Why Doesn't Hizb ut Tahrir Build Institutions or Engage in Jihad? Many Muslim ideologues and activists have criticized Hizb ut Tahrir for its adopting of a politico-intellectual methodology of change in contradistinction to movements which have adopted a more institutional approach and/or insurrectionist armed methods. What they fail to understand is: (1) the nature of the Prophet method (2) the nature of tughyan i.e. [political] tyranny and (3) the power-mechanisms…

الم * غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ‏*‏ فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ * فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ الأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن بَعْدُ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ [الروم‏: 1‏ـ4].‏ "Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious. In Bid`i years. The decision of the matter, before and after is only…

News A Quebec judge has reportedly refused to hear a woman's case because she wouldn't remove her hijab. The CBC said it obtained an audio recording of proceedings that occurred in the courtroom of Judge Eliana Marengo on Tuesday (24th February). On the recording, the CBC reports that Rania El-Alloul told the judge she is a Muslim, but Marengo told her she could either remove her headscarf or ask for…

Calamities such as the brutal Peshawar attack are enough for people to feel, think and mobilize towards preventing such calamities in the future. However, the Ummah has been made accustomed to such calamities that have been occurring regularly for many decades, in the absence of the Khilafah "Caliphate", without any sign of a strategy for prevention. Regular defiling of the honor of Muslim mothers and sisters, massacre of innocent children…