The Taliban Arrived in Moscow as Merchants instead of Delivering a Message from Allah!

News:

On August 15, the news agency Kormesant.ru reported: “The Taliban” (the movement is recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation) intends to establish barter trade with Russia. The Minister of Industry and Trade of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Nuriddin Azizi, stated this during his working visit to Moscow. The Taliban delegation arrived in Russia on the anniversary of the withdrawal of the American contingent. In addition to Moscow, it will also visit Kazan. According to Azizi, Kabul is ready to buy 1 million barrels of oil in exchange for some Afghan products. In addition, as expected, we will talk about the supply of Russian grain and sunflower oil”.

Comment:

A year has passed since the Americans left Afghanistan, and the Taliban took power in the country and took their position in the international arena. The choice made by the Taliban was a position of humiliation and defeat, since, in the end, the Taliban went on about the laws of the colonialists and the Taghut (despotic) world order, instead of declaring the revival of the Islamic state of the Khilafah (Caliphate) and bringing the light of Islam to the whole world.

Over the past year, representatives of the Taliban have visited several states. Which states, in what capacity, and under what conditions do they visit these countries? When the Taliban arrived in Oslo this past January, Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huittfeldt said the talks "would not constitute legitimization or recognition of the Taliban." That is, the Taliban are not even recognized as legitimate rulers of an independent country. In almost all countries of the world, the Taliban are banned as a "terrorist organization" and they do not want to speak with them on an equal footing, humiliating them to the level of ignoramuses and criminals.

The Taliban also visited their neighbors - Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan. Each of these countries have also banned the Taliban as a "terrorist organization" and are not going to remove this label. All negotiations come down to trade relations and business. Afghanistan was and remains for the colonialists just an appendage of raw materials, and the Taliban act in the form of merchants.

We see how the Taliban try to please the colonialists, coaxing trade deals with their puppets in the region, even to the detriment of their own people. They beg the colonialists to return the country's money from American banks. The media is full of attacks on the rule of the Taliban in the country, demanding respect for "human rights" and so on. The Taliban are simply adjusting to the world order established by the colonialists.

What is this if not humiliation and defeat?! Did the Mujahideen shed their blood on the battlefields for this?! Did the people suffer and sacrifice their lives, property and well-being for this!? Is it for this that the banner of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) is raised?!

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw), with the formation of an Islamic state in the Radiant Medina, did not turn for help, for guidance, for friendship to the world powers of that time, such as the Roman Empire, Byzantium and Persia. The Prophet Muhammad (saw) was guided both within the state and outside it only by the prohibitions and orders of Allah Almighty. He, (saw), did not wait and did not seek legitimacy or support from anyone other than Allah!

Prophet Muhammad (saw) did not build relationships with neighbors for trade or friendship. He (saw) clearly stated his position in his messages to the rulers of different countries. I will briefly give an example of one letter of the Prophet (saw) to Heraclius, the ruler of the Roman Empire, where the Prophet (saw) says:

«بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، من محمد بن عبد الله ورسوله، إلى هرقل عظيم الروم، سلام على من اتبع الهدى: أما بعد، فإني أدعوك بدعاية الإسلام، أسلم تسلم يؤتك الله أجرك مرتين، فإن توليت عليك إثم الأريسيِّين»

“In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful! From Muhammad, son of Abdullah, to Heraclius, the lord of Rum. Accept Islam and you will be saved, accept Islam and Allah will give you a double reward, and if you refuse, you will bear the sins of the Arians.”

That is, the position adopted by the Prophet Muhammad (saw) in the international arena then, despite the fact that there were few Muslims and practically within the framework of one city, it was the position established by Allah, the position of a strong state claiming to be the world leader, since the Prophet (saw) was firmly convinced of the promises and help of Allah! This position, the position of world leader leading to the light, was held by the righteous Khulafa’ (caliphs) and subsequent rulers of Muslims, which brought victory and world leadership to the entire Islamic Ummah. That is what the Taliban should send their ambassadors to the rulers of other countries!

Allah Almighty said in His Noble Book:

(وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُواْ شُهَدَاء عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيداً)

“And so We have made you ˹believers˺ an upright community so that you may be witnesses over humanity and that the Messenger may be a witness over you” [TMQ 2: 143].

Almighty Allah obligated us to implement Islam in life, entrusted us with the duty of conveying the truth - Islam to all humankind. This is the way of greatness and salvation!

And today, the only way to get rid of humiliation and defeat for the Taliban is to turn away from the Taghut system, and return to the decision of Allah and His Messenger. Taliban be Ansar! Immediately accept the Hizb ut Tahrir methodology based on the Quran and Sunnah, and work together to revive the Second Righteous State of the Khilafah (Caliphate)! And with the help of Allah, we will bring the light of Islam to the whole world! And may Allah help us!

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Eldar Khamzin
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir