Islamic Revival

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم We wish to remember  Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Hawarey ,  one of the Ulema (scholars) from Hizb ut-Tahrir who passed away on 11 June 2011, may Allah (swt) grant him  jannah .  The Sheikh was a da'wah carrier who worked to resume the Islamic way of life through re-establishing the Khilafah  who continued to exhaust  tremendous effort despite the severe bone marrow fibrosis he suffered.  The Sheikh  rahimahullah  was born in Rabi Thani 1350 H, 1931 descending from the disciple of the Prophet (saw): Al-Zubeir the son of Al-Awwam, the ancestry of whom meets that of the Prophet (saw) at Qusay the son of Kelab: the Master of Quraysh. The aunt of Al-Zubeir was Khadeejah the daughter of Khuwaylid, his two uncles were Hamza and Al-Abbas, his cousins were Ali (the Caliph) and Jaafer, his father-in-law was Abu Bakr (the Caliph), and his son was Abdullah (the Caliph), may Allah (swt) be pleased with them all. While both pa...

Occasionally the carriers of the da’wah to resume the Islamic way of life through re-establishing the Khilafah are asked questions such as ‘who are your scholars?’ Bearing in mind what is mentioned in the article ‘ Scholars who are working for Khilafah ’ we plan provide some information regarding these scholars for the English speaking audience and provide the links to some of their Arabic books.  One such scholar in the last century is the Shaheed (martyr) Sheikh Abdul Aziz Badri (rh), from the shabab of Hizb ut-Tahrir. The following is a brief biography: His name was Abdul-Aziz bin Abdul-Lateef al-Badri, he was born in Baghdad in 1929, but he was originally from Saamaraa' he studied under some scholars of Baghdad like Amjad az-Zahaawi, Muhammad al-Qazlaji and Shaykh Abdul-Qaadir al-Khateeb and some others, he finished his studies and became Imaam in the Soor Masjid in 1949 and the Khafafeen mosque in 1950 and then to different Masjids in Baghdad. He was famous for being on...

The following is the draft English translation of a chapter from the masterpiece, 'Shaksiya Islamiya' (The Islamic Personality) volume 1 by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. For exact meanings please refer to the original Arabic. When philosophical issues related to theology infiltrated the minds of the Muslims, certain scholars like al- Hasan al-Basri, Ghaylan al-Dimashqi and Jahm ibn Safwan during the end of the Ummayad reign and the beginning of Abbasid rule, began to deal with and address some miscellaneous scholastic/theological issues. Then, after them came Ulama who were acquainted with Aristotelian logic and familiarised themselves with some of the books of philosophy after they had been translated. The investigation of scholastic/theological issues expanded and they began to study the science known as Kalam . Such as Wasil ibn 'Ata, 'Amr ibn 'Ubayd, Abu Hudhayl al-'Allaf and al-Nazzam. However, the studies of those people were not complete philosophical ...

The following is the translation of an Arabic Q&A from the  website of Sheikh Ata' Abu Rashta . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Question: On 03/03/2012, the Minister of European Union affairs in the Turkish government and chief negotiator, Agman Bagis, stated to a Cypriot reporter during his visit to Britain there to meet with officials about the matter of Cyprus, "All options are on the table for a solution to Cyprus. It can be a solution in the form of a confederation by agreement between the two leaders. Or in the form of two states a state, a federal union, with a settlement agreement between the two leaders. Or the annexation of northern Cyprus to Turkey. All options are on the table. But what we hope for is a federal union of two states in Cyprus. "However, the Turkish minister did not mention the solution, which is an annexation of Cyprus in its entirety to Turkey as it was part of it. What about these statements, May Allah reward you? Answer: 1 - The Turkis...

The following is the translation of an Arabic Q&A from the website of Sheikh Ata' Abu Rashta . بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Question: On 22/2/2012 the Russian President issued instructions to the Russian gas company "Gazprom" to begin setting up the "South Stream" pipeline, which carries gas through the territorial waters of Turkey to Europe, at an annual of 63 billion cubic meters, and before that on December 28, 2011 an agreement allowing for the pipeline project "South Stream" was signed, which is opposing the project and the alternative to the pipeline project "Nabucco" which is supported by the West... What made Turkey accept the Russian project "South Stream" after it outrightly rejected it, and then adopt in its place the project "Nabucco"? Is it a deal between Russia and Turkey, backed by America? And if this understanding is correct then what is about that deal? Answer: The reason for this change in Tur...

Ustadh Kamal Abu Zahra Completed his undergraduate studies in Arabic before undertaking a Masters in Near and Middle Eastern studies concluding with a thesis on the science of Isnad verification. The focus in the Masters program he undertook was Islamic studies, with secondary subjects covered being Ottoman history, and translation theory. He is presently carrying out Doctoral Research on Minority Fiqh and the position of Muslims in Europe according to Islamic ijtihad. He currently lectures in universities on : Islamic history, Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) and the Basis of Jurisprudence (Usool ul fiqh). Source

In early March 2012, Rashid al-Ghannushi—the well-known thinker and leader of Ennahda, the political party that fared best in Tunisia’s recent elections—addressed a small audience from Tunisia’s elite at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Democracy. The speech was covered widely in the Arab media. Ghannushi’s party is commonly considered an Islamic party, and many of its members sacrificed for Islamic views during the harsh tyrannical years. But, since the popular uprising that led to the removal of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Ennahda’s leaders have made statements distancing themselves from their Islamic heritage. They have made several statements that are out of step with the fervent Islamic feeling unleashed by the uprising, sending out ‘reassuring’ messages to the West that they want a ‘civil’ state. Ghannushi himself even rebutted comments by Hamadi al Jebali who tried to win the hearts of supporter by talking about this historic period of change as ‘a divine moment in a new stat...