Ahmad Moaz Al-Khatib, former president of the secular Syrian National Coalition, stepped out to bid farewell to Ramadan with the Muslims in its last days, with words having no element of Ramadan in them; searching for a solution to save Syria far from the Islamic project represented in the Khilafah "Caliphate" State on the method of the Prophethood, linking this project to al-Qaeda instead of linking it to the general Muslims and their great masses. He stated that there are three projects vying with each other in Syria being: "the Iranian project, the project of some Gulf states, and the Al-Qaeda project". And these projects stirred people's instincts to fight, and stirred the sectarian conflict ... and the Syrian people to confront the regime's brutality as well as these three projects. And he put forward his proposals for a solution which is, that the opposition and the loyalists are against the division of Syria. They both do not accept to be held hostage to any UN or regional project, and he called upon them to form one hand on this. To save Syria, he suggested that both the opposition and the loyalists step down for those who can restore it to its normal status from the liberal sons of Syria. For that purpose he said, let us agree on a negotiated, consensual political solution that compels the opposition and loyalists and not to be in the interest of any party, and that there will be a transitional justice for all people. He then advised the regime to take a sane decision to save Syria, and if he wants real negotiations, "then our hands are extended", so let him send someone competent for discussion in this topic, "before regional and international projects kill us", and provide qualified and competent people to lead the country. He said that the Syrian people cannot be healed, but on a national project. And he did not forget of course to put the French Mandate flag on his chest. He spoke in the vernacular to get close to the ordinary and naive people.

It seems that this speech comes within the atmosphere of the beginning of a new phase of imposing the American solution on the basis of the Geneva Conference, which America insists upon, and amid procedural steps to appoint the Italian de Mistura as a new UN envoy, then the election of the butcher Bashar as president. This Al-Moaz pot has aspirated with what America exactly wants; of claiming justice of transition for everyone and he meant by this a transitional government, calling to negotiate with the regime, the rejection of the Islamic project and adoption of a national project. He promised the people of his re-appearance by saying: "Allah willing, we have a close return", this gives a signal that he is wanted to play a role in this new phase, which requires him to have repeated appearance! So what is this role? Media has reported that there were secret negotiations taking place between the Iranian side and the opposition former president of the Syrian National Coalition, Moaz Al-Khatib, and that Tehran offered to him the prime ministry post in the government in Syria, which will be formed after Assad sworn in. Whether this is accurate or not, al-Khatib and the thought of Al-Khatib qualifies him to the Americans to play a future role in solving it, and maybe he was set aside waiting for the right time.

O Muslims in the land of Ash-Sham: Here is Al-Khatib as an orator against you and not for you, speaking in a tongue of your enemies, and plays on the cord of the decadent nationalism by upholding the unity of Syria, as if Syria is a nation independent of the Islamic Ummah. We never heard him one day speak of adhering to the unity of the Islamic Ummah through a state that gathers all Muslims under one banner and one Imam who will be ruling it by the Book of Allah (swt) and the Sunnah of His Prophet (saw). And although he seems in the eyes of America, the West, the criminal Syrian regime and Iran as a moderate and can be exploited to their advantage, but he seems in the eyes of the Muslims that he is ignorant in politics. It is possible for those to pass their tricks through him to stand against the Islamic project and fighting it with them, and to stand with the secular national project and fighting for it. And it looks like he is naive while asking the criminal Bashar about the reason for his criminality against civilians. And it looks like he lost the protectiveness for the Deen of Allah and His believing servants when he reaches out for the murderer to negotiate on the honors that have been violated, the blood that was shed, the children who became orphans, and the houses that were demolished over the heads of their occupants... This is not the first time that he stands with such attitudes and declares such statements!

O Muslims in the land of Ash-Sham: Everybody should know that the conflict in Ash-Sham in reality is a clash of civilizations and not an internal and regional struggle. (Regional states are the tools of this conflict), and there is an international consensus on this that has become apparent to all. It also became clear, that all the plots have failed to derail the revolution from its Islamic path to the secular path, in front of the awareness of the people of Ash-Sham on them and by Allah Almighty's care for it. Then the least for this blessed revolution, after all these sacrifices, is to loudly declare: a rightly guided Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of the Prophethood, and not to reach out to the murderer of children, women and elderly, negotiating him for his criminality against us. Allah (swt) says:

((وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ))

"And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allah any protectors; then you would not be helped." [Hud: 133].

So, beware of such conspiracies under the name of initiatives. The Almighty says:

((وَقَدْ مَكَرُوا مَكْرَهُمْ وَعِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَكْرُهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لِتَزُولَ مِنْهُ الْجِبَالُ * فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ مُخْلِفَ وَعْدِهِ رُسُلَهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ))

"And they had planned their plan, but with Allah is [recorded] their plan, even if their plan had been [sufficient] to do away with the mountains. So never think that Allah will fail in His promise to His messengers. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution." ]Ibrahim: 46-47[.

Despite the fact that Kyrgyzstan has changed many presidents, the authorities sometimes enforce the fight against Islam and had never made it weaker. If previous presidents, particularly Bakiyev, were openly against Islam, even prohibiting holding public Muslim celebrations for Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha

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On 7 August 2014, the US President Barack Obama authorized military strikes in Iraq. He said, "When we face a situation like we do on that mountain, with innocent people facing the prospect of violence on a horrific scale and we have a mandate to help - in this case a request from the Iraqi government - and when we have unique capabilities to act to avoid a massacre, I believe the United States cannot turn a blind eye." He added, "Earlier this week, one Iraqi said no-one is coming to help. Well, today America is coming to help."

Comment:

Once again America is eager to intervene in the Muslim world to carry out military operations. This time it is Iraq and the justification is again humanitarian assistance. The delivery of humanitarian relief, in the form of air drops by US jets represents the first aerial mission over Iraq since 2011. This marks the start of the deepest American engagement in Iraq since US troops withdrew in late 2011 after nearly a decade of war.

However, what is interesting to note is that there is no coherent strategy or moral compass guiding American foreign policy interventions where domestic population are being pulverized to smithereens and gross human rights violations occur on a daily basis. The actions of the Jewish State in Gaza clearly constitutes genocide, but there is no American intervention. Likewise, the barbaric acts of Assad against his people does not justify American intervention. In both cases, war crimes are being perpetrated by the likes of Netanyahu and Assad, yet America chooses to turn a blind eye. Beyond the Middle East, Muslim minorities are being merciless wiped out in Burma and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but there is no talk of humanitarian intervention. The persecution of Muslim minorities in the latter two countries far exceeds both in scale and magnitude to what is happening to minorities in Iraq, but America chooses to intervene in Iraq and ignore the plight of Muslims elsewhere-so where is the moral equivalence?

Over the past twenty years or so, America and its western allies have slowly eroded the concept of the nation state as enshrined by the Westphalia Treaty. The treaty explicitly forbids the interference in the internal affairs of nations by other nations. But through the pretext of humanitarian intervention, the West has grossly undermined the nation state concept. Moreover, the selective application of humanitarian intervention has further eroded the credibility of the nation state model, and weakened the West's claim of any moral superiority in their foreign interventions.

This is not limited to the Muslim world, and can easily applied to the suppression of minorities in Russia and China. However, America and the West choose not to intervene here, as they do not have the stomach for an all-out war with countries that have the ability to significantly damage Western interests.

What may look like a bleak period in the history of the Muslim world-demonstrated through repeated Western interventions and wars-should not be interpreted as American or Western superiority. Yes, America and the West are militarily superior, but this has not helped them shape political outcomes as demonstrated by both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In fact, it can be argued, the biggest weapon against America and the West are their ideological inconsistencies in foreign policy matters. The damage wrought by such glaring contradictions far overshadow what any adversary of the West could hope to achieve.

In this lies the silver lining for the Muslim world. For when the real Khilafah "Caliphate" returns, it would be relatively easily for the Khilafah "Caliphate" in the current international climate to not only unify the Muslims world, but also to expand its frontiers to other continents based upon humanitarian intervention fused with its invitation to Islam. The persecution of Muslim minorities in Europe, and the oppression of the Muslim population together with the suppression of Latinos and Black populations in America would be more than enough reason for the Khilafah "Caliphate" to intervene to liberate such people from the tyranny of the West to the justice of Islam. Allah (swt) says:

((وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّـهُ ۖ وَاللَّـهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ))

"And they planned, and Allah also planned; and Allah is the Best of planners." [Ali-Imran: 54]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Abu Hashim

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A recent report in the Makkah Daily Newspaper published quotes from Makkah's Police Chief, Major General Assaf Al-Qurshi regarding the tightening of marriage regulations by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) between Saudi men and non-Saudi nationals. Al-Qurshi stated that from now on Saudi men applying to marry those from other countries should be over 25 and require consent from the government. He also said that divorced men seeking such marriages would not be allowed to apply within six months of their divorce. Most notably the Police Chief stated that the KSA has banned its citizens from marrying expats from four specific countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad, and Burma. The move is clearly aimed at discouraging Saudi men from marrying those of different nationalities.

Comment:

The Kufr Saudi regime has once again displayed its flagrant disregard for the tenets of Islam, sanctifying its corrupt national interests over the Commands of Allah (swt). Through announcing these new racist, absurd marriage regulations which blatantly contradict the Shariah, the Saudi government has further exposed its lie of being a representative voice for Islam and its charade of implementing Islamic law. Since when did Islam place a minimum age limit for marriage of 25? Since when did the Shariah state that the government is the ‘Wali Amr' for Muslim men whose consent must be sought for their marriage? Since when did the Qur'an and Sunnah prescribe an ‘Iddah period' of 6 months for divorced men? And since when did our Deen prohibit marriage to specific nationalities?!!

This is a state that has destroyed many Islamic historical sites within its land upon the basis of what it terms - preventing bid'ah (or innovation) in the Deen. Yet it bears no qualms about legislating laws which are flagrant violations of Islam, or basing its entire rule on Kufr. Indeed the very existence of this oppressive monarchical system is an act of ‘bid'ah'!

These corrupt marriage restrictions stem from the rotten concept of ‘Nationalism' that Islam sought to eradicate from the minds and hearts of the Muslims, calling them rather to unite as one brotherhood, under one system and one ruler. However the Saudi regime was born upon the premise of this rotten ideal and since its inception has been trying to instill and strengthen it within its citizens, in an attempt to try and take them back to the times of Jahilyyah. The Prophet (saw) said regarding ‘Assabiya' (tribalism or nationalism), «دعوها فإنها منتنة » "Leave it. It is Rotten."

He (saw) also said,

«يا أيها الناس إن الله قد أذهب عنكم عبية الجاهلية وتعاظمها بآبائها، فالناس رجلان بر تقي كريم على الله وفاجر شقي هين على الله أنتم بنو آدم وآدم من تراب من تراب، ليدعن رجال فخرهم بأقوامٍ إنما هم فحم من فحم جهنم أو ليكونن أهون على الله من الجعلان التي تدفع بأنفها النتن»

"Undoubtedly Allah has removed from you the pride of arrogance of the age of Jahilliyah (ignorance) and the glorification of ancestors. Now people are of two kinds. Either believers who are aware or transgressors who do wrong. You are all the children of Adam and Adam was made of clay. People should give up their pride in nations because that is a coal from the coals of Hell-fire. If they do not give this up Allah (swt) will consider them lower than the lowly worm which pushes itself through dung."

This is the same divisive and poisonous nationalism that causes the governments of Saudi, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan and others across the Muslim world to stand idle, immobilizing their armies while Muslims in Palestine, Syria, Myanmar, Central Africa and other lands are massacred by the enemies of Islam. It's the same rotten concept that drives statements and fatwas from government scholars of the likes of Saudi's Grand Mufti, Abdul Aziz Al Ash-Sheikh, who said that demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians, "are just useless demagogic actions." Therefore, if the KSA wants to reject that which is truly ‘foreign', it needs to start by rejecting the ‘foreign' Western imposed concept of the ‘Nation-state' that is alien to Islam and has no place within our Muslim lands. And if King Abdullah wants to ban marriages with true ‘foreigners', it's the one that he and his regime has with their Western masters that should be the first to go!

These latest Saudi marriage regulations simply provide further proof that the rule of this regime does not hold a speck of resemblance to true Islamic governance. Hence it urgently needs to be uprooted along with all the current governments in the Muslim world and replaced with the Khilafah "Caliphate" system that alone will implement the Islamic laws comprehensively and correctly upon our lands, including eradicating the concept of nationalism that has poisoned our lands for too long.

Written for The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Dr. Nazreen Nawaz

Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir