Sheikh Abu Talha expounds on the meanings of Surah Al Alaq. This is the first Surah to be reveled by Allah(swt) to his Prophet(saw). In his unique style and presentation he links the message of the Quran into our current scenario and the oppression and obstacles faced by the Islamic dawah carriers which are similar to those faced by the Prophet Mohammed (saw) and the Sahaba (ra). He also extracts the method to carry the dawah from the way of the Prophet Mohammed (saw) and his companions' actions in Makkah.

Abu Talha explains the concept of Lord (Rab) that this Surah is talking about and how Allah(swt) from day one emphasizes to humanity the concept of one and only true Lord who only knows whats good and bad for mankind. And also this surah addresses the elites of Makkah, specially Abu Jahal and his ignorance towards the Prophet(saw) and Islam.

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After the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of NATO countries, John Kerry while talking to the media asked Afghan government to sign the security pact without any delay. He said if President Karzai is half-hearted about signing the agreement, Defense Minister can also sign it, at least someone should take the responsibility. It's not a joke, it's a serious mater. More than fifty countries are here in Afghanistan to help the country. These countries have budgets and need to make plans and the most important issue that we are asking for is the exit strategy from Afghanistan. He also said that President Obama also encouraged his counterpart to sign the BSA soon without specifying any date.

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It appears as if the servant has put pressure on his master, no in fact it's not the case, as it's an evil game played explicitly with the consent of both Karzai and Obama, so for so that even the name of an American political maneuver can be given, because under the guise of this game America wants to achieve the following objectives;

1. Creating an artificial personality of their puppet ruler in the region to make him a "great democratic personality" and to use him in the forthcoming regimes in Afghanistan to guard U.S. interests.

2. Through the so called Consultative Loya Jirga Karzai tried to create public opinion for the long term presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as well as showcased that government and people are on the same page, despite the fact that the subservient government and the ruling elite know that they have got no backing from the people of Afghanistan.

3. Since people have witnessed that the corrupt ruling elite have reached to the power with the full support of U.S., hence they are uncertain about their staying in power if U.S. leave Afghanistan. Therefore, the ruling elite are requesting their master to stay so that they remain in power.

4. The fatwas, decisions and requests of the government backed scholars have paved way for the U.S. forces to have bases and stay longer having full legitimacy. For this to reach to the general masses the western backed Afghan media have been used to convince people.

5. Before the signing of the BSA the corrupt government want to silent the voice of those who are oppose to this crime, either by calling them hardliners or agents of either Iran or Pakistan or put them behind the bars.

6. It is also intended to win people from the militant opposition, who are opposing the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, sway them to leave their strong stance. The head of Hizb-e-Islamic, Engineer Gulbadin Hekmatyar has already supported the so called stand taken by Karzai and has encouraged him not to sign the agreement. The spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate, Zabihullah Mujahid in one of his media release also appreciated Karzai's sincere stance.

7. Lastly, it is intended to gauge what the regional countries, other groups and influential personalities think about U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
If we look at the issue of Afghanistan as a visionary and politically aware Muslim, it's impossible that such a subservient system that is made by U.S. and NATO forces spending their resources and blood for more than a decade will leave it just because of the shallow and false protests of Karzai. Yet some superficial and naive politicians are deceived by the final speech of Karzai on the last day of the Loya Jirga, in which he said that "right from today the U.S. forces cannot do operation and cannot inter people's houses. He also warned American that if they will do so there will be no agreement between U.S. and Afghanistan. However, from that day onwards U.S. forces have conducted numerous operations in Hilmand, Wardak and Kunar Provinces, have killed innocent Muslims as well as have raided people's houses, yet the western backed media is not reporting these heinous crimes and the puppet Karzai government has turned a blind eye towards it.

Moreover, in the last speech Karzai asked Americans to ensure transparent elections, no raids of houses as well as should pave the way for dialogue with the militants, only than he would sign this agreement or else the new government will sign the agreement. What do you think; does a servant put conditions on his master or the master on his servant? If such an openly evil game will deceive the heads of Islamic organizations, Scholars and the people of Afghanistan, its testimony of their naivety and ignorance about the reality. Because Karzai is not at all free to put forward such conditions rather is on the same page with U.S. in starting this evil game and soon he will sign the agreement the way he signed the strategic pact.

For this evil game U.S. have been doing strong propaganda on international scale. Prime Minister of Pakistan, Foreign Minister of Iraq on their visits to Afghanistan and Head of NATO as well as other high level government officials have asked the government of Afghanistan to sign the BSA as soon as possible. However, one should have asked the Foreign Minister of Iraq that before Afghanistan Iraq has already signed both strategic and security pacts with America, is the security situation in Iraq better? Isn't because of the presence of U.S. bases Iraq is divided and is on the verge of disintegration? Isn't the CIA contracted security companies killing Iraqi people in explosions etc? Aren't they creating a Sunni Shia rift in Iraq by blaming them for explosions and killings? Aren't Iraqi people divided on sectarian, tribalistic and on other lines? Why are you negating the obvious fact and asking the Afghan government to sign the pact with U.S.?

Today the overwhelming majority in the Muslim world are aware of the destruction of signing such deals with Kaffir Invaders. What NATO and U.S. forces have achieved in Afghanistan so far, are the following;

1. Afghanistan has been turned into the most corrupt state in the world.

2. Afghanistan is the number one producer of narcotics in the world.

3. Under the guise of Democratic freedoms, Media have been given free hand to carry the rotten western values to the people.

4. Numerous sectarian, nationalistic, linguistic and other issues between the people of Afghanistan have been created, so that to divide Afghanistan and keep it divided.

5. They have brought changes in the education curriculum and other laws of Afghanistan to make it against Islam.

Let's all stand against these evil plans and deceptive personalities the way Ashab-e-Kahf stood, the way disciples of Jesus (pbuh) stood and the way companions of Muhammad (saw) took firm stand. We must get rid from the corrupt system of Democracy and such evil agreements, must negate it in all spheres of life and strive hard to replace it with Islamic system (Khilafah "Caliphate").

مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاء كَمَثَلِ الْعَنكَبُوتِ اتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتاً وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنكَبُوتِ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

"The likeness of those who take Auliya' (protectors and helpers) other than Allah is as the likeness of a spider, who builds (for itself) a house, but verily, the frailest (weakest) of houses is the spider's house; if they but knew" [Al-Ankaboot: 41]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Saifullah Mustanir
Kabul - Wilayah Afghanistan

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Asiaone.com reported on Monday 25th November that in the area of Xinjiang, Kashgar City where the Uighur Muslims live that the Chinese government began a campaign against the niqab of Muslim women and the beards of Muslim men on the premise of ‘security reasons'. One action in their campaign is to intercept veiled women in the public crowd, take their data under the gaze of camera surveillance, and then invite them to hold talks discussing their experiences, leading eventually to promising them a job with a decent salary on condition that they should leave their Islamic dress. Veiled Muslim women are even forced to watch a movie about "the beauty of life without the veil."

The Xinjiang Daily, run by the ruling Communist Party, warned of the potential dangers of Islamic dress in a July opinion piece. "Some people with ulterior motives are distorting religious teachings" and "inciting young people to do jihad", it said, adding that black robes induced depression and scared babies. The ruling party has sought periodically to stamp out the Islamic dress since taking power in 1949, first launching an atheism drive and then banning the headscarf altogether in the 1960's and 70's.

Previously it has also been reported that Uighur Muslim women have experienced serious discrimination in public places due to their Islamic dress. Not only that, a few months earlier the Chinese government also made a rule that prohibits youth under 18 years, including the women, to go to the mosque, as well as forcing every mosque to fly the flag of China. This is alongside curbing of fasting by Muslim officials and students during the month of Ramadan.

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The Chinese government is clearly desperate to inhibit the rise of Islam in East Turkestan, by conducting this open campaign against veiled Muslim women and bearded Muslim men by using cheap enticement or fear tactics to pressure them to abandon the commands of Islam. Indeed, these hostile actions against Muslims in East Turkistan which is occupied by China does not only reflect their hatred towards the Islamic laws and values, but their fear that the ideology of Islam will influence communities in China - a state that today does not have a clear ideological direction due to the erosion of communism within the country.

On the other hand, the aggressive stance of the Chinese government towards Islam demonstrates that remnants of the repressive communist doctrine and values that have a legacy of persecuting religious minorities still remain firmly rooted within the state. In its heyday the Chinese Communist regime under the leadership of Mao Tse Tung slaughtered 4.5 million Muslims and officially announced Islam as illegal. Today, the Uighur Muslims continue to face intense pressure to leave their Islamic beliefs and obligations and our Uighur sisters endure much difficulty in order to maintain their Islamic dress. However, the Chinese government's bullying tactics and black propaganda against Islamic law have failed to intimidate or shake the Iman of the strong Muslim Uighur community. By the help of Allah (swt) their firmness in Islam has ensured that within their community, the Islamic values have dominated over the atheist ones which have been propagated by the communist regime for many decades.

O our dear Uighur sisters! Be patient with the pressure and oppression from the tyrant Chinese regime! The dawn of the Khilafah "Caliphate" is very near and we are one Ummah, we belong to one Deen, our Prophet is one, our Qur'an is one, our flag is one, and our struggle is one. It is the Khilafah "Caliphate" state alone that will enable you to live by all the Commands of Allah (swt), and have active political and public lives while also guaranteeing you the right to wear your Islamic dress with complete honour and under the protection of the State. It is the Khilafah "Caliphate" that will liberate the oppressed East Turkistan lands and their daughters, establishing for them security and dignity.

Thus join the struggle for the establishment of the Second Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah which will silence through the rule of Islam those who attack and besmirch the honor of Muslim women around the world.

Written for Central Media Office Hizb ut Tahrir by
Fika Komara
Member of Central Media Office Hizb ut Tahrir