Mukhtarat from the Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir Issue No. 8 Ramadan 1433 H.
Obama's statement on Kashmir is a slap in the face of Pakistani rulers. In an interview with an Indian journalist, published on 16 July 2012, Obama said, "It is not the place of any nation, including the United States, to try to impose solutions from the outside." For decades, Pakistan has been declaring Kashmir an international issue and demanded that it should be settled according to United Nations resolutions and international mediation.
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Roubini: My 'Perfect Storm' Scenario Is unfolding now. 2013 will be worse than 2008:
"Dr. Doom" Nouriel Roubini says the "perfect storm" scenario he forecast for the global economy earlier this year is unfolding right now as growth slows in the U.S., Europe as well as China. In May, Roubini predicted four elements - stalling growth in the U.S., debt troubles in Europe, a slowdown in emerging markets, particularly China, and military conflict in Iran - would come together to create a storm for the global economy in 2013. "(The) 2013 perfect storm scenario I wrote on months ago is unfolding," Roubini said on Twitter on Monday. Roubini said that unlike in 2008 when central banks had "policy bullets" to stimulate the global economy, this time around policymakers are "running out of rabbits to pull out of the hat."
Drone pilots to get medals for killing Muslims:
American drones have been used in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia that have often resulted in the killing of innocent Muslims. Now the Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to drone pilots who work on military bases often far removed from the battlefield. Pentagon officials have been briefed on the medal's "unique concept," Charles V. Mugno, head of the Army Institute of Heraldry, told a recent meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts, according to a report in Coin World by our former colleague Bill McAllister. Mugno said most combat decorations require "boots on the ground" in a combat zone, but he noted that "emerging technologies" such as drones and cyber combat missions are now handled by troops far removed from combat. The Pentagon has not formally endorsed the medal, but Mugno's institute has completed six alternate designs for commission approval.
Russia Sending Warships on manoeuvres near Syria:
Russia said on Tuesday that it had dispatched a flotilla of 11 warships to the eastern Mediterranean, some of which would dock in Syria. It would be the largest display of Russian military power in the region since the Syrian conflict began almost 17 months ago. Nearly half of the ships were capable of carrying hundreds of marines. The announcement appeared intended to punctuate Russia's effort to position itself as an increasingly decisive broker in resolving the antigovernment uprising in Syria, Russia's last ally in the Middle East and home to Tartus, its only foreign military base outside the former Soviet Union. The announcement also came a day after Russia said it was halting new shipments of weapons to the Syrian military until the conflict settled down. Russia has occasionally sent naval vessels on manoeuvres in the eastern Mediterranean, and it dispatched an aircraft-carrying battleship, the Admiral Kuznetsov, there for manoeuvres with a few other vessels from December 2011 to February 2012. There were rumours in recent weeks that the Russians planned to deploy another naval force near Syria. But the unusually large size of the force announced on Tuesday was considered a message, not just to the region but also to the United States and other nations supporting the rebels now trying to depose Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad.
7 of the top ten richest rulers come from the Muslim world:
Middle East has most richest the head of states in the world. With most of their fortunes coming from their countries' oil reserves. The Saudi King became the country's leader in August 2005 after the death of his half-brother, King Fahd. Saudi Arabia contains the world's largest crude oil reserves. When oil does well, the king does well. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei for instance, was born into his wealth.
#1. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
Country: Brunei
Net worth: $20 billion
National GDP per capita: $48,892
#2. King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz
Country: Saudi Arabia
Net worth: $18 billion
National GDP per capita: $23,826
Saudi Arabia have the world's largest crude oil reserves, which the state-owned oil company, Saudi Aramco, and produces more oil per day than any other oil company in the world.
#3. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Country: United Arab Emirates
Net worth: $15 billion
National GDP per capita: $48,821
Like fellow neighbors in the Middle East, the president of the United Arab Emirates and the emir of Abu Dhabi's wealth comes from oil. Al Nahyan's net worth dropped from $23 billion in 2008 to $15 billion in 2010, according Forbes reports.
#4. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Country: United Arab Emirates
Net worth: $12 billion
National GDP per capita: $48,821
With his effort, Dubai is now a major center for manufacturing and tourism. The prime minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the emir of Dubai owns 99.67% of Dubai Holding, a government holding company.
#6. King Mohammed VI
Country: Morocco
Net worth: $2.5 billion
National GDP per capita: $4,754
Though he has made the fight against poverty a major goal of his tenure as king, yet he himself lives an extremely extravagant lifestyle. The king's 12 palaces spend about $1 million a day, according to Forbes.
#8. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Country: Qatar
Net worth: $2 billion
National GDP per capita: $88,559
He has played a major role in the development of Qatar's oil and natural gas resources. The Sheikh Hamad has been the ruling emir of Qatar since 1995.
#9. President Asif Ali Zardari
Country: Pakistan
Net worth: $1.8 billion
National GDP per capita: $2,791
With most of his wealth coming from sugar mills across Pakistan and stakes in other businesses. According to the Pakistan Daily Zardari is Pakistan's second richest man.
Source: http://www.therichest.org/world/richest-presidents/
From June 3, 2012, Muslims in the Rakhaine state of Myanmar known as Rohingyas came under fresh attack by the local Buddhists. On that day, a group of Buddhists killed ten Muslims who were riding a bus. They beat the Muslims to death before setting the bus on fire. The incident was allegedly in response to the rape and murder of a Buddhist girl by three Muslim men, a few days before. It did not matter to the killers that the men accused of the rape had already been arrested and were in jail. Situation turned worse from June 8 as thousands of homes were burnt and looted and hundreds of Muslims were killed by combined operation of local Buddhists, police, border guard forces named ‘Nasaka' and para military forces called ‘Luntin'. More than 30,000 Muslims took shelter in the refugee camps in the state capital Sittwe. Myanmar government declared curfew which is only applicable to Muslims. According to local newspapers in Bangladesh, the combined forces have abducted more than five thousand women in last week. Government of Bangladesh has sealed the border with Myanmar as hundreds of Muslim women and children are trying to flee from rape and murder every day. Border guards of Bangladesh have pushed back boats carrying more than 1,500 refugees just in three days according to local newspapers.
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dipu Moni responded to the situation on June 14 in the national parliament. In the despicable statement she said, "Bangladesh is not bound by any international law to open its border for the Rohingyas, as there is no war-like situation in that country and that its government is not forcing its citizens out." She alleged that Rohingyas create problems for the environment, employment, law and order, politics as well as national security.
Of course Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Foreign Minister Dipu Moni can entertain foreign guests and delegates from USA, UK or India. They can have strategic dialogue with Hillary Clinton. They can allow US Special Forces to visit Bangladesh at their will. And also the government is ready to allow any US soldier to leave the country without facing any trial if he commits any crime here. Sheikh Hasina also can allow transit to India not caring for any national security, political, law and order or environmental damages. But when oppressed Muslims knock at their doors, they use force to push them back.
Over the last half century Muslims in Myanmar are being systematically oppressed, looted and persecuted by the government of Myanmar. From 7th century up to 1784, Arakan (called Rakhaine province under Myanmar now) was a Muslim state. In that year it was colonized by a Buddhist Burmese king. The British came in 1824 and ruled till 1948. According to 1948 Citizenship Law, Rohingyas were also made citizens of the country and a number of Rohingyas were elected to Burma parliament. But in 1962, General Ne Win, who took over power in a military coup, revoked Rohingyas' citizenship and made them stateless. They were considered as immigrants from Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). The army then subjected them to forced labour, expropriated their property and did extra judicial killing. They denied Rohingyas employment, access to education and trade, and also restricted their movement. Even their right to marry was subject to permission which had to be bought with high bribes from the authorities.
Like Muslims of Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan and many other places, Muslims of Myanmar are oppressed in their own land. And the whole Muslim world is in reality stateless. Al-Tabarani and Al-Baihaqi reported that the Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:
"The Sultan is the shade of Allah on earth".
Without Khaleefah, there is no authority, no state, no protection and no security for the Muslims. It is the duty of the Muslims of Bangladesh to embrace their brothers from Myanmar. Nu'man b. Bashir reported Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) as saying:
"The similitude of believers in regard to their mutual love, affection, and fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever."
The duty of Bangladesh border guards is not to push back hungry, homeless and tortured Muslims. Prophet (SM) declared life, property and honour of Muslims as protected. It is the duty of the armed forces of Bangladesh to protect their Muslim brothers and sisters from Myanmar the way our Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and Khaleefahs after him have sent forces to protect Muslims. We know that the current regime will never do that. So, it is upon us to remove the oppressive regime and establish Khilafah "Caliphate" which will liberate and protect the Muslims all over the world.
Mohammad Raiyan Hasan
Bangladesh
First:
June 2, 2012. Hizb ut-Tahrir activists held a conference on Mauritius Island in remembrance of the Demolition of the Khilafah "Caliphate" at the Municipal Hall titled, "Striving Towards Political Unity for the Islamic Ummah." Various talks were given at the conference titled:
1. Rajab: The Month the Islamic State Collapsed
2. Syria and the Arab Spring
3. Striving Towards Political Unity for the Islamic Ummah
4. Question/Answer session from the audience followed the talks.
Second:
Hizb ut-Tahrir held another Rajab conference on June 16, 2012 at Al-Noor Pheonix Hall titled: "Political Unity for the Islamic Ummah." The following activities included:
1. Video depicting the massacres in Syria.
2. Lecture on the Israa' wal Mi'raj
3. Syria and the Arab Spring Towards Uniting the Islamic Ummah
4. Question/Answer Session
Alhamdulilah, there was a positive response from the audience.
On 2nd and 3rd July 2012 a conference was held in Cairo, made up of the secular orientated, unpopular Syrian external opposition, shortly after the Geneva International Conference held on 30/6/2012, which addressed the Syrian issue and laid down an American solution to it. (It was said that the details of the solution depend on the Egyptian model). The opposition conference was meant to be a supplement to the Geneva Conference. So, its stated aim was to develop a common vision for the post-Bashar-regime stage, such that its decisions are consistent with the decisions of the Geneva Conference. In fact this conference came out with a concluding statement of decisions that were prepared in advance. The evidence for this was that the resolutions (of the two conferences) were in total conformity. Though some of the participants denied any consensus, two matters are obvious in these resolutions:
1. Their consistency with the Geneva Conference, where they waived the removal of the whole regime, calling instead for the removal of the head and symbols of the regime. They demanded "the formation of a caretaker government by agreement between the political and revolutionary opposition forces and the de facto authority, together with those whose hands were not stained with the blood of the Syrians or the looting of public money". The document of the National Pledge also dealt with the future constitutional foundations for Syria - which are justice, democracy and pluralism - the same as demanded by the Geneva Conference.
2. The resolutions reveal how much this external opposition is remote from the thinking, judgment and suffering of the Syrian people; and that it is controlled by a Sykes-Picot mentality; and it differs very little from the puppet rulers. It reminded the people more that this opposition was formed by an international will and a regional plan, which prepared the necessary funding for it and the misleading publicity, and drew for it the dubious aims. It thus became clear that it does not represent the rebelling people at all; and the people have come to see it as part of the conspiracy.
O Muslims rebelling in Sham of Islam:
The friends of the West, led by America, together with their treacherous puppet regimes in the region, and their slaves in the representatives of the external opposition, want to waste your blood in this world and the Hereafter. We, in Hizb ut-Tahrir invite you to deliver a slap to the West by declaring your rejection of its conferences, ideas and way of life, which it wants to impose upon you after the Bashar's departure, through a civil democratic state. So, declare that your objective is to please Allah Almighty, by resuming the Islamic way of life accepted for you by your Lord and your Creator, through the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" state. Cut off the way for the external opposition that works briskly, conspiring against you. Reject them together, and put your trust in your Lord, your deen and your Prophet, Muhammad peace be upon him, in his good news about the rightly guided Khilafah "Caliphate", and that Sham will be the centre of its abode.
Dear supporters from the good influential people in Sham of Islam:
O loyal leaders of our army! O righteous soldiers of our army! We place in front of you your responsibilities, which Allah and your Ummah will account you for - to protect your people and defend them from the evil of the criminal tyrant, Bashar - and those who support the regime from the disbelieving colonial states.
Hasten your movement to a true comprehensive change that turns the table on the heads of the tyrant, his masters and his gang. Act before them, O brave people! Time is running out for the faithful, especially after the Geneva Conference and its aftermath, the Cairo conference - and the planned meeting to be held by the "Friends of the Syrian people group " in Paris on Friday 06/07/2012 - or another similar conference to be held later in Russia. Make this change for establishing the law (shar') of Allah by giving support to Hizb ut-Tahrir, and know that if Allah Almighty wanted to help a group of believers, no one can stop His command; and if He let down some people, their strength will not avail them against Allah, even if they were supported by all the people on the earth. He, the Almighty said:
{إِنْ يَنْصُرْكُمُ اللَّهُ فَلا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ وَإِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ}
(If Allah helps you, no one can defeat you. And if He let you down, who is else that can help you? And in Allah let the believers put their trust).
Have we passed the message to you? O Allah! Bear witness (that we did)!
On Monday 2/07/2012, Bashar issued three laws which he said were related to combating acts of violence and terrorism. They were approved by Parliament. One of them instructs "to dismiss from State service whoever is proved guilty by a court to have carried out any terrorist act, whether directly, or as an instigator, or by intervention, or as a partner, or providing any material or moral assistance to terrorist groups in any way."
