Islamic Revival

Further to the successful International Khilafah Conference 2007, organised by Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia on August 12th 2007 the following is a translation from an article that appeared in the newspaper, Kompas Daily on 25th August: Fear of some parties that the International Khilafah Conference would be utilized as a mean to declare the establishment of Khilafah was unfounded since the conference was not planned for that. The conference was carried out simply as a medium to reinforce the commitment to the implementation of Shari’ah and Khilafah. Nevertheless, the judgment of a Muslim scholar, Azyumardi Azra, (in Kompas daily, dated August 18th ) who says that Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia grieves over the fall of the last Uthmani Khilafah is incorrect. As a spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia, I clarified time after time that this event was not meant to mourn and extend the sorrow of the fall of the Uthmani Khilafah since it was inappropriate to always mourn such a thing. Besides, Hizbut Ta

In the Capitalist system, it is the consumer who is responsible for assessing the quality of a product before purchasing it. Consequently, this has resulted in products which have harmed or even led to the loss of innocent lives. Little importance has been placed on the value of life in the pursuit of wealth accumulation. Only the Islamic Aqeedah can raise the character of man to such a level where he is not driven by his own desires but rather by the desire to please Allah (swt). In recent weeks, China has been in the limelight for selling products which have been found to contain poisonous ingredients. Initial reports came out of Europe and North America, where pets were dying from food made in China that contained the toxic substance, melamine. Thereafter, toothpaste and cough syrup made in China were found to contain anti-freeze and brake fluid. Most recently, toys and baby bibs made in China have been found to contain dangerous levels of lead. The Chinese government has defended t

Summary Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 17 defended a preliminary natural gas deal with Iran to carry natural gas to Europe following strong criticism of the agreement from the White House. With U.S.-Turkish relations taking a serious hit from the Iraq war and its aftermath, Turkey is clearly sending a political message to the United States that it still has a number of ways to pressure Washington into cracking down on Kurdistan Workers' Party rebels in northern Iraq. Analysis Iran and Turkey have signed a preliminary agreement to pump Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey, a senior Turkish energy official who requested anonymity said July 16. A U.S. State Department spokesman criticized the agreement the same day, saying now is not the right time to invest in Iran's energy sector, and that Iran has not necessarily proved itself to be the most reliable partner in this regard. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded by defending the agreement

The following is a translation from Arabic. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Kuwait on hunting campaign directed at the Shabab of Hizb ut-Tahrir Accuses them of working for establishing the Islamic Khilafah! For more than a month now, the Kuwaiti security services have launched a massive campaign of arrests of Shabab of Hizb ut-Tahrir. It began by the arrest of Hassan Dahi, the head of the Media Office, who had been to the newspaper offices for publishing an article to mark the 86th painful anniversary of the destruction of Khilafah. The article read: “…that on 28 Rajab 1342 AH, i.e. 3rd March 1924, the Khilafah was destroyed, and since then the Muslims have been without a Khaleefah and without the bay’ah on their necks, and the implementation of the provisions of the Islamic commands is in suspension. On this painful occasion, we look up to the Almighty Allah (swt) in the hope that the future dawns upon us only in a state of Khilafah, as the Prophet (saw) had said: “... and then the Khilafah wi

HIZBUT TAHRIR AND POLITICS IN INDONESIA Advent of an Islamic caliphate? By Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, For The Straits Times Aug 29, 2007 ON AUG 12, one of the largest-ever Muslim congregations was held in Indonesia. Close to 100,000 Muslims convened in Jakarta to pledge their support for the revival of the Islamic caliphate, a super-state encompassing all Islamic countries in the world, as well as for the implementation of Islamic laws in Indonesia. The event was addressed by prominent Indonesian leaders, including Kiyai Abdullah Gymnastier, a popular Islamic preacher, and Professor Din Syamsuddin, leader of Muhammadiyah. Besides guests from 30 of the 33 Indonesian provinces, the conference also attracted participants from Europe, Asia and Africa. The event was organised by Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) which has begun to emerge as an important Islamist group in the country. Origin and aims HTI is the Indonesian chapter of Hizbut Tahrir (HT), a global party whose primary aim is to re

The rulers of the Muslim world today rule by other than what Allah (swt) revealed, they abandon and violate Qat'i definitive Ahkam Shariah. Some of these Qat'i areas include: - Accepting the law of man whether that of a parliament, assembly or international law above the Shariah of Allah. Governments like Saudi Arabia who claim to rule by Islam are members of the United nations and accept its man made charter and laws above the Shariah of Allah (swt). This is a definitive prohibition. - Allying with the Kuffar against the Muslims as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and others have. - Totally abondoning Jihad by considering themselves as non-expansionist nation states. Accepting man made law above the Shariah of Allah (swt) This is a clear cut prohibition due to the many verses in the Quran establishing the definitive sovereignty of Allah (swt). There is a disagreement amongst the scholars whether people who do that become Kafir automatically or remain as Fasiq (open sinners) and Dhalim (

Tuesday 29 April 1997 Prof. Muhammad Al-Mass'ari The 'Muslim News' published in its March 28 1997 issue 95, page 4, in its 'Election Special' feature an article entitled: "Islam is not opposed to power-sharing" by Brother Azzam Tamimi. The article argues, in essence, that participating in Kufr governments and elections is perfectly permissible, even a duty for Muslims! Unfortunately Br. Tamimi could not accept that the other opposing point of view is based on respectable and considerable train of thought, rather he insisted to belittle it and its advocates. For example he said: [Islamists, who treat the questions of democracy or power-sharing as matters of 'Aqidah (faith), usually have no specialised or adequate knowledge in the humanities, and are indoctrinated with some shallow Islamic literature]. This is most unfortunate! The following discussion will clearly expose Br. Tamimi's point of view as the weakly founded and shallow one. In the first