﴿ إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ ﴾ “To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return” [al-Baqarah: 156] Cengiz Karakuş was one of Hizb ut Tahrir's honorable Shabab who worked earnestly and courageously in order to revive Islamic society and in order to re-establish the rule of Allah's Deen on earth. Our brother Cengiz who met with Hizb ut Tahrir 25 years ago, never stopped being loyal to Hizb ut Tahrir ever since. Our brother Cengiz possessed a courage that could fearlessly declare the truth before a tyrant. He kept his promise to his Lord and demonstrated his loyalty to Islam until his last breath. He was arrested 7 times and was jailed for years because he upheld the Dawah of Islam. He never bowed before the courts when he was tried for his membership to Hizb ut Tahrir and always said the Haq (truth). Our brother Cengiz would talk with everyone in the Erzurum province where he lived, in order to liberate them of the capitalist system's filth and would call
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