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Azerbaijan Hijab Ban Extends to its State Oil Academy

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On the 9th of March 2013, news agencies reported that students and teachers at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA) have been banned from entering the campus for wearing hijab. This policy represents an extension of the current hijab ban enforced in schools across the country. The official banning of the hijab was first issued on December 10, 2010 when Misir Mardanov, from Azerbaijan's Education Ministry announced that students would be forbidden from wearing hijabs in schools. In January 2011, a new school uniform reviving ex-Soviet traditions was introduced into schools, dividing the Azeri nation and igniting violent protests. The recent action of the ASOA has caused outrage and dissent among Muslims who form around 93% of the former Soviet republic's population of 9.3 million people.

The extension of the current hijab ban to the State Oil Academy and the Azerbaijan government's lack of response to defend the identity of Muslim women reveals state sponsored Islamophobia and is in line with the government's anti-Islam campaign. This campaign includes ordering all state employees to remove Islam-related symbols from public offices such as Quranic verses and Islamic images. Draconian censorship of religious books and study is also enforced by the leadership that seems to be waging its own internal ‘war on Islam' and Muslims. It is the liberal secular political basis and policies that allow such draconian hijab bans to happen, including in countries such as in France, Germany, Belgium and Turkey. These laws profess to protect women's rights by defending those who are supposedly ‘forced ‘to wear Hijab, but Muslim women are not fooled by this shameless lie. This explanation is nothing more than a governmental spin slogan designed to conceal the real agenda of removing the political expression of Islam and forcing Muslim women to integrate and conform to Western values and norms. If the government were so sincere in looking after the welfare of Muslim women, why would they deny them education, jobs, social opportunities and respect through such bans? The truth is that Muslim women do not need rescuing from Islamic practices as it is Islamic culture that led the world in giving women an active and respectable position in society; a fact that is recognised by our Muslim brothers and sisters in Azerbaijan as they make their protest and anger about the extension of the hijab ban clear to the world. The government knows well that the issue of Hijab is not a ‘religious right', but a matter of obligation for Muslim women as discussed in the Quran,

وَقُل لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ يَغۡضُضۡنَ مِنۡ أَبۡصَـٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحۡفَظۡنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَا‌ۖ وَلۡيَضۡرِبۡنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِہِنَّ‌ۖ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآٮِٕهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآٮِٕهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ إِخۡوَٲنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِىٓ إِخۡوَٲنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِىٓ أَخَوَٲتِهِنَّ أَوۡ نِسَآٮِٕهِنَّ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَـٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَ غَيۡرِ أُوْلِى ٱلۡإِرۡبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفۡلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يَظۡهَرُواْ عَلَىٰ عَوۡرَٲتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ‌ۖ

"And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and protect their private parts. They should not show their Zeenah (charms) in public beyond what may (decently) be apparent thereof; hence let them draw their head-coverings (khumur) over their necks and juyub. And let them not display (more of) their charms to any but their husbands, their fathers, their husbands fathers, their sons, their husbands sons, their brothers, their brothers sons, their sisters sons, their womenfolk, their concubines, such male attendants as are beyond all sexual desire, or children that are as yet unaware of women's nakedness; and let them not swing their legs (in walking) so as to draw attention to their hidden charms." [TMQ An-Nur: 31]

In banning the hijab, the leadership of Azerbaijan are expressing blatant disrespect for Muslim women and are trying to place them in a position of choosing between submission to Allah (swt) and man-made laws.

The Women of Hizb ut Tahrir support our Azeri sisters' fight against state oppression and defend their Islamic struggle to live comprehensively as Muslims. Such bans only prove that liberal secular democracy is not universal as it discriminates against Muslim women and does not have the ability to convince us intellectually. These policies only serve to isolate Muslim women and make them more convinced that their security and honour can only be guaranteed by the Khilafah "Caliphate". This state did not play hypocritical games with people's rights and dealt fairly and justly with all citizens of the state, labelling none with a second class status. That is why the Khilafah "Caliphate" never had a women's rights movement as women had great satisfaction in their position under Islamic laws.

 

 

Imrana Mohammed

Member of The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir

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Media Office in The Netherlands: Khilafah Conference in Amsterdam

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Inshallah the members of Hizb ut Tahrir/ The Netherlands will hold a Khilafah "Caliphate" Conference titled: "This is the Time for Khilafah "Caliphate"" in Amsterdam on Sunday, 05 Jumada I 1434 AH, 14 March 2013. Guest speakers will include Brother Osman Bakhach, Director of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir, and Brother Okay Pala (Abu Zain), representative of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir/ The Netherlands.

 

 


 

Report on the Khilafah "Caliphate" Conference in Amsterdam


On Sunday, 05 Jumada I 1434 AH, corresponding to 17 March 2013, Hizb ut Tahrir/ Netherlands organized an annual conference in Amsterdam on the 89th calendar year remembrance of the fall of the Khilafah "Caliphate" state, titled, "This is the time for Khilafah "Caliphate"." There was a heavy and distinctive presence from the sisters, Barak Allahu Feehun.

Muslims from around the globe, from more than forty countries, participated in this conference gathering from all different races and ethnicities, colors and tongues, their dawah is one, and their aim is one, and chants are one. Their chants boomed throughout the conference hall with Takbeers and the call for the return of the Khilafah "Caliphate".

After the opening speech, holy verses were read from the Quran al-Kareem, followed by two short speeches in Dutch. In the first talk, one of the distinct Shabab spoke about the Khilafah "Caliphate" and how to work for it. The second Shab, May Allah reward him greatly, spoke of the Khilafah "Caliphate"'s system and its superiority over all other man-made systems in the world.

Afterwards, the media representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in the Netherlands, Brother Okay Pala (Abu Zain) delivered a speech that focused on answering four questions:


1. Is it possible for the Khilafah "Caliphate" to be established now?


2. How will Islam address the economic problem currently?


3. How will the Khilafah "Caliphate" be established while Muslims are far from Islam?


4. How will Islam handle the interest-based economic system?


Afterwards, the panel was open to questions and interaction from the three speeches. After a short break and prayer, the Director of Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir Engineer Osman Bakhach gave his speech in English entitled: "The Time has come to establish Khilafah "Caliphate"."

The conference concluded with Duaa and chants along with Takbeers in a powerful atmosphere of great Imaan. And our final Duaa wa Alhamdulillah.



Deputy of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Europe

 

 

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In 1991: Karimov Swears to Declare the Islamic State

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Karimov swears to establish an Islamic State if he wins the Presidential Election


The Enemy of Allah and His Messenger and the Believers - Karimov - swears to the Muslims in Uzbekistan.


As seen in this video recorded in 1991, that if they elect him and wins in the presidential elections of 1991, he will establish an Islamic state in Uzbekistan!


How this brutal tyrant declared his war on Allah and His Rasool and the Muslims...


He fought against the advocates of Islam working to establish an Islamic state in a relentless war... imprisoning, torturing with even more torture.


You kill and murder ...However it is only a matter of time! O ruthless Kafir that Islam will prevail and you will not be able to triumph over the Righteous.

 

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Media Reps to Meet State Security Heads

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News:

Media stakeholders in Tanzania have formed a 16-member committee to have an audience with Home Affairs minister, Inspector General of Police, Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services chief as well as Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) Director General following the recent series of incidents of violence against media practitioners

A "coalition" comprising the Media Owners Association of Tanzania (MOAT), the Tanzania Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Tan), Tanzania Media Fund, Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA), Media Council of Tanzania, and Tanzania Editors Forum (TEF).

The development comes only days since Chairman and New Habari (2006) Limited Group Managing Editor Absalom Norman Kibanda was ambushed, set upon and seriously injured at the gate to his Dar es Salaam residence by assailants,  who was  rushed to Muhimbili National Hospital in and later critical flown to South Africa.

The media stakeholders said they fully convinced that the brutal attack and torture to which the suspected gangsters subjected Kibanda were meant to harass and intimidate editors, other media practitioners into failing to perform their duties to satisfaction. ("The Guardian", 13th March 2013)

Commentary:

Such events of harassment and harm to the point of killing so called human rights news reporters, coupled with banning several media institutions e.g. Imani FM of Morogoro which has an Islamic identity and the recent threat to Radio Nuur of Zanzibar are an open evidence of hypocrisy in the Democratic system. Its basic principle of ‘freedom of the press' and ‘freedom of expression' is campaigned for and shown as something to be respected yet such sloganeering is devoid of any truth.

Either, this matter and others that were encountered by reporters clearly demonstrates the inability of the democratic system to protect the public, their lives, property and security. Together with the reality that the democratic system burdens the public with huge taxes that destroy their lives as they can't even meet the demand for security leave alone feeding them during hardships.

The Islamic system has no such hypocrisy like the democratic system as it has spelt out clearly that a person has to say that which endears him to Allah Taala and never is he at liberty to speak or do whatever he wants as he is a slave of the Creator. Also, Islam has made it the responsibility of the Khalifah/Leader to ensure security for the citizens by protecting their lives, property and relatives and preventing any action that endangers their dignity and security whether the citizens are Muslims or non-Muslims.

As these tragedies befall most of the so-called defenders of the democratic system, it was enough to be a big lesson to them so as to reject the democratic system and work for the introduction of an alternative. Isn't it time for them to stop with immediate effect working for a system that harms them and other human beings at a great cost?

 

Masoud Msellem

Deputy Media Representative, Hizb ut Tahrir/ East Africa

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Wilayah Syria: Heart of Ash-Sham "Allah Boasts You to His Angels"

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A message from Hizb ut Tahrir delivered by Sheikh Abu Nizar al-Shami in the widespread demonstration in the area of Assaliheen, Aleppo, directed his message to the people of Syria, which stated: "O people - the heroes of Sham! How beautiful life is with you, and how beautiful death is with you! You are so great in your revolution. How remarkable is your steadfastness! Perhaps Allah (swt) boasts of you to His angels in the high heavens, look, my angels to my war-ridden soiled servants how they stand the stance of the Prophets before the tyrants of the earth, refusing any other Hukm except my Deen. Be witness My angels, I will make them victorious and unwavering."

 

Friday, 03 Jumada I 1434 AH, corresponding to 15 March 2013

 

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