Hizb ut-Tahrir organized a demonstration today at 11.30AM from Bijoynagar to Bait ul-Mukrram masjid against the aggression on Libya by the imperialist disbelieving states, France, Britain and America. Several hundred members, activists and supporters of the party attended the demonstration. Before starting the demonstration a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir delivered a speech in which he made the following points:

1. The French, British and American intervention in Libya is a clear act of aggression against the Muslim Ummah. The purpose of the Western intervention is to try to ensure that whoever takes over Libya will see that Libya continues to remain under Western colonial influence. The talk of humanity, humanitarian values etc does not suit the Westerners who do not even fulfil their responsibility towards their own parents! Furthermore these are the very colonial powers that backed the tyrant Gaddafi and his regime for decades, along with other tyrannical regimes. Indeed they continue to back oppressive regimes in the Muslims countries like that of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh.
2. The tyrant Gaddafi must be removed and the people of Libya must be given the support of the global Muslim Ummah especially the Muslim armies. The problems of the Muslim world need to be solved by the Muslims. Hizb ut-Tahrir calls upon the Muslims to resist the imperialist aggression on Libya. Hizb ut-Tahrir also calls upon Muslim armies, particularly the armed forces in the region, to take up their obligation and liberate the people of Libya from Gaddafi and his cronies. With a force of over 450,000 the Egyptian army is more than capable of ending Gaddafi's murder and mayhem. If the Saudi army can enter Bahrain to protect the tyrant there, why isn't it able to come to the rescue of the people of Libya? If the despots of the Arab League can come to a resolution of a no-fly zone why are they not able to release their armies to enter Libya? Why have they invited in the very same forces that caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in Iraq? Why is the Bangladesh army in their barracks? The rulers in Bangladesh have been forcing them to be an ‘army on pay,' sending them all over the world to protect and guard the interests of the imperialists. If our army can be sent abroad to participate in the wars of the West to loot the resources of the Islamic world in Africa and elsewhere, then why are they not being sent for protecting their oppressed brothers from the tyrant Gaddafi?! Allah (swt) says:

   وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ  

   "But if they seek your aid in religion, it is your duty to help them" [Al-Anfaal:72] 

3. The only way for the Muslims to achieve their twin goal of liberating themselves from the imperialists; and ending the kufr, tyrannical rule of the Western agents, is to re-establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" State. This is what will achieve real change by implementing the Qur'an and Sunnah; unifying the Ummah, her resources and her armies; and ensuring just accountable rulers who fulfil their responsibilities towards the people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Hizb ut-Tahrir calls upon the Muslims to direct their energy towards working for the Khilafah "Caliphate" state which is their Islamic obligation.