News:

On March 26, the Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced that it began air strikes on Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen to defend the ‘legitimate government' of Yemen's fugitive president, AbdRabbuh Mansur Hadi as well as to protect the ‘Ahlus Sunnah' of Yemen. According to media, Saudi authorities have already gathered troops along the border with Yemen in preparation for any possible ground offensive. Apart from few Middle Eastern countries, Pakistan has also assured Saudi Arabia that it will send troops to give military support to the coalition. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh government has also expressed its support to the coalition "for standing beside the aspirations of the people of Yemen."

Comment:

Saudi Arabia wishes to justify this offensive in order to convince the Ummah that the "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" (Khadimul Haramain) is determined to firmly stand by the Sunni Muslims of Yemen. It came as no surprise that Saudi Ambassador to U.S., Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir announced this operation from Washington whereas the Head of the Colonial Kuffar Barack Obama also immediately assured "logistical and intelligence support" to the military operation. Al-Jubeir already praised U.S. for being "very supportive" of the operation politically and logistically. In actual fact, what we are witnessing in Yemen now is a proxy war reflecting the Anglo-American struggle in that region. With great agony we see the so called self-proclaimed "Khadimul Haramain" is disgracefully abusing the Muslim military at America's behest.

Where were these 150,000 troops and 100 warplanes of al-Saud engaged in this offensive when the "Ahlus Sunnah" of Syria needed to be protected against aggression and savagery? Other than paying lip-service, did the Kingdom dispatch even a single fighter jet to protect the Sunni Palestinians against the brutal Israeli aggression? Hence this Yemeni conflict is indeed not Shia-Sunni sectarianism as it is being portrayed by the Saudis and the western media. This is the very perpetuation of the age-old colonial tactic to keep the Muslims divided against each other through their rulers. Previously we witnessed this same U.S. tactic of inciting the Shia-Sunni conflict in Iraq only to strengthen America's foothold over there. With help of these ambitious treacherous rulers, especially the al-Saud, Western powers tore the Khilafah "Caliphate" apart to create more than 50 divided nation-states literally out of thin air. Hence these "instruments of colonial powers" who claim to be our rulers will always pledge their unbounded loyalty to their Western masters who actually made and established them after the annihilation of the Khilafah "Caliphate".

We have been witnessing time and again that how the traitor rulers of the Muslim lands unite for the sake of American interests where Sheikh Hasina is not any exception. We are seeing her jump on the bandwagon of supporting this Saudi-led offensive only to please her master America. What this noble Ummah of Muhammad (saw) surely needs right now is a strong Khilafah "Caliphate" state which can only bring an end to this colonial "divide and rule" politics that has been forcefully imposed upon us. Muslims of Bangladesh need to dethrone Hasina and make Bangladesh the returning land of Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of Prophethood that can only save us from the deceit and conspiracy of the colonialist Kuffar and their agents.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Imadul Amin

Member of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Bangladesh