Islamic Revival

The following is a letter to the editor that appeared in The Hindu national english newspaper in India: Pakistan’s political future is being secretly fashioned by Washington. It is expected that Pervez Musharraf will soon appoint himself the civilian President and announce elections for PPP leader Benazir Bhutto to contest. Once again, the U.S. and the West will decide the destiny of one of our neighbours. It can only be seen as an unholy political marriage between a leader who presided over the most corrupt regime and a general who has betrayed the nation’s interests. The military dictator has been given a political lifeline. It exposes the West’s supremacist quest to export its ideology of ‘freedom and democracy.’ Muhammad Sayeeduddin Masood Hyderabad Source: http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/07/stories/2007090754671203.htm

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