it has military hardware the US has in Pakistan, they all these other issues to address. are surrounded by a large civilian population. The utility of these assets is questionable in US inability to handle the aftermath of an the event of a full blown attack on Pakistan. attack on Pakistan

Considering Iran, the US was unable to stage Hence, the traditional war strategy of the US military hardware and troops there during the to use neighbouring countries is not possible attack on Afghanistan and Iraq. With the for the US, as they are not viable political current stand-off over Iran‘s nuclear weapons assets for the US. The difficulty of an attack is program, it is unlikely that the US will be able illustrated further if one is to consider the to do it now. scenario where the US is able to attack either using India or some other means, using The current tensions and strategic conflict in conventional weapons against Pakistan. This the relationship between the US and China is critical as an attack is deemed infeasible if would make it very difficult for the US to the consequences of the attack cannot be dealt convince China to support it in an attack on with. The table below shows a comparison of Pakistan. In addition, Beijing warned the US the three countries, and their important after the Abbottabad operation, in which statistics. Osama bin Laden was supposedly killed, stating, "Any attack on Pakistan would be Country Afghanistan Iraq Pakistan construed as an attack on China." Population 27 million 24 180 million million The only option available for the US would be to consider India. But even this option is not Regular Army 200,000 350,000 500,00 feasible. In all, India has an estimated thirty Reserve Army None None 500,00 armed insurgency movements sweeping across the country, reflecting an acute sense of Conventional Yes Yes Yes alienation on the part of the people involved. Weapons Broadly, these can be divided into movements

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Khalid Salahudeen: The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan Nuclear Weapons No No Yes The US problem of not having political assets in its favor can be illustrated by the US war Access to Global No No Yes strategy applied on Pakistan. Given that the Lines of US uses large scale aerial bombing without Communication ground troops initially, what is to stop Access to Global No Yes Yes Pakistan expanding the war theatre to include Shipping Lanes Afghanistan? Bearing in mind the current reality where the US has not been able to The reality of Afghanistan and Iraq is that stabilise Afghanistan using Pakistan‘s help, so even after waging war on these nations, the how will it manage when Pakistan is not US has been neither able to stabilise the supporting it? The purpose of the political countries, nor suppress the insurgency waged assets (neighbouring countries) is to prevent against their occupation. The population expansion of the war theatre. When the figures above show that Pakistan is at least six political assets are not in your control, it times more numerous than the other two. questions fundamentally the ability of the US

to initiate the military action, when it cannot So how will the US be able to stabilise control the expansion of the war theatre. Pakistan when it has not succeeded in its

previous two ―successful‖ wars? These are This discussion is based on not even wars that have shattered the reputation of its considering the fact that Pakistan has nuclear forces and played a role in crippling an weapons. The presence of nuclear weapons economy. Indeed, today America is horrified acts as a fundamental deterrent given the will even at the thought of launching an attack on to protect the homeland. Syria. Assuming that the US ―succeeds‖ in

Pakistan at the same level that it has North Korea is a belligerent state, yet the US ―succeeded‖ in Afghanistan and/or Iraq, is it has always looked for a diplomatic solution, prepared to consider the fallout of the regional even when North Korea has performed instability? aggressive ballistic missile tests. Whilst the

US could annihilate North Korea in terms of During the Second World War, any occupying the superiority of the arsenal that it has, can country would have to administer the the US risk the North Koreans firing one vanquished nation to ensure provision of basic nuclear tipped ballistic missile? The point here supplies, by stationing soldiers. The Japanese is once the ballistic missile is armed and fired, would work on a principle of 1 soldier to how will the US protect the target? And how between 20-30 civilians. Karachi alone would will the rest of the world look at the US demand a US troop presence of around warmongering leading to nuclear war? And 750,000 troops. Yet, the US strategy is to not how will the US contain the political fallout engage in nation building using soldiers to due to the nuclear fallout? perform civilian administrative activities. The

reality is that it is well known that the US Consider also access to global shipping and army has been bred to fight but not occupy. communication lines. The US can park its Given their failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, aircraft carriers in the Arabian Sea, and and based on the above statistics, how would consider firing missiles into the Pakistani the US manage? mainland. But the region is home to one of the

busiest shipping lines as well as If India supports the US, is India prepared to communication lines. How will the world look bear the brunt of the fallout, especially when at the disruption of these shipping lines the US homeland is over 8000 miles away? subsequent to a Pakistani retaliation?

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Khalid Salahudeen: The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan As the war games were about to commence on The above discussion falls within the remit of July 18 2002, Gen. William "Buck" Kernan, asymmetric war – the process of engaging the head of the Joint Forces Command, told the US using paradigms that invert their strength. press that the operation would test a series of The concept of asymmetric warfare was first new war-fighting concepts recently developed introduced by Khalid ibn Walid, with the by the Pentagon, concepts like "rapid decisive Vietnam war and the recent Afghan Taliban operations, effects-based operations, resistance examples of asymmetric warfare in operational net assessments," and the like. which the US war machine is defeated by Later, at the conclusion of the games, Gen. simply drawing them into guerrilla warfare Kernan insisted that the new concepts had that would make the US technological been proved effective. At which point, superiority redundant. JOINTFOR drafted recommendations to Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint A very lucid practical example is when during Chiefs of Staff, based on the experiment's the summer of 2002, in the run-up to President satisfactory results in such areas as doctrine, Bush's invasion of Iraq, the US military staged training and procurement. the most elaborate and expensive war games ever conceived. Operation Millennium But not everyone shared Gen. Kernan's rosy Challenge, as it was called, cost some $250 assessment. It was sharply criticized by the million, and required two years of planning. straight-talking Marine commander who had The mock war was not aimed at Iraq, at least, been brought out of retirement to lead Force not overtly. But it was set in the Persian Gulf, Red. His name was Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper, and simulated a conflict with a hypothetical and he had played the role of the crazed but rogue state. The "war" involved heavy use of cunning leader of the hypothetical rogue state. computers, and was also played out in the Gen. Van Riper dismissed the new military field by 13,500 US troops, at 17 different concepts as empty sloganeering, and he had locations and 9 live-force training sites. All of reason to be sceptical. In the first days of the the services participated under a single joint "war," Van Riper's Force Red sent most of the command, known as JOINTFOR. The US US fleet to the bottom of the Persian Gulf. forces were designated as "Force Blue," and Not all of the details about how Force Red the enemy as OPFOR, or "Force Red." The accomplished this have been revealed. The "war" lasted three weeks and ended with the Pentagon managed to keep much of the story overthrow of the dictatorial regime on August out of the press. But a thoroughly disgruntled 15. Van Riper himself leaked enough to the Army Times that it's possible to get at a sense of At any rate, that was the official outcome. how a much weaker force outfoxed and What actually happened was quite different, defeated the world's lone remaining and ought to serve up a warning about the Superpower. grave peril the world will face if the US should become embroiled in a widening The war game was described as "free play," conflict in the region. meaning that both sides were unconstrained, free to pursue any tactic in the book of war in the service of victory. As Gen. Kernan put it, Nussrah Magazine 16

Khalid Salahudeen: The Myth of a US Attack on Pakistan "The OPFOR (Force Red) has the ability to missiles from close range, and sunk a carrier, win here." Much of the action was computer- the largest ship in the US fleet, along with two generated. But representative military units in helicopter-carriers loaded with marines. The the field also acted out the various moves and sudden strike was reminiscent of the Al Qaeda countermoves. The comparison to a chess sneak attack on the USS Cole in 2000. Yet, match is not inaccurate. The vastly superior the Navy was unprepared. When it was over, US armada consisted of the standard carrier most of the US fleet had been destroyed. battle group with its full supporting cast of Sixteen US warships lay in the bottom of the ships and planes. Van Riper had at his sea, and the rest were in disarray. Thousands disposal a much weaker flotilla of smaller of American sailors were dead, dying, or vessels, many of them civilian craft, and wounded. numerous assets typical of a Third World country. If the games had been real, it would have been the worst US naval defeat since Pearl Harbor. But Van Riper made the most of weakness. Instead of trying to compete directly with What happened next became controversial. Force Blue, he utilized ingenious low-tech Instead of declaring Force Red the victor, alternatives. Crucially, he prevented the JOINTFOR Command raised the sunken ships stronger US force from eavesdropping on his from the muck, brought the dead sailors back communications by foregoing the use of radio to life, and resumed the games as if nothing transmissions. Van Riper relied on couriers unusual had happened. The US invasion of the instead to stay in touch with his field officers. rogue state proceeded according to schedule. He also employed novel tactics such as coded Force Red continued to harass Force Blue, signals broadcast from the minarets of until an increasingly frustrated Gen. Van mosques during the Muslim call to prayer, a Riper discovered that his orders to his troops tactic weirdly reminiscent of Paul Revere and were being countermanded, at which point he the ―Shot Heard Round the World.‖ At every withdrew in disgust. In his after-action report, turn, the wily Van Riper did the unexpected. the general charged that the games had been And in the process he managed to achieve an scripted to produce the desired outcome. asymmetric advantage: the new buzzword in military parlance. Conclusion The reality is that the US can use coercive Astutely and very covertly, Van Riper armed diplomacy techniques against Pakistan, but it his civilian marine craft and deployed them is unable to consider all out war against near the US fleet, which never expected an Pakistan, simply because it will be unable to attack from small pleasure boats. Faced with a execute the war, let alone control the fallout of blunt US ultimatum to surrender, Force Red the war. The reason why the political and suddenly went on the offensive: and achieved military leadership has not been able to come complete tactical surprise. Force Red's prop- to this conclusion is that they do not take driven aircraft suddenly were swarming responsibility to protect the Ummah. This around the US warships, making Kamikaze practically will only ever be realised under a dives. Some of the pleasure boats made righteous Imam, ruling by Islam, as the head suicide attacks. Others fired Silkworm cruise of the Khilafah State. Nussrah Magazine 17

Abid Mustafa: Pakistan Must Sever Ties With America Pakistan Must Sever Ties with America for Future Economic Sustainability

Abid Mustafa of a working group on Integrated Energy for Pakistan Vision 2025. On November 14, 2013 Lately, several notable Pakistani public the group met under the chairmanship of the figures have expressed their increased Secretary Planning, Development & Reforms, optimism about the Pakistani economy and its Hassan Nawaz Tarar, and consisted of many future. On November 10, 2013 Federal leading scholars, experts and scientists. The Minister for Finance, Muhammad Ishaq Dar immediate aim of the working group is to expressed his desire to see Pakistan become th address the crippling energy problems the 11 biggest economy in the world. plaguing Pakistan. Farkhand Iqbal, Senior According to the World Bank statistics in Chief Energy said in his opening remarks that 2012, Pakistan presently holds 43rd position the country has been suffering from serious with a GDP of $231billion, whilst Canada is problems, as our industries are being closed, in the 11th spot with a GDP of $1.8 trillion. exports declined, per capita income decreased. A few days later, Dar‘s confidence was also In short, he said that ―the energy sector of echoed by Federal Minister for Planning, economy is badly suffering due to energy Development, and Reform, Ahsan Iqbal. On shortages in our country. He also emphasized November 12, 2013 at a lecture at Harvard that the 11th Five Year Plan (2013-18) and University, in the US, Iqbal said, ―The Vision 2025 would not be a plan like the plans Pakistan 2025 Programme will transform the of the past, but they should be realistic, doable country into a strong economy of upper and a must, to achieve the desired growth rate middle income countries in ranking.‖ He for the next decade and to make Pakistan an added, ―... by making Pakistan a hub of industrialized knowledge-based economy.‖ regional integration through regional Like all previous Pakistani governments, the connectivity projects, we can create three present government is no different in trying to billion new markets in Asia comprising of address Pakistan‘s ailing economy and severe South Asia, China, and Central Asia with energy shortages. No government has great opportunities for global economy.‖ It succeeded to date, and there is very little appears that both Dar and Iqbal are basing evidence to suggest that the current their economic predictions on a paper entitled: government of Nawaz Sharif will do any ‗Pakistan in the 21st Century: Vision 2030‘, better. Without even scrutinising the contents which has been prepared by Pakistan‘s of the vision, it is evident that there is problem planning commission. The paper summarizes in terms of which vision the government is the economic vision as: ―Growing following i.e. the 2025 vision espoused by economically at a rate of around 7-8 per cent Farkhand Iqbal, Dar and Ahsan or the 2030 per annum, Pakistan expects to join the ranks Vision advocated by the planning of middle-income countries, with a GDP of commission. Now one may give the around $4,000 billion by2030. This high government the benefit of doubt for getting growth rate would be sustained through mixed up, but the lack of alignment between developing its human resources, and by ministries and poor communication by developing the necessary physical and ministers amounts to a poor start, considering technological infrastructure.‖ the gravity of the situation, and does not bode In a separate but related development, the well for the future. Pakistani government inaugurated the meeting Nussrah Magazine 18

Abid Mustafa: Pakistan Must Sever Ties With America Apart from the vision, the government has Furthermore, such a strategy will not pay off also miserably failed to articulate a clear and Pakistan‘s $58 billion in external debt or grow cogent strategy that will help them deliver the Pakistan‘s economy sufficiently by 2030 to vision for 2030. For instance, what is the meet the needs of some 230-260 million government‘s strategy that helps them achieve Pakistanis as forecasted by the planning the vision statement: ‗Pakistan expects to join commission. the ranks of middle-income countries, with a Best practice dictates that any economic GDP of around $4,000 billion by 2030‘? The vision espoused for Pakistan and any vision 2030 document distributed by the economic strategy advocated must be planning commission and public statements cognizant of the root causes behind the current by politicians are not only woefully economic malaise affecting the country. Any inadequate and but are quite frankly a solution that does not treat the root causes will regurgitation of the same old wine only treat the symptoms and will secure manufactured by Western economic economic self-sufficiency. consultants and institutions like the IMF, and then sold to the Pakistan public. For instance, The three principal causes behind Pakistan‘s on October 4, 2013 ―The Nation‖ newspaper economic troubles is America, her colonial reported that the government has decided to institutions like the IMF and WBO, and privatise 31 public sector entities (PSEs) rampant corruption. Let‘s examine these, one during the current financial year 2013-14 and by one. this mainly includes banking, petroleum and Ever since, America‘s active involvement in energy sector companies. In return, Pakistan Eurasia, in particular during the Soviet received a $6.7 billion loan programme under invasion of Afghanistan, Pakistan‘s economy IMF‘s extended funds facility (EFF). has undergone sustained deterioration. This is The strategy of parting with Pakistan‘s a widely acknowledged fact but it does not treasured silverware to boost economic feature in official proclamations or economic growth is a recipe for economic chaos and reports, as traitors in Pakistan‘s military and enslavement to Western institutions. One only political leadership want to continue with their has to look at the privatisation under suicidal policy of working with America. No Musharraf and Zardari to see that the real matter how hard Pakistani officials try to benefactors are foreigners, who are free to set conceal this fact they cannot hide the truth, prices as they will, pay minimal or no tax at and occasionally reveal information that is all, and repatriate profits to their own locked in the deepest depth of their hearts. countries to strengthen their economies at the Just recently, Minister for States and Frontier expense of Pakistan. This is in addition to the Regions, Abdul Qadir Baloch, said that over a massive corruption that ensues and ensnares 30 year period, Pakistan has spent Pakistani politicians. Some have estimated approximately $200 billion in looking after 1550 billion Rupees (US$23.84 billion) worth Afghan refugees. The Afghan refugee burden of corruption during the privatisation process is clearly a result of US policy to exploit under eight years of Musharraf‘s rule alone Pakistan as the epicentre of America‘s war (―Pakistan: $23.8 billion corruption from against its arch cold war enemy the Soviet privatization under Musharraf‖, Asia Pacific Union. Action Online). Despite Pakistan‘s best efforts to care for their Hence it appears that the 11th Five-Year Plan Afghan brethren as mandated by Islam, is headed in the same direction as the previous Pakistan has received peanuts from America fifty years of strategy planning— degrading in assistance over the past three decades. Even Pakistan‘s economic sovereignty and the latest drive by the so called international depriving our children of a bright future. community has yielded miniscule amounts. Nussrah Magazine 19

Abid Mustafa: Pakistan Must Sever Ties With America International donors have pledged $600 ignore its own warnings and is eager to lend million for the Afghan Refugees Affected and billions of dollars to Pakistan. Hosting Areas Programme, but only $15 In fact, the Pakistani population has become million has been delivered. So once again, accustomed to the unleashing of economic Pakistan will continue to shoulder the burden devastation, whenever IMF and WB officials of our Afghan brethren, even though the visit Pakistan. The common prescription country under capitalism cannot meet the advocated by the IMF is privatisation, needs of its own citizens. increase in the prices of petrol, electricity and In the beginning of the 21st century America gas, devaluation of the rupee, increase in tax launched a new war against Islam disguised as revenues through the imposition of sales and the war on terror. The central front of this war other tax, reduction in import duties and was Pakistan and its impact on the country several other notorious measures that always was catastrophic, especially on Pakistan‘s seem to increase the dependency of Pakistan‘s economy. On October 23, 2013, Geo TV economy on foreign creditors and piles up revealed that the war on terror had cost unwarranted debt. Simply put IMF policies Pakistan a whopping $100 billion. In return, have never worked to bridge Pakistan‘s fiscal Pakistan received over $25 billion during the gap or address the balance of payments. All period 2002-2012 consisting of $17 billion in IMF policies do is to ensure the country military aid and $8 billion in economic commits to the ever increasing interest assistance. This aid pales into insignificance burden. Over the last five years, Pakistan‘s when measured over a 66 year period. From foreign debt payments have averaged $2.3 1948 to 2012, Pakistan has received a total of billion. That‘s the equivalent of 10% of $68 billion in aid. Of which, the economic aid exports, and 10% of government revenue, and is $42 billion and the remainder $26 billion is is half the amount spent on health and military assistance. In practice, however, this education combined (―Unlocking the chains of aid has been hampered by American economic debt A call for debt relief for Pakistan‖, sanctions, which were first imposed in 1979. Islamic Relief and Jubilee Debt Campaign, Peterson Institute for International economics July 2013). calculates that from 1979 to 1998 the impact Lastly, under American patronage corruption of the sanctions was equivalent to a $1 has flourished in Pakistan. It does not matter billion— a relatively small sum compared to whether the government is civil or military, the direct fallout that Pakistan has suffered, corruption is rife under governments that are when its foreign policy is aligned to directly supported by America. For instance, America‘s national interests. according to Transparency International, The other factor which has wreaked havoc on Pakistan lost an unbelievably high amount, Pakistan‘s economy is the menace of IMF and more than Rs8.5 trillion (US $94 billion), in WB policies implemented under American corruption, tax evasion and bad governance auspices. The country has borrowed heavily during the last four years of Prime Minister from the IMF for 29 out of the 40 years Yousuf Raza Gillani‘s tenure. between 1971 and 2010. Pakistan‘s external In sum, since 1979, Pakistan‘s unstinting debt is currently thought to be around $58 billion – about 24% of GDP and 200% of support for America has cost the Pakistani exports. The IMF and World Bank argue that economy circa $410 billion. (This is based on debts for low-income countries usually costs to host Afghan refugees ($200b), become impossible to repay when they are external debt ($60b), corruption during between 30-50% of GDP or 100–200% of Musharraf and Gilani‘s tenure ($120b) and exports. Yet despite this, IMF continues war on terror ($100b) costs minus the aid

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Abid Mustafa: Pakistan Must Sever Ties With America ($68b) received from America.) Even the die- And RasulAllah SAW informed this Ummah hard neo-liberals and secular fundamentalists of the fulfillment of his mission as a Mercy to in Pakistan, will have to concede that all Humankind on the future. He conveyed the America‘s relationship with Pakistan is the vision that Allah SWT had given him, that of sole reason for the rapid erosion of the an earth over whose entirety the mercy of country‘s economic sovereignty. Islam prevails. And thus after RasulAllah For Pakistan‘s economy to have any chance of SAW returned to Allah SWT the march of growth and self-sufficiency, economic policy Islam continued. Under the Khilafah Rashida, makers must sever ties with the US, and the Ummah ensured that Islam prevailed over devise a 2030 vision and associated strategies the empires of Persia and then Rome. He that does not feature America and the SAW informed his Ummah SAW of the influence of its colonial tools. But this is only opening of Constantinople, which occurred in the first step, a more permanent solution time of the Uthmani Khalifah, and the opening necessitates the complete removal of of Rome, that we will witness inshaaAllah democracy or dictatorship that always places after the return of the Islamic state. And man-made laws above the laws of Allah inshaaAllah upon the return of the Khilafah, (SWT). Through these forms of ruling, this Ummah will rise again to ensure that America repeatedly passes legislation through Islam prevails over all other ways of life until her supporters in both the executive and the the mission of RasulAllah SAW is completed. parliament to enact capitalist solutions that So, let Rabi ul-Awwal and the gifts it only serve to safeguard her interests. This is witnessed inspire us to raise the message of the real root cause of the misery suffered by Islam, as a comfort for the oppressed and a َٚ stern warning to the oppressor rulers. Let the َِ ْٓ َأ ػْ َش َض :the Pakistani people. Allah says ػَ ―Whosoever turns gratitude for its gifts grant us the patience and ْٓ ِر ْو ِشٞ فَاِ َّْ ٌَٗ ُ َِ ١ؼِ َشخ َظٕ ىب away from My Reminder verily, for him is a fortitude to be unwavering in our march for life of hardship.‖ [Surah Ta-Ha 20:124] It is Islam, despite the oppression of the tyrant only through the establishment of the Khilafah rulers. Let our love of RasulAllah SAW spur that sovereignty will return to Allah, and pro- us to strip away the false borders of American capitalist policies will be banished. nationalism that have divided us into over fifty countries and unify us as one state under the flag of La Ilaha Ila Allah Muhammad ur- Continued from Page 5 RasulAllah. Let the Hijrah of RasulAllah emperors. He SAW expanded the Islamic SAW that Rabi ul-Awal witnessed motivate state, as his mission was to carry Islam as a the men of war amongst us today, within our Mercy to all of Humankind, with the people armed forces, to give the Material Support for entering Islam in droves. Allah SWT said, the establishment of Islam as a state. And let Rabi ul-Awwal instill within us the urgency to ئِ َرا َجب َء َٔ ْص ُش ََّّللا ِ َٚا ٌْ َف ْز ُخ َٚ complete the mission of RasulAllah SAW as a َسأَ ٠ْ َذ إٌَّب َط ٠َ ْذ ُخٍُٛ َْ فِٟ ِد٠ ِٓ َّ َّللاِ أَ ْف َٛا جب ―1. When there comes the help of Allah and Mercy to all of Humankind. Let us strive for the Conquest. 2. And you see that the people the return of the Ummah, as a witness over all enter Allah's religion in crowds.‖ [Surah An- of Humankind, implementing Islam as a state Nasr 110: 1,2] and carrying its guidance such that it prevails all other ways of life.

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Imran Khan- A New Jockey for America‘s Horse, Democracy Imran Khan- A New Jockey for America‘s Horse, Democracy Talha Zubayr Mahmood Quraishi played a similar role. It is ironic that upon his appointment in the foreign The desire for real change is stronger than ministry that Imran Khan's party itself raised ever before in Pakistan. The people call for the objection. Shireen Mazari, a staunch end of the crippling American influence and a nationalist, then in PTI, remarked that the return to Islam. More and more people realize ―American dream team‖ has settled in the that democracy itself is responsible for the foreign ministry. And Sardar Assef has been American influence and is an obstacle to the no different. The inclusion of American return to Islam. A golden chance arises for agents in Imran Khan's party is no surprise, as politicians who would come forwards with a anyone who seeks power in democracy must strong agenda grounded in Islam. However, prove their capability to secure colonialist politicians who adhere to democracy are never interests. going to change the status quo. They may play to the desires of the people but they will never Increasing the chances of coming to power deliver what they promise through democracy. means that in addition to seasoned American Thus, they offer nothing new or any real men, there are other politicians who will change to the corrupt regime. And post- follow these agents for cheap personal elections, Imran Khan is proving that hope in interest. Such vision-less ―lota‖ politicians his party is no hope at all. from the PPP, PML-N and Musharraf's former party, the PML-Q, have joined the party of As a democrat, seeking his way into the Imran Khan. About thirty politicians from current set-up, Imran Khan, like others before PML-Q including Awais Leghari, Jamal him, depends on seasoned democrats who Leghari, Ghulam Sarwar Khan and Sikandar have secured American interests for years. Hayyat Khan Bosan have joined the PTI. The This is why the party of Imran Khan has made English daily ―The News‖ has produced a room for Sardar Asif Ahmed Ali, Khursheed report stating, ―Names of the establishment‘s Mahmood Qasuri and Shah Mahmood Qasuri, Q-Leaguers who joined the PTI in last few all ex-foreign ministers who furthered months have already been published in American interests whilst they were in ruling. national press, show that more than 90 percent Such foreign ministers of Pakistan are of the new entrants in Lahore, Chakwal and appointed after close vetting by US officials all other major cities of Punjab are known and lawmakers and once a go ahead is given Musharraf men.‖ Former foreign minister, by the US State Department. They have been Shah Mehmood Qureshi, has been made Vice- the trusted agents of America and are essential Chairman of the PTI. The inclusion of such for future implementation of American plans. people is a clear indication that the economic Khursheed Qasuri was Musharraf's foreign and foreign policy will remain unchanged. minister and was defender of the war of terror The stage is set for America, her men and throughout his tenure. He was the architect of corrupt yes-men within the political and the Kashmir sell out plan in the name of ―self- military leadership to work with Imran, governance.‖ He famously remarked that ensuring their interests are preserved. India and Pakistan have reached a settlement of Kashmir and that only four to five people Of course, the people sense that something is are aware of the final shape of the plan. As a wrong as they have been bitten many times democrat he proved his loyalty to America before by democracy. Indeed, Imran Khan's and treachery against Muslims. And Shah inclusions were met with opposition even

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Imran Khan- A New Jockey for America‘s Horse, Democracy from his party workers. Imran Khan was Security to the NATO supply is secured by forced to promise his party workers that KPK police, which is directly under the tickets will not be awarded to these ―corrupt‖ provincial government. Not a single step was but ―electable‖ politicians, in an effort to taken to obstruct it. Contrast this to Imran appease them. But these were merely words Khan's pre-election stance. He held a protest and the reality is that the party of Imran Khan ―dharna‖ where he was bent upon stopping it, is now a stable for America's horses. Then when he was not in power. Regarding drone Imran was reduced to consoling the workers attacks, Imran Khan now seeks refuge behind by asking them to ignore what has happened ―It‘s a federal issue‖, when he raised no such and look forward to the elections. But, once excuse during elections as he competed for the Imran Khan party won in the province of power in KPK. Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, the American jockeys were prominent. As if this were all not enough to raise alarm bells in the minds of those who are setting So it is inevitable that Imran Khan will never themselves up for more disappointment be able to deliver upon his election promises. through democracy, consider Imran's stance The US Ambassador described democracy as on India. Imran Khan fully endorses all its horse and any one who sits atop of it is American position on Kashmir. Imran Khan merely a jockey. Now that Imran Khan is in lend full support to ―Aman ki Asha‖ (Hope for ruling in KPK it can be clearly seen. Take Peace) for the Akhand Bharat (Greater India) education as an example. Previously Imran project in which the Hindus will secure Khan said that he will impose an education dominance over Muslims. Imran Khan emergency allocating 4% GDP to education, supports the ―self governance‖ to carve up and once he formed the government. Now, after sell off Kashmir. Imran Khan wants to the formation of government in KPK, Imran sideline Kashmir, calling for ―putting Kashmir Khan broke his promise and added the on the back burner.‖ Imran Khan condemns pension and salaries budget to the education armed resistance to brutal Indian occupying budget, so that he can claim that the education forces as ―terrorism.‖ Compare this to his budget has been raised manifold. However, in stance before snuggling up to America. In 9th reality it was raised from 65 to 66 billion June 2002, Imran Khan said, ―Any deviation rupees only; so much for his tall claims on from the stated stance on the right of self- education. As for self reliance and economic determination for the people of Kashmir independence from America, Imran Khan would not guarantee peace in the region on a claimed to work for self-reliance of the long-term basis.‖ He also said, ―if the freedom government and always called against US loan struggle by Tamil Tigers, the Palestinians and and grants. However, currently KPK is largest the Chechens could not be suppressed despite recipient of the USAID (500 million dollar) the use of military might, the indigenous and the KPK budget specifies a significant freedom movement of Kashmiri people can sum to be collected from foreign donors (35 also go on indefinitely in spite of Indian billion rupees). As for breaking of promises army‘s repressive actions and pressures regarding drone attacks and the NATO supply applied by the international community.‖ line, it is Imran Khan's provincial government who, instead of stopping the supply line, is As for Afghanistan, Imran Khan openly providing security to the American and NATO announced in his Lahore Jalsa (Rally) that he containers which contain weapons, explosives, will support ―US exit plan‖ from Afghanistan, wine, pork, oil and other supplies for Western a plan designed by Obama as a cover for forces on Muslim Lands. Protesting is just retaining a permanent US presence in Pakistan cheap deception. Thus Imran Khan, like and Afghanistan. Under this plan American Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, is actually the will maintain 20,000 soldiers and 100,000 ―chowkidar‖ of the American war supply. security contractors (another name for men-of- war) in nine bases in Afghanistan and around Nussrah Magazine 23

Imran Khan- A New Jockey for America‘s Horse, Democracy 7,000 Raymond Davis network agents in the superpower (as will be explained later in the world's second largest American embassy in article) and other capitalist colonial agenda. Islamabad. Interestingly, Imran Khan never objected to the ―mini-Pentagon‖ US embassy Thus Imran Khan has squandered and wasted in the heart of our capital. And that is why the any chance of good standing for himself and then US ambassador Cameron Munter, in his good for this nation, just like Nawaz Sharif, interview to BBC on 10th July, 2012, Zardari, and Kayani. Now those who still have disclosed; ―I have met Imran Khan and Nawaz not woken up are defensive saying that Imran Sharif both, and both have assured me that Khan ―may have a problem‖ but ―he is better they are pro-American.‖ than others.‖ Its time to wake up! As a democrat, Imran Khan has allowed Imran Khan will only be supported by himself to be used by America's small club of America and its men as long as he fits the US agents embedded within our political and plan. And he will be thrown off the horse of military leadership. Till 2011, US was democracy when he sidesteps like Morsi in interested in an operation on both sides of the Egypt. Muslims must understand that Islam is border (under the famous Obama ―surge‖ the only salvation of the Muslims. Any partial plan). And then after the end of 2011, the US solution of mixing Islam with other ideologies wanted to cut deals across the borders with is bound to fail. Moreover, democracy is a ―moderate‖ Taliban to secure a partial system that binds even the sincere one to withdrawal, leaving behind a permanent US falsehood and corruption. It forces the sincere presence. And to create environment in the politician to compromise on principals and favor these talks, traitors in the military Islam. It forces compromises and does not leadership, particularly General Kayani, and allow enough power to an individual or party General Ahmed Shuja Pasha cut a deal with to make the changes that our deen mandates. Imran Khan. Subsequently, Imran Khan met The Islamic ruling system is Khilafah, a with the US Ambassador in General Pasha's system designed by the supreme where presence and then visited the US State Muslims gives bayaa‘ of obedience to one Department to agree on details. And then Ameer under the condition that we will obey Imran Khan was launched to build him as you as long as you implement Islam over us. America's new jockey. Media coverage was The elected men and women of the Council of showered on PTI. Even the preparation of the Ummah are a key check to ensuring this. their gatherings was being covered 24/7 on When we have an Islamic system that private channels, what to talk about the encompasses all the affairs of the life – gatherings. Khilafah- why should we be fooled by those In all, Imran Khan ―change‖ agenda is similar who cling to American and its idol to the ―change‖ agenda advocated by Obama democracy. Khilafah is the only system that in the US, whereby, certain operational will liberate the Ummah and not the western changes to achieve the very same goal were Kufr system of democracy. Only the Khilafah packaged as ―change agenda‖. Imran Khan is can secure the rights of education and security no different. His ―change‖ agenda is the same for its citizens, regardless of their race, gender liberal market capitalist ideology as was or religion, as it did for centuries previously. successively followed by all the rulers of Indeed the world's elite used to flock to the Pakistan. Fiat currency, interest based Khilafah for education and it was a sanctuary economy, privatization, imposing cruel taxes for the world's refugees. Only politicians who on all the population, western liberties, base their policies, agenda, constitution and symbolic Islamic injunctions to appease the ruling upon the firm foundation of Quran and religious masses, subjugating international Sunnah represent a hope for this Ummah. relation to imperialist UN and interest of the

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Martyrdom in Syria Martyrdom in Syria Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Syria international nations fear in this revolution and compels them to become more conspiring against it. For this reason, this revolution was َٚ more powerful than Bashar and his َال رَ ُِٕٛٙا َٚ َال رَ ْذ َضُٛٔا َٚأَ ْٔزُ ُ ا ْ َأل ْٛ ٍَػْ َْ ئِ ْْ ُو ْٕزُ ُْ ُِ ْإ ١ِِٕ َٓ “So do not weaken and do not grieve, and mercenaries and stronger than all the you will be superior if you are [true] conspired Western countries as a whole. We believers” [Ali-Imran: 139] take this opportunity to urge our brothers in the Brigade and other battalion commanders (Translated) to follow the example of those who recorded May Allah SWT bless Brother their endowments with their Lord in this Abdulkader Al Saleh, the leader of Liwa al- world and the Hereafter, and that they should Tawhid (Tawhid Bridgade) in Aleppo who not seek victory except from Allah alone, as was targeted by the Syrian pilots‘ airstrike a good adherence to Islam and to investigate the few days ago, in a meeting with the leaders of right is the key to relief, which the path of his brigade at the infantry school in Aleppo‘s suffering brings victory close ... The Almighty countryside. He was targeted after he recorded said: for himself an honor, may Allah to accept it َٚ َال رَُٕٛٙا فِٟ ا ْثزِ َغب ِء ا ٌْمَ ْٛ َِ ئِ ْْ َر ُىُٛٔٛا َرأٌَّْٛ َْ فَأَِّ ُٙ ُْ ٠َ ْأٌَّٛ َْ ِ ُ ُ from him, when he renounced the coalition َو َّب رَ ْأٌَ َٚ َْ ُّٛرَ ْش ُجٛ َْ ِ َٓ ََّّللاِ َِب َال ٠َ ْش ُجَٚ َْ ٛ َوب َْ ََّّللاُ ١ٍِػَ ّب and Geneva 2 and he rejected the West and its َد ِى١ّب henchmen and refused the influence of the َّ َ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ْ ُ َّ َ َّ ئِٔب أٔ َضٌٕب ئٌِ ١ْ َه اٌ ِىزَب َة ثِبٌ َذ ِّك ٌِزَ ْذى َُ ثَ ١ْ َٓ إٌب ِط ثِ َّب أ َسا َن َّللاُ rulers of disruption from Qatar, Saudi Arabia ْ َ َ َٚ َال رَ ُى ْٓ ٌٍِخبئِٕ ١ِ َٓ خ ِص١ ّب and others. We ask Allah the Almighty to elevate his status for this honor to the highest, “And do not weaken in pursuit of the He (Allah) is close, the Hearer of enemy. If you should be suffering - so are supplication... This tragedy must drive the they suffering as you are suffering, but you sincere to close ranks and take caution and to expect from Allah that which they expect seek achieving their needs in secrecy, not. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. especially as the eyes of America and its Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O followers in Russia and Europe monitor those Muhammad], the Book in truth so you may who do not bend to Geneva ... He (swt) says, judge between the people by that which addressing the believers: Allah has shown you. And do not be for the deceitful an advocate.” [Al Nisa:104-105] َٚ ١ٌَْأْ ُخ ُزٚا ِد ْز َس ُ٘ ُْ َٚأَ ْعٍِ َذزَ َٚ ُْ ُٙ َّد اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ َوفَ ُشٚا ٌَ ْٛ رَ ْغفػَ َْ ٍُُٛ ْٓ May Allah bestow His abundant mercy on أَ ْعٍِ َذزِ ُى ُْ َٚأَ ِْزِ ؼَزِ ُى ُْ َف١َ ػَ َْ ٍُٛ١ِّ ٍَ ١ْ ُى ُْ َِ ١ٍَْخ َٚا ِد َذح “And let them pray with you, taking brother leader Abdulkader Al Saleh and bring precaution and carrying their arms. Those him the Supreme paradise with the Prophets, who disbelieve wish that you would neglect the steadfast affirmers of truth, and the your weapons and your baggage, so they martyrs and the righteous and we say naught could come down upon you in one [single] except that which is pleasing to our Lord: ئَِّٔب ِ َّللِ َٚئَِّٔب ئٌَِ ١ْ ِٗ َسا ِج attack.” [Al Nisa: 102] َْ ٛؼُ This revolution is strong and powerful, “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed with the permission of Allah; for it derives its to Him we will return.” [Al Baqara:156] steadfastness and patience from its faith in Allah and its determination to seek victory from the Almighty alone. This is what the

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Russian Foreign Minister Attacks the Khilafah Russian Foreign Minister Attacks the Khilafah committing the horrific massacres against the Hisham Al-Baba, Head of the Media Office Muslims; men, women, and children. of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Syria The unification of the Kufr against the (Translated) civilized project of Islam represented by establishing the Khilafah reminds us of the of :Allah‘s (swt) saying لَ ْذ ثَ َذ ِد ا ٌْجَ ْغ َعب ُء ِ ْٓ أَ ْف َٛا ِ٘ َٚ ُْ ِٙ َِب رُ ْخفِٟ ُص ُذٚ ُس ُ٘ ُْ أَ ْوجَ ُش لَ ْذ ث١َََّّٕب ٌَ ُى ُ ا ٠٢َْب ِد ئِ ْْ ُو ْٕزُ ُْ رَ ؼْمٍُِٛ َْ )) َع١ُ ْٙ َض َُ ا ٌْ َج ّْ ُغ ٠َُٚ ٌُّٛ َٛ َْ اٌ ُّذثُ َش (( “Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is “Their assembly will be defeated, and they greater” [Al-Imran: 118] will turn their backs [in retreat].” [Al-Qamar: 45] In his address in front of the General Assembly that is part of the United Nations, on Yes, it is true; since the Russians, the West Friday27/9/2013, Lavrov gave a warning: ―That and the Jews heard the chants for Khilafah in the most powerful of the armed groups inside the land of Ash-Sham that is undergoing a Syria are the Jihadist which include many revolution, they lost their minds! When they extremists that came from all parts of the world, realized the seriousness of their demands for it and the aims that they are pursuing have no and of the inevitability of its return, they were connections to Democracy, and their basis is an stricken by nightmares by night and misgivings extreme ideology, they aim to destroy the by day. Nothing worried them except fighting secular state and to establish a Khilafah Islamic it, secretly and openly. No matter how much State.‖ they try to prevent it, their pursuits will be wasted by the permission of Allah: Following his departure from the UN ُ َٚ َِ ْى ُش أٚ ٌَئِ َه ُ٘ َٛ ٠َجُٛس meetings regarding the destruction of the Syrian chemical weapons, he stated that, ―His country “And the plotting of those will perish” does not exclude the participation of armed [Fatir: 10] Syrian opposition in the Geneva 2 Conference No matter how much they try to extinguish as long as they do not think to establish a the light of Allah SWT; Allah refuses but to let Khilafah.‖ His light be completed even if the Kuffar detest This Lavrov has exposed the truth about the it. Allah (swt) says, conflict in Syria and in the region, that it is an ٠ُش٠ ُذٚ َْ َأ ْْ ٠ُ ْطفِئُٛا ُٛٔ َس ََّّللاِ ثأَ ْفٛا ٠ٚ َُِٙ٘أْثَٝ ََّّللا ئ َّال َأ ْْ ٠ُزُ ُٛٔ َسُٖ ِ ِ َ ِ ْ َ ُ ِ ِ َّ ideological clash of civilization between the ٌَٛٚ َوشَٖ ا ٌْ َىبف ُشُٛ٘ * َْ ٚ اٌَّزٞ أَ ْس َعً َس ُعٌَُٛٗ ثب ٌْ ُٙ َذٚ ٜد٠ٓ َ ْ ِ ِ َ ِ َ ِ َ ِ ِ Deen of Islam; Deen of truth and the corrupt ا ٌْ َذ ِّك ١ٌُ ْظٙ َشُٖ ٍَٝػَ اٌ ِّذ٠ٓ ُوٍِّٗ ٌَٛٚ َوشَٖ ا ٌّْ ْشش ُوٛ َْ ِ ِ ِ ِ َ ْ ِ ُ ِ .brutal Democracy and the atheist secularism He also exposed his hidden intentions and of “They want to extinguish the light of Allah those the hateful West towards Islam, Khilafah, with their mouths, but Allah refuses except and Jihad. He exposed that his hatred to Islam is to perfect His light, although the disbelievers not less than that of Bashar‘s. He exposed that dislike it, it is He who has sent His China, Russia, the West, and (Israel) are unified Messenger with guidance and the deen of in targeting the Muslims with Bashar, who Continued on Page 34 depend on their support and encouragement for

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Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt Question: For months now there has been Indeed, the Hadeeth of the Messenger of continuous violence in Egypt, with killings, Allah (saw), narrated by Abu Dawood from arrests, vandalism and destruction on the Umm Darda‘ from Abu Darda‘ is not streets and squares. Normal life has been unknown to us: suspended, and people have been divided into »أَ َال أُ ْخجِ ُش ُو ُْ ثِأَ ْف َع ًَ ِِ ْٓ َد َس َج ِخ اٌ ِّص١َب َِ َٚاٌ َّص َال ِح َٚاٌ َّص َذلَ ِخ؟« two obvious groups. Mediators from the قَال ْا: بَلَى، ٌَا َر سْ َل هللاِ قَا َل: »ئِ ْص َال ُح َرا ِد ا ٌْجَ ١ْ ِٓ، َٚفَ َغب ُد United States, Europe, and even Russia have َرا ِد ا ٌْجَ ١ْ ِٓ ا ٌْ َذبٌِمَخ ُ« appeared in this atmosphere and began to form contacts with Egypt, it is not farfetched ―Shall I not inform you of the highest that even China may intervene! Similarly, degree of fast, prayer and charity?‖ They some local mediators have intervened, said: ―Yes, oh Messenger of Allah.‖ He said: partisan and non-partisan from stakeholders ―Reconciliation amongst the people, while on the inside to attempt mediation and reform corruption amongst the people cuts off the ... but without reaching a result. It attracted rope.‖ our attention that Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is Nevertheless reconciliation and reform trusted and respected by everybody who must take place to implement the Shariah, not knows it, did not intervene, neither for to implement anything else. Reconciliation mediation nor for reform or reconciliation. and reform do not hold any good if they Surely the Messenger‘s (saw) saying is not turned the Haram into Halal, or the Halal into unknown to them: Haram. This is what we were commanded by the Messenger of Allah (saw) in his noble »أَ َال أُ ْخجِ ُش ُو ُْ ثِأَ ْف َع ًَ ِِ ْٓ َد َس َج ِخ اٌ ِّص١َب َِ َٚاٌ َّص َال ِح َٚاٌ َّص َذلَ ِخ؟« :Ahadeeth, including قَال ْا: بَلَى، ٌَا َر سْ َل هللاِ قَا َل: »ئِ ْص َال ُح َرا ِد ا ٌْجَ ١ْ ِٓ، َٚفَ َغب ُد Abu Dawood reported in his Sunan from َرا ِد ا ٌْجَ ١ْ ِٓ ا ٌْ َذبٌِمَخ ُ« ―Shall I not inform you of the highest Abu Hurayrah who said: قَا َل َر سْ ل هللاِ َصل ى هللا َع َل ٍْ َِ َّ َسل َن: »اٌ ُّص ٍْ ُخ َجبئِ ٌض ثَ ١ْ َٓ degree of fast, prayer and charity?‖ They ا ٌْ ُّ ْغٍِ ١ِّ َٓ « َسا َد أَ ْح َو د، »ئِ َّال ُص ٍْ ذب أَ َد ًَّ َد َشا ِب، أَ ْٚ َد َّش َ :said: ―Yes, oh Messenger of Allah.‖ He said َد َال ال « َّ َسا َد سلَ ٍْ َوا ى ْب ي َدا ّ َد، َّقَا َل َر سْ ل هللاِ َصل ى هللا َع َل ٍْ َِ Reconciliation amongst the people, while― َّ َسل َن: »ا ٌْ ُّ ْغٍِ ٍَٝػَ َْ ُّٛ ُش ُشٚ ِغ corruption amongst the people cuts off the » ُْ ِٙ rope.‖ The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: Is there a reason for the non-interference ―Reconciliation amongst the Muslims is of the Hizb in mediation or reconciliation or permissible.‖ And Ahmad added: ―Except a reform? Wa Jazakum Allah Khair. reform that permits the Haram or prohibits the Halal.‖ And Suleiman Bin Dawood Answer: added: ―And the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ―The Muslims are bound by their First: First of all, we thank you for your conditions.‖ trust in the Hizb and high expectations of it, and ask Allah to guide all of us to the wisest At-Tirmidhi reported in his Sunan from of matters, and Allah Almighty hears and Katheer Bin Abdullah Bin Amr Bin Auf Al- responds. Mazni, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger (saw) said: Nussrah Magazine 27

Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt actual state of warfare, rather these ships pass »اٌ ُّص ٍْ ُخ َجبئِ ٌض ثَ ١ْ َٓ اٌ ُّ ْغٍِ ١ِّ َٓ، ئِ َّال ُص ٍْ ذب َد َّش َ َد َال ال، أَ ْٚ أَ َد ًَّ .by it today as they passed by before َد َشا ِب، َٚاٌ ُّ ْغٍِ ٍَٝػَ َْ ُّٛ ُش ُشٚ ِغ ِٙ ُْ، ئِ َّال َش ْش غب َد َّش َ َد َال ال، أَ ْٚ َ They do not quarrel over the public أ َد ًَّ َد َشا ِب« ―Reconciliation amongst the Muslims is ownership of oil, gas and metals... which are permissible, except a reconciliation that the right of the Muslims and should be permits the Haram or prohibits the Halal. distributed among them ...rather they are The Muslims are bound by their conditions, swelling the pockets of the sharks in the land except a condition that prohibits a Halal or of Egypt today, just as they did before today. permits a Haram.‖ At-Tirmidhi said: ―This is Finally they do not quarrel over the a Hadeeth Hasan Sahih.‖ relations with America, rather they continue It was also reported by Ibn Hibban in his without interruption, and their rope is strongly Saheeh from Abu Hurayrah with the wording: stretched out to them today as it was before today. قَا َل َر سْ ل هللاِ َصل ى هللا َع َل ٍْ َِ َّ َسل َن: »اٌ ُّص ٍْ ُخ َجبئِ ٌض ثَ ١ْ َٓ ا ٌّْ ْغٍ ِ ١ِّ َٓ ئ َّال ُص ٍْ ذب أَ َدً َد َشاِب أَ ْٚ َد َّشَ َد َال ال « Third: We recognize that the people of ُ ِ َّ َ The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: Egypt, al-Kananah, Allah‘s Quiver (for ―Reconciliation amongst the Muslims is arrows) on His earth, will neither gain permissible, except a reconciliation that goodness nor peace as long as one of the two permits the Haram or prohibits the Halal.‖ groups drives the army to transform Egypt into a battlefield, instead of transforming the Second: We have reflected on the issue land of the enemy into a war zone. And the of the two groups, and what we found out other team pushes people to take the streets of was most astonishing. Egypt as arena for conflict, to win by We did not find them quarreling to govern establishing vicious secular rule, instead of the laws of Allah, as if one group was ruling making the streets of Egypt the square from by it and the other was not. Rather both which the just Khilafah system emerges. groups did not rule by the Shariah, whether They do not attain goodness, security or the former regime or the latter! peace. Both groups call for the secular We did not find them quarreling over the republic and the civil state, casting Islam provisions of a Constitution consisting of the aside. They call for democracy that legislates Shar‘i provisions, rather it is a constitution of without Allah and gives sovereignty to the man-made law that was invalid under the people rather than the Lord of the people. previous government, and is even more Nor will they attain goodness, security or invalid under the current government! peace, as both groups place a constitution Similarly they do not differ in their from other than what Allah has sent down stances toward the Jewish entity and the Camp from authority. Thereby they leave the David Accord, which was enforced in the constitution of the Lord of the Worlds, in previous government, and is still in effect which Allah has revealed provisions for the under the current government. Nor do they benefit and goodness of the Ummah: أَ َال ٠َ ؼٍَْ ُ َِ ْٓ َخٍَ َك َٛ ُ٘ َٚ اٌٍَّ ِط١ ُف ا ٌْ َخج١ِ ُش quarrel in their opinions about the flow of gas to the Jewish entity, which is flowing to them today just as it did before. ―Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?‖ [Al- Also they do not differ over the action to Mulk: 14] take in the Suez Canal towards the passage of ships from the states with whom there is an They will not attain goodness, security or peace, while the Camp David Accord between Nussrah Magazine 28

Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt the Jewish entity that usurped Palestine and former regime, the one before it and the one between the former regime and the subsequent that followed, not interested in the number of regime is still intact, instead of immediately deaths and the magnitude of devastation. canceling it and throwing it into the dustbin of Their only interest is to stabilize their history. influence in Egypt and to maintain it. Their Furthermore, they will not attain goodness past and even their present in Iraq and while gas is flowing to the Jewish entity, the Afghanistan bear witness to that. Does violator of Palestine rather than cutting them someone like that seek to find a correct, off. The usurper shall not be nourished from peaceful solution for Egypt and the people of his victim‘s blood! Egypt? Does Obama and his envoy Kerry want good for Egypt and the people of Egypt? They will not attain goodness while public These are bound by their interests; they do not property is flowing into the pockets of the want any good for Islam and Muslims. regime, instead of being returned to its rightful owners, the great people of Egypt. Does any conscious person, possessor of vision and insight, expect a solution with They will not attain goodness while the goodness from Europe? Britain and its agents relations with America are intact, and were behind the abolition of the Khilafah in America‘s rope extends from Washington to the year 1342 AH - 1924 CE. It is the sworn Cairo, instead of cutting it off. enemy of the Khilafah and those who work for Finally, they will not attain goodness it. Britain is behind the ill-fated Balfour unless Egypt, Allah‘s Quiver on earth, returns Declaration, and a main supporter of the to be one of the pillars of the Khilafah and its violation of Palestine by the Jews and the history is repeated: The day that it was displacement of its people, and then the liberated from the rule of the Romans... it then establishment of an entity for the Jews on the expelled the Crusaders from the land of land of Palestine, the land of al-Isra‘ wa al- Palestine and around Palestine, and liberated Mi‘raj, the land of al-Ribat, along with the the Muslim countries from the Tatars ...Then United States, France and Russia... As for its path will be completed – Bidhnillah – by France, on top of being one of the early liberating Palestine from the Jewish entity, supporters of the Jewish entity, it has a recent that will be no more than a trace in history. morbid history in the killing of Muslims in Algeria, and even in Mali, which has not yet Fourth: We have studied both groups and dried from the blood. As for Russia, its found them looking for a solution from the movements in our region after the demise of east and west, from home and abroad, the Soviet Union are movements in agreement mediators from here and there, but they did with the United States and its preamble. On not find guidance. They are not qualified to top of that, their support of the tyrant of ash- find a solution, while the solution they strive Sham is well-known, as well as their for will not produce goodness: massacres of Muslims in the Caucasus, especially Chechnya, and the destruction of The foreign mediators do not care about mosques in Kazan, and the arrest of Imams in Egypt and its people. Does any sane person Tatarstan, even the killing of some of them, that possesses cognition and reflection expect and the arrest of the carriers of Islam. Is any a solution from America that contains good expected from them? As well as China goodness, when it is America that stands which occupied East Turkistan and leads behind the former government, the one before attacks on the Muslims there. Even if it that and the one that followed? America intervened or mediated, will it bring about any stands behind the killing in the era of the good?

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Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt ﴿ َٚ َأ ِْ ا ْد ُى ُْ ثَ ١َْٕ ُٙ ُْ ثِ َّب أَ ْٔ َض َي ََّّللا ُ﴾ All of these external mediations do not bring along but deadly poison, since they are ―And judge, [O Muhammad], between less concerned with the blood of the people in them by what Allah has revealed‖ [Al- the land of Egypt, as they are concerned with Ma‘ida: 49] sucking blood and building interests. They are led by America which considers the land of But they give up on this and are Egypt its major stronghold in the region. Does ―embarrassed‖ to mention the application of any sane person expect grapes from the thorny the Hudud (fixed punishments). Panic would bush? Do Europe‘s Ashton, Obama‘s Kerry, enter their hearts if the two groups demanded or any of the foreign countries mentioned, the Khilafah system, because they fear the bring along goodness, or even the slightest wrath of America, Europe, Russia and China. hint of goodness? Verily, this is a strange matter! ْ ُ Fifth: Thus the current mediators from َو ١ْ َف َٚئِ ْْ ٠َظ َٙ ُشٚا ػٍََ ١ْ ُى ُْ َال ٠َ ْشلجُٛا ف١ِ ُى ُْ ئِ ّال َٚ َال ِر َِّخ ٠ُ ْش ُظَٛٔ ُى ُْ َ ْ ْ ُ َ َ َ ,home and abroad will not find a sound ثِأف َٛا ِ٘ َٚ ُْ ِٙ َرأثَٝ لٍُٛثُ َٚ ُْ ُٙأ ْوث ُش ُ٘ ُْ فب ِعمُٛ َْ ―How [can there be a treaty] while, if straight solution for the problems of the land they gain dominance over you, they do not of Egypt and its people. Rather there is a observe concerning you any pact of kinship single solution. It is that everyone leads with or covenant of protection? They satisfy you their hearts and all of their energy towards the with their mouths, but their hearts refuse implementation of the law of Allah in the [compliance], and most of them are Khilafah system, as enjoined by Allah, the defiantly disobedient.‖ [At-Tawba: 8] Lord of the Worlds, in straightforward evidence from the Book of Allah and the Whereas the mediators from the inside are Sunnah of His Messenger (saw) and the trapped in a vicious circle: They want a consensus of His Companions (ra): solution through what is offered by two groups who wish to maintain the Republican As for the Book: The Almighty said, system, and civilian secular rule, and addressing the Prophet (saw): democracy that gives the right of legislation to فَب ْد ُى ُْ ثَ ١َْٕ ُٙ ُْ ثِ َّب أَ ْٔ َض َي ََّّللاُ َٚ َال َرزَّجِ ْغ أَ ْ٘ َٛا َء ُ٘ ُْ ػَ َّّب َجب َء َن ِ َٓ humans without the Lord of humans, and the ا ٌْ َذ ِّك sovereignty to the people rather than to the Lord of the people, and releases personal, and ―So judge between them by what Allah religious freedom, as well as the freedom of has revealed and do not follow their ownership and opinion, with all that these inclinations away from what has come to freedoms drag along from scourge. This is the you of the truth.‖ [Al-Ma‘ida: 48] work of the mediators. They call this group to give up something, and the other group to give And His saying: َٚأَ ِْ ا ْد ُى ُْ ثَ ١َْٕ ُٙ ُْ ثِ َّب أَ ْٔ َض َي ََّّللاُ َٚ َال رَزَّجِ ْغ أَ ْ٘ َٛا َء ُ٘ ُْ َٚا ْد َز ْس ُ٘ ُْ أَ ْْ up something, and agree on the same system ٠َ ْفزُِٕٛ َن ػَ ْٓ ثَ ؼْ ِط َِب أَ ْٔ َض َي ََّّللاُ ئٌَِ ١ْه !that is the cause of affliction and misery What hurts most is that some of these ―And judge, [O Muhammad], between mediators are Muslims who read in the book them by what Allah has revealed and do of Allah: not follow their inclinations and beware of َٚ ﴿ them, lest they tempt you away from someأَل١ِ ُّٛا اٌ َّص َال َح ﴾ ―And establish prayer‖ [Al-Baqarah: 43] of what Allah has revealed to you.‖ [Al- Ma‘ida: 49] Therefore they pray and refuse to abandon prayer. They read another Ayah in the Book In addition to other verses. The address of Allah: directed at the Messenger (saw) to rule

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Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt »وبٔذ ثٕٛ ئعشائ١ً رغٛعُٙ األٔج١بء، وٍّب ٍ٘ه ٔجٟ خٍفٗ amongst them with what has been revealed by ٔجٚ ،ٟئٔٗ ال ٔجٟ ثؼذٚ ،ٞعزىْٛ خٍفبء فزىثش، لبٌٛا فّب Allah is an address to his (saw) Ummah. The رأِشٔب؟ لبي: فُٛا ثجؼ١خ األٚي فبألٚي، ٚأػطُٛ٘ دمُٙ، فاْ underlying concept is for the Ummah to find a َّللا عبئػ ٍُّٙب اعزشػبُ٘« ruler after the Messenger of Allah (saw) to judge between them as Allah has revealed. ―Bani Israel were led by the Prophets. The command in speech is in the form of Whenever a Prophet perished, another decisiveness, because the content of the Prophet followed him. There is no Prophet command is obligatory. This is an evidence of after me, but there will be Khulafa‟ who decisiveness as defined in the Islamic legal will increase in number. They said: „What methodology (Usul). The ruler that rules with do you order us?‟ He said: „Obey the one what Allah has revealed among the Muslims who is given the Bayah first, and give them after the Messenger of Allah (saw) is the their right. For Allah will ask them about Khaleefah. And the respective system of what He placed under their guardianship.‘‖ governance is the Khilafah system. These Ahadeeth contain a description of As for the Sunnah: It was narrated from the Khaleefah as a shield, i.e. a protection. Nafi‘ who said: ―Abdullah Bin Umar told me: These Ahadeeth also contain the fact that the ―I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: ones who lead the Muslims are the Khulafa‘. Thereby these Ahadeeth state a request for »ِٓ خٍغ ٠ذا ِٓ غبػخ ٌمٟ َّللا ٛ٠َ اٌم١بِخ ال دجخ ٌٗ، ِٚٓ their establishment. ِبد ١ٌٚظ فػ ٟٕمٗ ثؼ١خ ِبد ١ِزخ جب١ٍ٘خ« ―Whoever retracts his hand from As for the Consensus of the obedience will meet Allah on the day of Companions: They (ra) agreed on the resurrection with no argument for himself. necessity of the establishment of a Khaleefah And whoever dies without a Bayah in his to the Messenger of Allah (saw) after his neck has died a death of Jahiliyyah.‖ death. The consensus of the companions over [Reported by Muslim] the establishment of a Khaleefah was The Prophet (saw) has obliged every confirmed by the delayed burial of the Muslim to carry a Bayah in his neck, and Messenger of Allah (saw) after his death, and described the one who dies without a Bayah in their best effort to appoint a Khaleefah to him, his neck as having died a death of Jahiliyyah, although the burial of the dead after his death thus indicating the graveness of the sin. The is an obligation. The companions who had to Bayah goes to the Khaleefah after the Prophet engage in the processing of the Prophet (saw) (saw) and to no one else. and his burial, a part of them worked for the appointment of the Khaleefah, while the other Muslim narrated from Al-A‘raj from Abu part took care of the burial of the Prophet Hurayrah from the Prophet (saw) who said: (saw). The other companions remained silent over this effort, and participated in delaying »ئّٔب اإلِبَ ُجٕخ ٠ُمبرًَ ِٓ ٚسائٗ ٠ُٚزمٝ ثٗ« the burial for two nights although they would ―The Imam is a shield. From behind have been able to object and hold the burial. him you fight and behind him you find The Prophet (saw) died Monday morning, and protection.‖ remained without burial through Tuesday Furthermore, Muslim narrated from Abu night and Tuesday, when Abu Bakr (ra) was Hazim who said: ―I lived with Abu Hurayrah given the Bayah. Then the Messenger (saw) for five years, and heard him speaking of the was buried in the middle of the night, during Prophet (saw), who said: the night to Wednesday. Therefore the burial was delayed for two nights and Abu Bakr was given the Bayah before the burial of the Nussrah Magazine 31

Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt Prophet (saw). Hence there was a consensus with both teams, the leaders of the two teams on the priority of engaging in the appointment are not accepting the Khilafah and its people, of the Khaleefah over the burial of the dead, and their hearts are fearful to mention the which is evidence for the enormity of the Khilafah for fear of provoking the West, as obligation to appoint a Khaleefah. they say. So if this is their stand, how can we Thus, the duty of Muslims when there is engage in mediation or reconciliation between no ruler who rules by Islam, the Khalifah, is to them? exert their effort to find one. As he is the one We are prepared to exert efforts in the who implements the proscribed punishments reconciliation between them, but to bring (hudood) that are made obligatory by Allah, them upon the Khilafah system. If we learn the Lord of the Worlds, which is a great from the two teams, that they are embarking obligation that brings goodness for the on arbitrating Allah‘s law, and are ready to Ummah and straightening it. Directed by Ibn announce the Khilafah, and raise the banner, Majah in his Sunan Abu Hurayrah said: the banner of Alokab, the banner of ―There is RasulAllah (saw) said: no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah‖, then we will not spare » َد ٌّذ ٠ُ ؼْ َّ ًُ ثِ ِٗ فِٟ ا ْألَ ْس ِض، َخ ١ْ ٌش ِألَ ْ٘ ًِ ا ْألَ ْس ِض ِ ْٓ َأ ْْ ٠ُ ّْ َط ُشٚا any effort in so. We will be prepared to أَ ْسثَ ١ؼِ َٓ َصجَب دب« mediate between the two teams to bring them “Carrying out a proscribed upon a single system, that is the Khilafah punishment (hadd) on the earth is better system. We are able, by Allah‟s will, to put than forty days of rain”. it in place, in terms of the procedures for the establishment of the Khilafah, and its This is the solution to the problems of stability, security and safety. As well as the Egypt and the Muslim countries, it brings return of Egypt, the Kananah of Allah in the good for them and the impact of this His land, again powerful by its Lord, and goodness spreads to the world. degnified by its religion. Egypt that eliminates the enemies of Allah, and strikes Sixth: We have been watching the events anyone who wants evil to Islam and and are saddened to see blood and destruction, Muslims and the people of the dhimma in and it was more saddening that the parties are it‟s land. all looking for a solution everywhere except in We know what we say, and we mean Islam, which they believe in and they pray and what we say, and anyone who knows Hizb fast and worship Allah! ut Tahrir, its past and present confirms Since we do not see a solution, except this, and then Allah will assist. that the parties accept the Khilafah system, This is how reconciliation and reform and because those parties were distancing should be, and this is the way we follow. themselves from the Khilafah system and Perhaps the two teams, after the humbleness from the people working for its return, we and misery that they suffered from, realize feared that our reform between the two that the right solution to the problems of the sides, by offering the Khilafah system, will Ummah is the Khilafah system. It is the be like a call in the air or blowing in the system of the Lord of the worlds, the Most ashes. So we chose to anticipate and to stay Knowing and the Wisest for what amends His away, perhaps Allah will bring about after servants in the world and the Hereafter. The that a different matter. approval of the two teams on that will perhaps This is what prevented us from be the cause for the return of the glorious intervention. Despite of our communications history of this Ummah that Allah described as:

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Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt ََّّللاُ أَ ْْ رَ ُىٛ َْ، ثُ َُّ ٠َ ْشفَ َٙ ؼُب ئِ َرا َشب َء أَ ْْ ٠َ ْشفَ َٙ ؼَب، ثُ َُّ رَ ُىٛ ُْ ُِ ٍْ ىب ُو ْٕزُ ُْ َخ ١ْ َش أُ َِّ ٍخ أُ ْخ ِش َج ْذ ٌٍَِّٕب ِط َرأْ ُِ ُشٚ َْ ثِب ٌْ َّ ؼْ ُشٚ ِف َٚ َر ْٕ ْٛ َٙ َْ ػَب ّظب، ف١ََ ُىٛ ُْ َِب َشب َء ََّّللاُ َأ ْْ ٠َ ُىٛ َْ، ثُ َُّ ٠َ ْشفَ َٙ ؼُب ئِ َرا َشب َء َأ ْْ ػَ ِٓ ا ٌْ ُّ ْٕ َى ِش َٚرُ ْإ ُِٕٛ َْ ثِب َّلل ِ َ ُ ُ َ ُ َّ َ ُ ُ ٠َ ْشف َٙ ؼَب، ث َُّ رَىٛ ُْ َج ْج ِش٠َّخ، فزَىٛ ُْ َِب َشب َء َّللاُ أ ْْ رَىٛ َْ، ث َُّ You are the best nation produced [as“ َ َ َ َ ُ ُ َ َ ٌ َ ْ ٠َ ْشف َٙ ؼُب ئِرا َشب َء أ ْْ ٠َ ْشف َٙ ؼَب، ث َُّ رَىٛ ُْ ِخالفخ َٙ ِٕ ٍٝػَب ِج an example] for mankind. You enjoin what ُّ إٌجُ َّٛ ِح «. is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah”. ]Ali-Imran: 110[ “Prophethood will last among you for So that the Khilafah is restored once as long as Allah wills. Then Allah will take again, and Islam and its people are honored, it away. Then it will be (followed by) a and the Kufr and its people are humiliated, khilafah Rashida (rightly guided) on the and the goodness spread throughout the world, pattern of Prophethood. It will remain for and that is not difficult for Allah. as long as Allah wills, then Allah will take it away. Afterwards there will be a hereditary In conclusion, we realize that someone leadership which will remain for as long as will describe us as "They are people who Allah wills, then He will lift it if He wishes. dream", and another will describe us as "Their Afterwards there will be biting oppression, religion has deluded them", and a third one and it will last for as long as Allah wishes, will say, "We live in a world that is controlled then He will liftit if He wishes then there by America and the West". While a fourth will will be a Khilafah Rashida according to the conclude saying, "The Khilafah has ended and ways of the Prophethood. Then he kept will not return"….. silent”. But at the same time we realize that Allah Every sane person with heart, and a the Almighty says: possessor of vision and insight realizes that ػَ َٚ ﴿ the words of those is rejected and void, and َذ ََّّللاُ اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ آ َُِٕٛا ِِ ْٕ ُى ُْ ٍُِّٛ ػَ َٚا اٌ َّصبٌِ َذب ِد ١ٌََ ْغزَ ْخٍِفََّٕ ُٙ ُْ .has no value in the eyes of the wise men فِٟ ا ْألَ ْس ِض َو َّب ا ْعزَ ْخٍَ َف اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ ِ ْٓ لَ ْجٍِ ١ٌََٚ ُْ ُِٙ َّ ِّىَٕ َّٓ ٌَ ُٙ ُْ ِد٠َٕ ُٙ ُ While the words of Allah the Almighty and اٌَّ ِزٞ ا ْسرَ َعَٚ ُْ ُٙ ٌَ ٝ ١ٌَُجَ ِّذ ٌََّٕ ُٙ ُْ ِِ ْٓ ثَ ؼْ ِذ َخ ْٛفِ ِٙ ُْ أَ ِْٕ ب ٠َ ؼْجُ ُذَِٟٕٔٚ َال the words of His Messenger (saw) is the truth ٠ُ ْش ِش ُوٛ َْ ثِٟ َش ١ْئ ب َٚ َِ ْٓ َوفَ َش ثَ ؼْ َذ َرٌِ َه َفأُٚ ٌَئِ َه ُ٘ ُ ا ٌْ َفب ِعمُٛ َْ ﴾ and that it will be. “Allah has promised those who have فَ َّب َرا ثَ ؼْ َذ ا ٌْ َذ ِّك ئِ َّال اٌ َّع َال ُي فَأََّٝٔ رُ ْص َشفbelieved among you and done righteous َْ ُٛ deeds that He will surely grant them “And what can be beyond truth except succession [to authority] upon the earth error? So how are you averted?” ]Yunus: just as He granted it to those before them 32[ and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has Finally, the conclusion is that we watch preferred for them and that He will surely the situation and communicate what we can substitute for them, after their fear, with both parties perhaps Allah will bring security, [for] they worship Me, not about after that a different matter. ئِ َّْ ََّّللاَ َِ َغ اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ ارَّمَ ْٛا َٚاٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ ُ٘ ُْ ُِ ْذ ِغassociating anything with Me. But whoever َْ ُٕٛ disbelieves after that - then those are the “Indeed, Allah is with those who fear defiantly disobedient”. ]An-Nur: 55[ Him and those who are doers of good”. We also realize that the Prophet (swa) ]An-nahl:128[. says as narrated by Ahmad and Abu Dawood َُٚٔش٠ ُذ َأ ْْ َّٔ َّٓ ٍَٝػَ اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ ا ْعزُ ْع ؼِفُٛا فِٟ ا ْألَ ْسض ََٚٔ ْج ُٙ ٍَؼَ ُْ ِ ُ ِ ,Al-Tayaalisi from Hudhayfah ibnu al-Yaman أَئِّخ ََٚٔ ْج ُٙ ٍَؼَُ ا ٌْ َٛاسث١ِ َٓ َّ ُ ِ :who said: RasulAllah (saw) said “And We wanted to confer favor upon »ئَِّٔ ُى ُْ فِٟ اٌ ُّٕجُ َّٛ ِح َِب َشب َء ََّّللاُ َأ ْْ رَ ُىٛ َْ، ثُ َُّ ٠َ ْشفَ َٙ ؼُب ئِ َرا َشب َء َأ ْْ those who were oppressed in the land and ٠َ ْشفَ َٙ ؼَب، ثُ َُّ رَ ُىٛ ُْ ِخ َالفَخٌ َٙ ْٕ ِِ ٍَٝػَب ِج اٌ ُّٕ جُ َّٛ ِح، فَزَ ُىٛ ُْ َِب َشب َء

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Q&A: The Stance of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Egypt make them leaders and make them same gravity to engage with them on the basis inheritors” ]Al-Qasas: 5[ of the thought that views the opposition to the regime is a priority.‖ َٚ ََّّللاُ َغبٌِ ٌت ٍَٝػَ أَ ِْ ِش ِٖ َٚ ٌَ ِى َّٓ أَ ْو َث َش إٌَّب ِط َال ٠َ ُّٛ ٍَؼْ َْ “And Allah is predominant over His An openly hostile position like this affair, but most of the people do not know” against Islam and the Khilafah requires a ]Yusuf: 21[ response from the Muslims that rises to its level; that is by declaring openly that their 11 Muharram 1435 AH leader is the Messenger of Allah (saw) and 14/11/2013 CE that his method for change is their method and establishing of the Khilafah ar-Rashida is the

objective of their revolution. Allah (swt) says: Continued from Page 26 ِب َوب َْ ألَ ًْ٘ ا ٌّْذ٠َٕخ ِٚ ْٓ دٌَٙ ُٛ ِ َٓ ا ْألَ ػْشاة أَ ْْ ٠زَ َخٍَّفُٛا َ ِ ِ َ ِ ِ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ِ َ ِ َ truth to manifest it over all religion, though ػَ ْٓ سعٛي ََّّللا ٚ َال ٠ش َغجٛا ثأَ ْٔفُغػَ ُٙ ْٓ َٔ ْفغٗ َرٌ َه ثأََُّٙٔ َال َ ُ ِ ِ َ َ ْ ُ ِ ِ ِ ْ ِ ِ ِ ِ ُ ْ those who associate others with Allah ٠ص١جُٙ َظّأٌ ٚ َال َٔصت ٚ َال ِ ْخّصخٌ فٟ عج١ً ََّّللا ٚ َال ٠ َط ئُٛ َْ ُ ِ ُ ُ ْ َ َ َ ٌ َ َ َ َ ِ َ ِ ِ ِ َ َ [dislike it.” [At-Tawba: 32-33 َِ ْٛ ِغئ ب ٠َ ِغ١عُ ا ٌْ ُىفَّب َس َٚ َال ٠ََٕبػَ ْٓ ِ َْ ٌُٛ ُذ ٍّٚ َٔ ١ْ ال ئِ َّال ُوزِ َت ٌَ ُٙ ُْ ثِ ِٗ ػَ َّ ًٌ َصبٌِ ٌخ ئِ َّْ ََّّللاَ َال ٠ُ ِع١ ُغ أَ ْج َش ا ٌْ ُّ ْذ ِغ١ِٕ َٓ * َٚ َال ٠ُ ْٕفِمO Muslims in the land of the coming َْ ُٛ َٔفَمَخ َص ِغ١ َشح َٚ َال َوج١ِ َشح َٚ َال ٠َ ْم َط َٚ َْ ٛؼُا ِد٠ ب ئِ َّال ُوز ِ َت ٌَ Khilafah; the land of Ash-Sham, the house ُْ ُٙ ١ٌَِ ْج ِض٠َ ُٙ ُ ََّّللاُ أَ ْد َغ َٓ َِب َوبُٛٔا ٠َ of Islam, Insha‟Allah Ta‟ala: ٍَُّْٛ ؼْ Lavrov who challenged the Muslims in “It was not [proper] for the people of their Deen openly and in daylight in his foul Madinah and those surrounding them of address, appeared to be the Official the Bedouins that they remain behind after Spokesman of Bashar‘s state! He declared his [the departure of] the Messenger of Allah flagrant animosity for the groups working to or that they prefer themselves over his self. establish the Khilafah State. At the same time That is because they are not afflicted by he stated: ―His country does not exclude the thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of participation of armed Syrian opposition in the Allah, nor do they tread on any ground that Geneva 2 Conference as long as they are not enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict thinking of establishing a Khilafah.‖ These are upon an enemy any infliction but that is the ones like the Head of the National Syrian registered for them as a righteous deed. Coalition, Ahmad Al Jarba who from the same Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the podium in the UN and in the same round have reward of the doers of good.” [At-Tawba: accused the Islamic extremist of hijacking the 120] revolution and he considers that they have no connection to the revolution. Also it includes his secular teacher, Mishal Kilo, who from the same source as Lavrov‘s, stated: ―We must not underestimate what these organisations do against the revolution... we must not under any circumstances continue to ignore its dangers...but to ignore them, it is a deadly mistake and likewise it is a mistake of the Nussrah Magazine 34

America Seeks A Permanent Presence Through Talks America Seeks A Permanent Presence Through Talks The media in Pakistan has raised questions discrediting and suppressing the resistance to regarding the matter of talks with the Taleban. America's occupation, the Americans hope Hizb ut-Tahrir's Media Office in Pakistan has that the common Pushtoon is more likely to thereby issued the following press briefing. It support the negotiations between the regimes is being asked, in the light of the drone attack and the ―moderate‖ Taleban. Moreover, it is which killed a Taleban leader, how can it be noticed that the Taleban in Afghanistan and said that US desires talks with the Taleban? the neighboring tribal areas of Pakistan are a Are such talks not a sign of victory of the loose groupings that can be infiltrated and Muslims over America? Why would America influenced easily. Thus, America distinguishes need talks with ―moderate‖ Taleban at all? within these groupings between the The Media Office issues the following points ―moderate‖ and ―hard-line‖ Taleban. for consideration: 2. Indeed, America is well aware of Muslims' 1. Regarding the issue of talks with Taleban in suspicions regarding its attempts to secure a general, America needs a negotiated presence. Such suspicions are found within settlement to provide legitimacy for its the Taleban, the ulema of Deoband, the presence after its partial withdrawal, whether Pushtoon, the Muslims in general and the it is the world's second largest American armed forces in particular. It has been noticed embassy in Islamabad or nine bases in previously that America sensed the failure of Afghanistan, or over 100,000 of its personnel, the Kayani-Zardari regime to win the public or other than that. So the Taleban within for its support for the war on terror. It appears Afghanistan are important as they are from the that a factor that compelled America to bring Pushtoon, whose support is needed for any back Nawaz Sharif to power, retrieving him agreement to have practical meaning or from the dustbin of history into which it threw weight. Indeed, the Pushtoon, collectively, are him at the hands of its agent Musharraf, is the the dominant faction in Afghanistan expectation that Nawaz will appease the throughout its existence. Islamic and right-wing, nationalist opposition to the war on terror. Nawaz and his party, the As for the Pushtoon in Pakistan's tribal areas Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) in particular, America also requires their have roots in the conservative section of the support for settling matters according to its society. To deceive the people of Pakistan, plan. The Pushtoon have strong relations with America has allowed its willing agent Nawaz the Pushtoon of the Afghanistan and the to make prominent the issues of "ending drone Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the colonialis- strikes" and "peace negotiations for the drawn Durand line, has little meaning for withdrawal.‖ By adopting an anti-American them. Part of gaining the support for talks is to stance, America hopes Nawaz can disguise his curb their support for the resistance to the alliance with US and serve US with less American occupation. For this America needs resistance, as others have done in the past, to keep Pakistan's armed forces engaged in the such as other agents in the Muslim world, who tribal areas to fight the resistance on its behalf, are full of anti-American rhetoric, whilst they as well as discredit the resistance in the eyes open the doors to America in every way that of the Pushtoon as much as it can. Indeed by they can.

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America Seeks A Permanent Presence Through Talks 3.As a part of this strategy of cursing the for America's stooge in Afghanistan, the master in order to fulfill the master's wishes, Tribune carried from AFP on 4 November America has allowed its agents to promote the 2013, "KABUL: Afghan President Hamid idea that it is against talks. So America Karzai has criticised the ―unsuitable‖ timing appears as if it is against the negotiations in of the US killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban leader order to encourage the Muslims. This is a Hakimullah Mehsud and expressed hope it ―double game‖ by which Muslims would will not derail regional peace efforts. Karzai pursue the talks in the belief that they are told a visiting US Congress delegation that the undermining American influence, because on drone strike ―took place at an unsuitable time the face of it America opposes the talks. but he hoped as a result the peace process is Moreover, the regime spread the lie that the not harmed,‖ his office said in a statement talks are a sign of victory against America, released late Sunday." even though American needs the talks to 4. The ―double game‖ is why it is also noticed secure whatever it can after a long and costly that whilst condemning the drone strike, war. Thus, America's confirmed agents, both America's men on the ground insisted on in Pakistan and Afghanistan, are playing along pursuing talks with the Taleban. On 3 with this ―double game.‖ This was seen November 2013, Dawn reported, "Pakistan's recently, just after the return of Nawaz Sharif foreign ministry said it had summoned US from America, with fresh instructions. ambassador Richard Olson to protest over the America killed a leader of the Taleban in drone strike that killed Mehsud and another Pakistan, Hakeemullah Mehsud. The agents that hit a day earlier. The ministry statement raised a hue and cry that the talks are being also stressed that despite the drone strike the threatened. Dawn reported on 1 November government was ―determined to continue with 2013, "Condemning the drone strikes, Interior efforts to engage the TTP‖." And on 3 Minister Chaudhry Nisar said these were November 2013, Dawn reported, aimed at sabotaging efforts to establish peace "ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: JUI-F chief Maulana in the country. ―A delegation was about to be Fazlur Rehman urged the government on sent for talks to the Taliban tomorrow Saturday to remain steadfast in its (Saturday),‖ the minister said hinting that a commitment and resolve for talks with the "senior militant commander" may have been Taliban even after the latest US drone strike in killed in Friday's strike. Nisar's statement which Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud came before public confirmation that the was killed. The Maulana said in a statement senior militant commander was Hakimullah." that the death of Hakeemullah had led to Then on 2 November 2013, Dawn reported, creation of an emotional environment in the "Calling the drone strike that killed Pakistani country. He said because of the TTP chief‘s Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud on Friday killing, the process of talks might be delayed ―an attack on regional peace by America,‖ for a few days, but the enemies of peace and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan reconciliation should not be allowed to Saturday said bilateral ties with the US will succeed." now be reviewed." And on 2 November 2013, Dawn reported, "Federal Information Minister 5. So this is on the one hand, America is made Pervez Rashid told reporters in Islamabad that to appear to oppose the talks, even though it is the government wanted to press ahead with its in dire need of talks with ―moderate‖ Taleban plan to negotiate with Mehsud‘s Tehrik-i- on both sides of the border to secure a Taliban Pakistan (TTP). ―We can say that this presence in the region, that its cowardly troops time drone struck the peace talks but we will and collapsing economy could not secure not let the peace talks die,‖ Rasheed said." As through the battlefield. On the other hand, America is also trying to convince the Nussrah Magazine 36

America Seeks A Permanent Presence Through Talks Muslims that the ―hard line‖ Taleban is not a them help their government to go after them. threat to America alone, but also to the That would be, perhaps, a silver lining from Muslims themselves. This is to discredit the this horrible tragedy.‖ resistance and build an atmosphere for talks, This brutal violence will continue so that the rather than continuous fighting of the agents of America have a justification to keep occupation. Pakistan's armed forces engaged in the tribal For this, America has supervised waves of regions. Indeed, America is aware that the assassinations and bombings in Pakistan, people of the Pakistan are suspicious of the whilst its agents have cried, ―See, it‘s our war America's war, presence and the talks over its as well, after all.‖ This criminal and withdrawal. In fact majority of the Pakistan's destructive campaign is a hallmark of masses are against Pakistan's military American intelligence and private military the conducting operations in the FATA region. So world over. They are known as ―false flag America will maintain its efforts to exaggerate attacks,‖ attacks made in the name of the the threat of TTP so that an excuse can be enemy, to incite troops against the enemy and created for the Pakistani masses for the discredit the enemy. Such attacks are not presence of Pakistan Army in FATA region. difficult to arrange as American intelligence Thus, as part of its strategy, America is and private military organizations are skilled fighting the Muslims in Afghanistan, whilst in conducting the operations directly or talking of withdrawal and transition to the through infiltration of groups, either directly Afghan army. And the other part, is ensuring or through its agents in Pakistan's agencies. It that the Pakistan Army fights with the Taleban is noticed that all American assets are in Pakistan's neighboring tribal areas. In this untouched, such as the embassy, consulates, way, America hopes to secure its presence FBI and CIA bases, whilst the Muslims count within the region. their dead in the mosques, markets and 6. Thus, America is not interested in peace schools. Thus, using this violence, America either in Afghanistan or in Pakistan. It wants embarked on building a new narrative in to minimize its involvement in conducting which the presence of Pakistan Army in military operations in the region, with the FATA is to protect Pakistan from an internal reputation of its armed forces shattered and its threat. This is to hide the actual purpose of the economy collapsing, if it has not collapsed operations which is to stop the Pashtun entirely. However, it must retain a sizeable Muslims from crossing the border into military footprint in the region for strategic Afghanistan and waging war against US purposes, otherwise all of its efforts thus far occupation. And America has tied such will have been for naught. For America the violence with a favorable public opinion for way forward to achieve such an objective is to its war. On 1 December 2009, Obama secure a settlement for its presence. In declared, ―There have been those who have addition, it will wave the threat of the Taleban said fighting against extremism is not their as a justification for its presence well beyond fight... as innocents have been killed from 2014. Indeed, one of the conditions of the US- Karachi to Islamabad, it has become clear that Afghanistan strategic pact for American it is the Pakistan people who are the most troops stationed in Afghanistan beyond 2014 endangered by extremism.‖ Then again, after is to allow America to conduct independent nearly three years of bombings and counter terrorism operations. Also, the US assassinations, on 12 October 2012, Victoria President, Barack Obama, was careful to add Nuland, the US State Department‘s the continued threat of extremists, whilst spokesperson, said, ―So obviously, the degree talking about withdrawal and transition. On to which the Pakistani people turn against 23rd May 2013, Obama said "In Afghanistan, Nussrah Magazine 37

America Seeks A Permanent Presence Through Talks we will complete our transition to Afghan troops in tatters. Yet its agents in the Muslim responsibility for security. Our troops will World continue to work in fear and awe, just come home. Our combat mission will come to as the Jinn toiled in the mountains after the an end. And we will work with the Afghan passing of Suleiman AS to Paradise. And yet government to train security forces, and they toil to maintain American influence in sustain a counter-terrorism force which our lands, even if it were for a single day ensures that al Qaeda can never again longer. establish a safe-haven to launch attacks The American failure was inevitable due to against us or our allies. Beyond Afghanistan, the corruption and invalidity of capitalism, we must define our effort not as a boundless which America holds and works to impose on ‗global war on terror‘ – but rather as a series the world, as well as due also to the political of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle impotence of U.S. policymakers. However, specific networks of violent extremists that there will only be real statesmen to look after threaten America. In many cases, this will the affairs of the world with righteousness and involve partnerships with other countries." justice, the likes of Omar al-Faruq RA, under America has left open the doors for it to stay the Khilafah state soon, inshaaAllah, and the under the excuse of countering terrorism, even foremost of them will be the shebaab of Hizb though it is the biggest terrorist in the region. ut-Tahrir. For these shebaab are the ones who 7. In conclusion: America is trying to secure a will teach America and the West in general a peace deal with the Taleban to secure her lesson in how to actually tend to the affairs of presence. She knows that even after such a the people, within the Khilafah state. deal she will have a justification for remaining Moreover, they will play with the so-called in Afghanistan under the guise of counter- international community on the tips of their terrorist operations in the country and training fingers, and tomorrow is to arrive soon. the Afghan Army. As for Pakistan, America َٚلَ ْذ َِ َى ُشٚا َِ ْى َش ُ٘ ُْ ػِ َٚ ْٕ َذ ََّّللاِ َِ ْى ُش ُ٘ ُْ َٚئِ ْْ َوب َْ )) realizes that no peace deal in Afghanistan can (( َِ ْى ُش ُ٘ ُْ ٌِزَ ُضٚ َي ِ ُْٕٗ ا ٌْ ِججَب ُي be reached without taming the Pashtun belt bordering Afghanistan, the tribal areas of ―Indeed, they planned their plot, and Pakistan. The matter for the aware Muslim is their plot was with Allah, though their to realize the danger of the American presence plot was not such as to remove the within Muslim lands, whether it is their mountains from their places.‖ [Surah diplomatic, military, private military or Ibrahim 14:46] intelligence presence. It is this presence which Media Office supervises the bombings. It is this presence that drives the talks and their direction. It is Wilayah of Pakistan this presence that has caused all manner of harm to the Muslims. Islam requires the eradication of this presence. This will neither be achieved by groups nor by talks, but by a state mobilizing a threat of force through what it possesses of armed forces. Moreover let us know well that America has never succeeded since its founding to ever solve any international issue. Moreover, it is less capable than ever before, with its economy collapsing, if not completely collapsed, and the reputation of her cowardly Nussrah Magazine 38

Nusrrah for Khilafah Bayyan Campaign Nussrah for Khilafah Bayyan Campaign Pakistan‟s Armed Forces Must Secure the mercy on you'' And they will not find, Return of the Khilafah, Fearing Allah (swt) besides Allah, for themselves any protector Alone or any helper.” [Surah Al-Ahzab 33:17] Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan is conducting a campaign of public addresses (Bayaans) throughout the major cities of Pakistan. Its brave Shabaab are calling upon the armed forces to grant the Nussrah for the return of the Khilafah, in accordance to the methodology of RasulAllah (saw) who established Islam as a state in Madinah through the Nussrah from the Ansar (ra). It is urging the masses to contact all those that they know from the armed forces, their fathers, uncles, brothers and sons, to abandon any support for the invalid, kufr democracy and secure the implementation of Islam through its state the Khilafah. O officers of Pakistan‟s armed forces! )) َٚارَّمُٛا فِ ْزَٕخ الَ رُ ِص١جَ َّٓ اٌَّ ِز٠ َٓ َظٍَ ُّٛا ,Allah (swt) said ِِ And fear“ ِ ْٕ ُى ُْ َخب َّصخ َٚا ُّٛ ٍَػْا َأ َّْ ََّّللاَ َش ِذ٠ ُذ ا ٌْ ؼِمَب ِة(( the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.” [Surah Al-Anfaal 8:25] Our Iman compels us never to fear the oppressor, rather we fear the wrath of Allah (swt) for our silence before the consuming Fitna the oppressor causes, which has drowned our people in economic misery and foreign policy humiliation. Enough of the likes of Musharraf and Kayani within your ranks! Enough of their obedience to our enemies and support to the likes of Zardari and Sharif! Strive now with Hizb ut-Tahrir to end their treachery decisively, stripping their American masters of any way into our affairs. Strive knowing that no harm can befall you without the permission of Allah (swt) should you strive in His (swt) way. Allah (swt) said, ))لًُ ِ ْٓ َرا اٌَّزٞ ٠ ؼْصّ ُىُ ِ ْٓ ََّّللا ئ ْْ أَسا َد ث ُىُ عٛءا أَٚ أَسا َد ْ َ ِ َ ِ ُ ْ ِ ِ ِ َ ِ ْ ُ ْ َ ثِ ُى ُْ َس ْد َّخ َٚالَ ٠َ ِج ُذُٙ ٌَ َْ ٚ ُْ ِ ْٓ ُدٚ ِْ ََّّللاِ ١ٌَِٚ ّب َٚالَ َٔ ِص١ شا(( “Say: "Who is he who can protect you from Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Wilayah Allah if He intends to harm you, or intends Pakistan Nussrah Magazine 39