Is International Prestige Achieved by Serving the Enemies of Islam?

The Anadolu Agency in the article, "The authority of Turkey in the international arena is growing," summarizes the speech of Turkish President Erdogan to the representatives of the ruling Justice and Development Party.

“In recent years, Turkey's authority in the international arena has been steadily growing. This was stated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting with representatives of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara.

According to the head of state, today's Turkey resolutely defends its national interests on all platforms, including the UN and NATO.

The Turkish leader noted that the country is successfully achieving the intended results, while carrying out effective diplomacy.

President Erdogan also added that thanks to the policies pursued by the authorities over the past two decades, Turkey has become "a more democratic and free country, a country of equal opportunities." Source: (Anadolu Agency)

Undoubtedly, the role of Turkey in solving many regional and international problems has increased markedly. This is noticeable by the active Turkish participation in the events in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Afghanistan, Ukraine and other regions. However, this participation is limited only by the role of an intermediary and executor, but not as the one who determines the strategy and makes the decision.

What growth of Turkey's prestige in the international arena is Erdogan talking about, whose policy within Turkey itself has turned into another severe crisis? The ratings of the Erdogan-led Justice and Development Party fell to such a low level that it was forced to form the People's Alliance parliamentary coalition, merging with the far-right Nationalist Movement Party. At the same time, he declared some Islamic movements extremists and terrorists and began to brutally persecute them, even those on whose shoulders he came to power.

Let no one be surprised by the words of Erdogan, who, out of rash naivety, considers, perhaps, almost the only hope of the Islamic world, that during his reign Turkey has become a more democratic country. After all, modern Turkey is a secular republic formed on the ruins of the Ottoman Caliphate, destroyed by the hands of the English agent Mustafa Kemal. And Erdogan, who came to power under the guise of an "Islamic politician and reformer", by his own admission, is a faithful guardian of the republic's values and ideals, which are secular secularism and Turkish nationalism.

From the moment of its foundation to the present day, the policy of the ruling regime of Turkey, as well as other Muslim countries, whose borders, constitutions and political structure are determined by the Western colonialists, comes down to only two tasks.

First, to prevent the development of the Islamic Ummah and its return to the Islamic way of life, by distorting and replacing its Islamic beliefs and feelings with the ideas of secularism, patriotism, nationalism, etc.

The second is to submissively serve the interests of the capitalist superpowers in their competitive struggle for world domination, spending the wealth and lives of Muslims as a cheap commodity.

Erdogan shamelessly boasts of Turkey's participation in the activities of political structures hostile to Islam, including the UN and NATO, calling it the protection of national interests. While these organizations are nothing more than tools to preserve the hegemony of the capitalist ideology in the international arena, led by the United States, which sat on the top of world politics following the results of the Second World War. When it comes to protecting the religion, honor and lives of Muslims, Erdogan is limited to public shedding of tears and empty statements shaking the wind.

The Turkish regime, led by Erdogan, played an important role in stifling the Syrian Muslim revolution against the inhuman dictatorship of the American agent Assad, seducing and bribing most of the rebel commanders with money and false promises at the tables of various "friends of Syria" conferences, etc. Under the auspices of the UN, beside with ISAF Turkish army participated in the aggression and twenty years of occupation of Afghanistan. Turkey also continues to promote the displacement of European influence in the former African colonies and Russian influence in the post-Soviet states of the Caucasus and Central Asia in favor of the United States.

Turkey did not stand aside during the current Russian aggression against Ukraine, which served as the reason for the introduction of extensive anti-Russian sanctions that painfully hit the economic interests of the EU countries, which are significantly dependent on the supply of Russian energy resources. Selling the latest types of weapons to Kyiv, Ankara simultaneously continues close cooperation with Moscow, including buying from it modern air defense systems worth billions of US dollars.

Erdogan's speech testifies that he, like other puppets seated by the Western colonialists on the necks of the Islamic Ummah, measures success by the degree of betrayal of the interests of Islam and Muslims in favor of serving the interests of the enemies of Allah. Therefore, let no one be deceived by the ostentatious piety and false speeches of sinful tyrants who have usurped power. After all, this will not turn into anything for them, except for a humiliating shame and a painful punishment from Allah. Allah Almighty said:

[بَشِّرِ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا * ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ ٱلْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا]

“Rejoice the hypocrites with the news of a painful punishment, those who take unbelievers instead of believers as their helpers and friends. Do they really want to gain power with them, if power is wholly inherent in Allah?” [TMQ 4:138-139].

Almighty Allah called the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) the best community that exists for the benefit of all humankind, mentioning before believing in Him, the duty of Muslims to command what is good and keep from what is forbidden. From the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saw) and the righteous caliphs (ra) it is known that the method of doing this is the unification of Muslims under the leadership of a single caliph, who implements Sharia law, both in the domestic policy of the state and at the level of international relations.

Since the belonging of a society to Islam is determined not by the piety of separate individuals and their amount, but by the supremacy of the norms and laws of Sharia in it.

Allah Almighty said: 

[كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ]

“You are the best of the communities that appeared for the benefit of mankind, commanding to do what is right, forbidding from reprehensible and believing in Allah.” [TMQ 3:110].

International authority will undoubtedly return to the Islamic Ummah with the restoration of a single Islamic state in the form of a second Righteous Caliphate according to the method of prophecy. By transforming Islam as a political ideology, the Islamic Ummah will return to the international arena as a full-fledged subject and the most influential force capable of not only protecting its interests, but also showing the way of salvation and development to all humankind. And how could it be otherwise, because its power and influence will come from the leadership of the Mighty and Wise Lord of heaven and earth, and not from the worthless and vicious resolutions of a bunch of hypocrites and atheists. Allah Almighty said:

[وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلسُّفْلَى وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِىَ ٱلْعُلْيَا وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ]

“Allah has made the word of the disbelievers the lowest, while the Word of Allah is above all. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” [TMQ 9:40].

The justice of the Islamic political and economic system, implemented by the Caliphate, will return the Islamic Ummah to its former power. As before, one word from the Caliph will be enough to stop any attacks on Muslims and their values by the infidels. Mujahideen armies will liberate Islamic lands and destroy the barriers of nationalist and regional formations established by the colonialists. United in a single state, under the flags of LA ILAHA ILLA ALLAH MUHAMMAD RASULULLAH, Muslims will spread the light of Islam to peoples around the world, calling for it through effective diplomacy and jihad.

[هُوَ ٱلَّذِى أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِٱلْهُدَى وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَكَفَى بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًا]

“He is the One Who sent His Messenger with the right guidance and the religion of truth to exalt it above all other religions. It is enough that Allah is a Witness.” [TMQ 48:28]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Abu Ibrahim Bilal
Member of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Ukraine