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Q&A: The Political and Financial Corruption Scandal that is Shaking the Turkish Government

Question: On 25/12/2013 Erdogan announced the formation of a new government, in which he had replaced ten ministers, this being after three ministers had resigned, one of them being the Environment Minister who called for Erdogan to resign. This is against the backdrop of the political and financial corruption scandal that has been shaking the Turkish government for the past ten days, and preceded by the arrest of 24 people close to the government and its party on 20/12/2013 out of the 49 people close to the government who were called to inquiry on 17/12/2013 under the allegation of corruption... Subsequently the Prime Minister launched a fierce attack on those who caused the disclosure on them and lead to their arrest, and he dismissed tens of security officers who are considered to be members of Fethullah Gulen movement, and cast his wrath on this movement... and likewise directed criticism at the American ambassador in Turkey, and the question is: What is new that converted the

Excerpts from the Prison Memoirs with the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, Sheikh Ata bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah

Al-Waie Magazine received some of the memoirs of the respected brother, Salim al-Amr. We are publishing some of them, for in them is a lesson and benefit, insha'Allah, for those who take heed. We extend our recognition and appreciation to Brother Salim for these poignant and expressive memoirs, and we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to grant what came in their end, and that He keeps him safe from all evil. Prison Memoirs and the Honor of Companionship (1) The beginning starts from the Sawaqa Desert Prison in Jordan. That day I did not know about Hizb ut Tahrir except that which made me hate and ridicule the Hizb. May Allah forgive the one who was the cause for this! On the morning of that, day news came to the prison that a prisoner by the name of Ata Abu al-Rashtah [Abu Yasin] will be transferred from Juwaideh Prison to the Sawaqa Desert Prison. It did not matter to me as much as it mattered to the Shabab (members) of Hizb ut Tahrir, who were in the room opposite to ours. I wit

Excerpts from the Prison Memoirs with the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, Sheikh Ata bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah

Al-Waie Magazine received some of the memoirs of the respected brother, Salim al-Amr. We are publishing some of them, for in them is a lesson and benefit, insha'Allah, for those who take heed. We extend our recognition and appreciation to Brother Salim for these poignant and expressive memoirs, and we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to grant what came in their end, and that He keeps him safe from all evil. Prison Memoirs and the Honor of Companionship (1) The beginning starts from the Sawaqa Desert Prison in Jordan. That day I did not know about Hizb ut Tahrir except that which made me hate and ridicule the Hizb. May Allah forgive the one who was the cause for this! On the morning of that, day news came to the prison that a prisoner by the name of Ata Abu al-Rashtah [Abu Yasin] will be transferred from Juwaideh Prison to the Sawaqa Desert Prison. It did not matter to me as much as it mattered to the Shabab (members) of Hizb ut Tahrir, who were in the room opposite to ours. I wit