Islamic Revival

The following is an extract of the soon to be published translation of the Arabic book 'Political Concepts of Hizb ut-Tahrir' originally published in 2005. As Barack Obama has now become the President of the USA all eyes are upon America, this extract is useful as it discusses the history and nature of the American people. As regarding the American people: They are a rich people who live in a land of big wealth. Then it entered into a bitter struggle with the European states which they occupied particularly England, and won its independence with force through vision and awareness. This developed within the Americans some dispositions, most of which is pragmatism, i.e. the concept of expediency. Due to its opposition to the European colonialism, tendency and respect to high values originated within it. However, the American people embraced the capitalist ideology like the rest of the Christian world, so it started to be attracted by two factors, which are: the factor of contentm

The Sheikh recorded the following video/audio files in English starting 17 September 2008 (17 Ramadhan 1429) and ending 13 October 2008. The files are in *.wmv format, hence can be watched on any Windows-based computer immediately, and numbered from 00 to 62. They are composed of three sets: an introduction and a collection of 30 symposiums about FAITH CHANGES MAN, a collection of 20 symposiums about ISLAM DRAFT CONSTITUTION plus a commentary, and a collection of 11 symposiums about COMPARATIVE RELIGION. The length of each file is indicated in minutes and seconds. The 00 file is the only one shorter than 10 minutes, thus it was uploaded to the Sheikh's channel on YouTube to be the only file in English among 25 other videos in Arabic. May Allah SWT bless the Sheikh and award him heavily for this tremendous effort despite the severe bone marrow fibrosis and spleen swelling he is suffering; hence affecting his lecturing ability radically, as seen in the videos below. FAITH CHANGES MA

The following is the translation of an Arabic Q&A. Question: On 23rd Vedember, 2008, it was announced in Konakari, the capital of Guinea that ceratin armed forces divisions rebelled within four hours after the death of Guinean President General President Lansana Conte. The following day, the rebels announced formation of a consultative council under the name National Council for Development and Democracy. It was also announced that the military officer who made the announcements, Captain Moussa Camara will head the council. At its inception, the revolution was was opposed by the prime minister who was supported by the chief of staff who called on the rebels to be loyal to the government...but the prome minister surrendered to the revolutionaries within three days! What is the reality? Is it a local matter where the revolutionaries seized the oppurtunity of the president’s death or does it have regional and global ramifications? Answer: If we observe the events as well as the globa