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Sheikh Hasina's Political Capital is Running Out!

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Ever since Sheikh Hasina was made to be the prime minister of Bangladesh for second time with a grand design engineered by the triangular power structure of Washington-London-Delhi, Hasina has continuously relied on some very specific political capital to continue her ruling and clinging on to power. Approaching almost three years in office, during this period she was asked to perform some very delicate and extremely risky jobs by these triangular power structure. Hasina has so far managed to withstand and perform those tasks. However there have been huge political backlash and opposition internally which she has dealt with an iron fist specially to counter dissident political opinion and opposition political parties under various pretexts and even without pretexts.

For example Hasina came to power with promise to USA that she will be allowed to use Bangladesh as her military base which Hasina has so far delivered on along with subordinating the Muslims army of Bangladesh to US command. Moreover, as per the demand of her master USA, Bangladesh's energy resources have been made open and cheap for USA by Hasina. The latest chapter of recently awarding the country's biggest gas reserve to ConocoPhillips is just an example of her true commitment to her masters in USA. Hasina has continued to work closely with USA in suppressing the call for Khilafah "Caliphate" by banning, imprisoning, torturing and continuously chasing the members of Islamic political parties in her desperate attempt to follow the instruction from her master USA, word by word. With all these coming to absolutely nothing in deterring the work for Khilafah "Caliphate", now her government has started to abduct members of Hizb ut-Tahrir without informing their whereabouts even to the courts let alone to their family.

Similarly with India; when India ordered Hasina to open the most important strategic location of Bangladesh i.e. the Chittagong sea port for India, Hasina quickly agreed to that demand and allowed Indian access to not just sea ports but also to river ports as well. Later on the demands of India continued to grow and Hasina continued to surrender Bangladesh for her political survival. Then the saga of surrender continued with rail-air-sea-river transit to India. For forty years Indian demand for a corridor has not been materialized. However, in the recent showcase of her subservience, last week Hasina has given India transit through Ashugonj port to the northeastern Indian provinces. Regarding this transit the Indian high commissioner has said very openly that, "India will not give any fee for this except what has been outlined back in 1972 protocol." With this Hasina has created a great security and strategic hazard for Bangladesh. But she thinks it worthy for her political survival to show her loyalty at the expense of the country's security and interests!

It may be appropriate to mention here that when Hasina was asked to stage a mutiny by India in the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) located at the heart of Dhaka, just after two months in office; it was an expensive and very perilous job. But she did it! With Hasina holding the trigger on the head of Bangladesh army with excuse of political solution into the crisis that ended with the brutal murder 57 top army officers, India finally pulled the trigger by paralyzing the two most brilliant and professional forces of Bangladesh i.e. Bangladesh Army and the Bangladesh Rifles which then continued to become more and more subservient to Indian security needs, rather than protecting Bangladesh as reflected in recent two week long joint India-Bangladesh military exercise from 09th October 2011.

The question is what remains for Hasina to offer to India or to USA so that both of her masters will still require Hasina to remain in the power of Bangladesh. With election approaching in just 24 months her government has been running out of options to win the minds of her foreign masters since most of her strategic cards have already been played out. India got transit, access to Chittagong and Mongla sea ports, access to separatist leaderships held in Bangladesh, control over Bangladeshi army and restructuring of Bangladeshi security forces, and access to the Bangladesh market; while USA got the military bases to counter the rise of Islamic waves as well as counter China, full control over our energy resources, full control over our military and its intelligence. Thus the natural question arises if Hasina has become a redundant servant for USA and India? And what USA and India do with redundant servants who are growing immensely unpopular internally that without resorting to violence and brutal crackdown no other means remain left for them to hold onto power! May be the example of Ben Ali, Mubarak, Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein or Benazir Bhutto will act as examples for Hasina, should she wish to pay heed!

 

Jafar Muhammad Abu Abdullah
Dhaka

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Army leadership betraying the aspiration of the Muslims of Egypt

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‘Revolution' for many Egyptians, once a beacon of hope and promise, has now transformed into full scale nightmare. The military, previously regarded as the custodians of the popular uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak, is now viewed with intense suspicion and contempt. The indiscriminate killing of the Coptic Christians at the hands of the military is just the tip of an ice-burg in a catalogue of complaints against Egypt's remaining junta.

Other complaints include a delay in drafting the ‘new' constitution, making the parliament subservient to the military, allowing former Mubarak cronies to stand for parliamentary elections and refusing to remove Egypt's emergency laws. In addition, the military rulers have also indicated that they will postpone the election of the president. "We will keep the power until we have a president," Maj. General Mahmoud Hegazy said. These measures clearly underscore that the military does not see itself playing an interim role in governing. Instead, the military brass is endeavouring to extend its stay in power.

Missing too is American criticism. This was overtly prevalent in the days that led to Mubarak's dismissal from power, but now it appears to be muted. In an interview with the Associated Press, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States would continue to pressure long-time leaders to leave power in Syria, Yemen and ensure chaos is averted in Egypt, where demonstrators have succeeded in ousting an autocrat. But she cautioned against overly optimistic forecasts for how quickly each country could make its break with the past. Hence, America's wish is to prevent the liberation of the Egyptian and other Arab people from tyranny until the conditions are right to bring in another compliant government that will safeguard her interests.

The sole reason for the abrupt slow down towards civilian rule, is that both America and Egypt's military rulers are afraid of political Islam. Before the revolution, Egyptians showed strong support for Islamic values. A Pew Poll suggested that 77% of Egyptians believe that thieves should have their hands cut off, 82% believed that adulterers should be stoned and 84% subscribe to the view that apostates should be killed. However, after the ouster of Mubarak, the majority of Egyptians viewed the Islamic State being indispensable for implementing Shariah rules. In May 2011, Al-Ahram reported that 60% of Egyptians wanted to establish an Islamic state. Only 4% of the respondents suggested that a secular system in Egypt would indeed be desirable, while 3% said military rule was suitable for the future of their country.

From this, it is very clear that America does not want a civilian government until the threat of political Islam is either eliminated, or sufficiently diluted and secularized. America is fully aware that the first option is futile, but she recognizes that there still exist individuals and groups that are eager to sell their Deen in exchange for power.

Such people are eager to respond to America's beckoning call to become their agents, and indeed they have purchased error instead of guidance. Allah (SWT) says:

They are the ones who buy Error in place of Guidance and Torment in place of Forgiveness. Ah! what boldness (They show) for the Fire![TMQ 2:175]

Cultivating such people to assume power is taking time and hence, the US has instructed the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to delay the elections until suitable agents dressed in Islamic garb are groomed under US auspices to take power.
The army leadership instead of opposing American interference has gladly accepted this task and is prepared to spill blood, abduct people and repress any form of dissent.

O Muslims, the only thing that stands in your way and the return of Islam is the army leadership. And in sum they do not amount to more than a handful of people, who have abandoned Allah (SWT), His messenger (SAW) and you in preference for safeguarding America's hegemony and the security of the Zionist state. They look upon them as there friends and helpers, whilst they pour scorn over you. They embrace the enemies of Islam in clear violation of Allah's word:


"Oh you who be believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians as protecting allies [lit. awliya - plural of wali, mistranslated often here as "friends" ]! Each of them are protecting allies within their own. And the one amongst you who turns to them as protecting allies, then he is one of them. And truly, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people." [TMQ Al-Maida:51]

They are closed to reason and dialogue, and are blind to the reality of their master America. Look how easily she disposed of their comrade Mubarak who had served her for many years. Yet despite this, they are willing to put their trust in America ahead of their trust in Allah (SWT) and they see no shame in betraying your yearning for Islam.

"O you who have believed, do not betray Allah and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence]." [TMQ Al-Anfal:27]

Moreover, they think they are clever by pretending to look after your affairs and your Deen, but they refer to taghoot. Allah Says:

"Have you seen those who claim to believe in the revelation revealed to you and the revelation revealed earlier? They seek the ruling of taghoot (non-Islam) although they have been ordered to disbelieve in it." [TMQ An-Nisa: 60].

O Muslims of Egypt! Remember your duty to uphold Allah's deen in all circumstances. You must work with your brothers in the army to uproot the army leadership and re-establish the Kilafah . Only then can your aspirations for peace, justice and the full implementation of Islam can be realised. And know that Allah has power over all things.

O you who believe! Answer (the call of) Allah and the (Prophetic) Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life, and know that Allah comes between the man and his own heart, and that to Him you shall be gathered. [TMQ Al-Anfal: 24].

 


Abo Hashem Albanjabi

 

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Headline News 20-10-2011

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Titles:

  • Eurozone Crisis Could Cause Collapse of Global Banking System, Warns Citigroup's Willem Buiter
  • America's Child Death Shame
  • US Army to Fly ‘Suicide' Drones
  • Think 10 Times Before Moving into Pakistan: Army Chief Warns US

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Eurozone crisis could cause collapse of global banking system, warns Citigroup's Willem Buiter:

The world banking system could collapse if eurozone leaders fail to curb the region's sovereign debt crisis, according to Citigroup's chief economist Willem Buiter. "If things get out of hand in the euro area, no bank in the financial integrated world will stand," he told a parliamentary committee. Mr Buiter, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said the recapitalisation of banks and other systemically important institutions should be a priority in the region. "If they don't, we are setting ourselves up for a financial crisis following the sovereign crisis," he said, giving evidence at a session of the House of Lords EU Economic and Financial Affairs Sub-Committee on the eurozone crisis. Mr Buiter said he was not hopeful that "a grand plan, a grand design, [or] even a big bazooka for that matter" would emerge from the European leaders summit in Brussels on Sunday, or at the G20 summit in Cannes on November 3 and 4. "There will be some progress, but very limited," he said. "It's going to take months, probably well in 2012, before we have clarity about how Spain and Italy will be ring-fenced, guaranteed funding, how the banks will be recapitalised and how much of them will end up being majority state owned - I expect a significant number of them."

The super rich a scaremongering again. They want to ensure that governments and the European people do not oppose the measure they are suggesting to ensure that their wealth is protected at the expense of all others. There foremost priority is to limit the debt crisis to a few countries and prevent a contagion, which will bring the whole system down and destroy their wealth.

 

America's child death shame:

Sixty-six children under the age of 15 die from physical abuse or neglect every week in the industrialised world. Twenty-seven of those die in the US - the highest number of any other country. Every five hours a child dies from abuse or neglect in the US. The latest government figures show an estimated 1,770 children were killed as a result of maltreatment in 2009. A recent congressional report concludes the real number could be nearer 2,500. In fact, America has the worst child abuse record in the industrialised world. Scale of the abuse is mindboggling. Even when populations are taken into account, Unicef research from 2001 places the US equal bottom with Mexico on child deaths from maltreatment.

Islam has forbidden the neglect of children and has made it obligatory for parents to provide food, clothing, shelter and to meet the various other requirements of their children. The messenger (s.a.w) of Allah said, "It is enough sin for a person that he ignores those whom he is responsible for." [Abu Dawood]. Thus, within the Islamic framework children are regarded as a blessing and the family is viewed as playing a pivotal role in the stability of society.


US Army to fly ‘suicide' drones:

A miniature suicide drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army's arsenal, officials say. Dubbed the "Switchblade," the robotic aircraft represents the latest attempt by the United States to refine how it takes out suspected militants. Weighing less than two kilos, the drone is small enough to fit into a soldier's backpack and is launched from a tube, with wings quickly folding out as it soars into the air, according to manufacturer AeroVironment. Powered by a small electric motor, the Switchblade transmits video in real time from overhead, allowing a soldier to identify an enemy, the company said in a press release last month.

At last, the US government has confirmed that suicide bombing even though it is carried out by machines is a valid tactic in military warfare.

 

France begins withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan:

France is set to pull out nearly 200 troops from Afghanistan in a few hours, kickstarting withdrawals announced three months ago by Paris. Another 200 soldiers are due to return home before Christmas as part of Nato's plan to end combat mission by 2014. France has some 4,000 troops in Afghanistan and 75 of its soldiers have died in the country since 2001.Several countries, including, the US, the UK, Canada and Belgium, have also announced plans to withdraw troops. Some US and Canadian troops have already headed home, handing over responsibilities for security to Afghan forces.The US plans to withdraw 33,000 soldiers by the end of 2012.Most French soldiers are deployed in the district of Surobi and in the neighbouring province of Kapisa. "We are carrying out a proportional withdrawal," French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet told France Inter radio ahead of Wednesday's withdrawal.

At a time when America is contemplating an attack on Pakistan, America's ally has decided to withdraw some of its troops. The Dutch have already withdrawn their troops and it is clear that the European contingent of NATO countries is not supporting America's war on terror. So what is preventing Pakistan's leadership from saying NO to America's war on terror and severing all ties?

 

Think 10 times before moving into Pakistan: Army chief warns US:

Amid escalating tensions, Pakistan's all powerful army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has warned the US not to launch any military offensive into his country's tribal region. Asking the US to "think 10 times" before moving into North Waziristan region from Afghanistan, Kayani reminded the Americans that Pakistan was a nuclear power and should not be compared with Iraq or Afghanistan. The army chief, who has been smarting since US commandos intruded into Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani town in May, was addressing members of parliament's defence committee on Tuesday. But Kayani did not specify what Pakistan would do if American troops, now massed on the Afghan side of the border, did move into North Waziristan hunting for the militant Haqqani network. US officials are linking the Haqqani group with Pakistani's intelligence agencies and say it has stepped up attacks on American interests in Afghanistan, with some tacit Pakistani backing. Xinhua quoted a participant as saying that the general rejected US allegations that Pakistan was using the Taliban-linked Haqqani network for waging a proxy war in Afghanistan. Pakistan, Kayani insisted, was a part of a solution to the Afghan tangle, not the problem. The US is livid with the Pakistani establishment for not taking strong action against the Haqqani group. The Americans say Pakistan, which remains obsessed with India's growing clout in Afghanistan, is trying to keep alive the Haqqani network so that it plays a role in any Kabul dispensation once the US army pulls out. Kayani said he had told the Americans that Pakistan would go for military action in the region if the situation demanded but not under any pressure. "If somebody convinces me that military action in North Waziristan will resolve all problems, I am ready to go for it tomorrow," he said.

Has not the time for warning passed? If Kayani is sincere then he should immediately cut the supply linesto NATO forces, expel the US diplomatic and military staff, and actively buttress Pakistan's ability to repel any attack. This includes mobilising nuclear weapons and making them active. Actions speak louder than words, and the time for action is here and now.

 

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Hizb ut-Tahrir Conducts Countrywide Demonstrations and Public Speeches Speakers Demanded the End of American Raj and the Establishment of the Khilafah

Today, Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan conducted countrywide demonstrations and speeches in public places to bring an end to American hegemony and demand the re-establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate". The protests were held in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Peshawar, in which hundreds of people participated. The protests made demands for the closure of American embassy and military installations

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O Believers Afflicted by Calamity! The Capitalist Ideology Has Killed an Entire Generation: Will You Still Persist With It?!

On the eve of Saturday 10/09/2011 CE the Zanzibar Isles were afflicted with an unparalleled historic calamity that spread grief, tears and pain into every house with the capsizing of the MV Spice Islander in the Nungwi area. This is the worst and most severe accident to have afflicted Muslims of these islands as the passengers are estimated to have reached 3,000

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Hizb ut Tahrir Organized Demonstration Against Indian Military Exercise in Bangladesh

Hizb ut Tahrir organized a demonstration today at 12:00pm against the Indian military exercise which is being held in Sylhet. The demonstration started at Bijoy Nagar and finished outside Bait ul-Mukarram. The two week long exercise which started on Sunday (09 October, 2011), is the first ever on the soil of Bangladesh by the Mushrik Army. Hizb ut Tahrir had warned in 2009 that the Pilkhana massacre was planned for the purpose of weakening the BDR and paving the way for India to establish her domination over the Muslim Army of Bangladesh. This military exercise demonstrates that India is fulfilling her aims and Sheikh Hasina is collaborating in this matter just as she did in the Pilkhana massacre.

 

Hizb ut Tahrir calls upon the sincere politicians, the intellectuals, the people and above all the military of the country to take a strong stance against this exercise. It represents a grave danger to the security of the country. It will allow the enemy to gain first hand knowledge of our military's strength, strategies, tactics, training and preparation. They will use such knowledge and experience to adapt and develop their strategies and tactics against our forces. Furthermore, allowing the military of the imperialist forces to hold exercises, whether the Americans or the Indians, is a violation of the Islamic shari'ah. Muslims are forbidden from taking these aggressors as their partners in any matter, let alone in matters of military and security.

 

 

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Wilayah Bangladesh

 

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No member of Hizb ut Tahrir was Arrested from Outside the Parliament House Secret Services Make Another Failed Attempt to Link Hizb ut Tahrir with Militancy

The secret agencies of Pakistan make another failed attempt to link the world's largest political party, Hizb ut Tahrir, with militancy and terrorism. Hizb ut Tahrir denies the report published in two Urdu newspapers according to which police arrested a member of Hizb ut Tahrir from a protest held outside the Parliament House and recovered uniforms of the security services from his possession.  The concocted story was released by a previously unheard of news agency

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THE BANGLADESHI HIGH COMMISSION IN KENYA COWARDLY REFUSES TO RECEIVE Hizb ut Tahrir EAST AFRICAS' DELEGATION

The Bangladesh High Commission in Nairobi refused to receive the delegation of the Islamic party of Hizb ut Tahrir East Africa which had visited its offices on Thursday 6th Oct 2011. One of the guards at the embassy by the name of Chaka told the delegation that the High Commissioner

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