Press Release
The Jewish Karimov Renews his War against Allah and against Hizb ut Tahrir Prosecutes Mohammad Amin Wedilshod along with other Hizb ut Tahrir Members!
(Translated)

Karimov, the enemy of Allah, the butcher and killer, along with his thugs, militias, intelligence services, jailors and others like judges and prosecutors, have renewed their war against Allah and the members of Hizb ut Tahrir, the courtrooms of Uzbekistan are being held day after day to declare their war against Allah (swt) through the prosecution of His allies. They sentenced Mohammad Amin Wedilshod and other members of Hizb ut Tahrir in Andijan, who were all among those working for the establishment of Allah's ruling on His land over His servants. This tribunal was held after a long period of torture, abuse and brutality where members of Hizb ut Tahrir in investigation cells faced pressure to renounce their beliefs and abandon Hizb ut Tahrir, and thus to deter them from working for the resumption of the Islamic way of life, but these practices were ineffective before the men's steadfastness, their adherence to their Deen and determination to proceed with what they promised their Lord. Allah (swt) said,

(وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلاَّ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ)

"And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!" [al-Buruj: 8]

There stand the men of Hizb ut Tahrir, in the terrifying atmosphere of the courtroom, like lions of truth, fearing no one but Allah (swt), declaring boldly in front of the judge and prosecution that the thought and method of Hizb ut Tahrir are both correct, and that they will never abandon Hizb ut Tahrir or their work with it to re-establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah; as any ruling system other than that of Islam (Khilafah "Caliphate") is a rule of tyranny and Kufr. They even defied the judge and prosecution accusing them of serving the Kufr system, warning them that this situation will not last; proclaiming, "that your situation is temporary as we are on the verge of establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate" State, which will account you and your master Karimov on all the crimes that you have committed against Islam and the Muslims, and it will punish you for crimes you committed, after which you will cry out,

(وَلاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ)

"then they cried while the time of escaping had passed away." [Sad: 3]

After these courageous stances, powerful, faithful, and fearless statements; the challenging remarks echoed in the courtroom, the judge and prosecution became outraged and arrogant instead of repenting to Allah for their crimes

(وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالإِثْمِ)

"And when it is said to him, guard against (the punishment of) Allah; pride carries him off to sin" [al-Baqara: 206] This triggered them to issue harsh sentences on Hizb ut Tahrir members; some have been sentenced to 15 years in prison, while others sentenced to periods of 5 to 7 years.

(فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ)

"Therefore hell is sufficient for him; and certainly it is an evil resting place." [al-Baqara: 206]

Even worse, arrests, prison, torture, and agony are not limited to men, but have reached honorable and virtuous women. Even though the dictator Karimov and his devoted followers in his inauguration speech declared, ‘We do not fight against women and children." However, reality proves otherwise, showing the opposite of his declaration. Where, Muslim women were not spared from the Kafir Karimov's crimes and his henchmen, they received likewise as their husbands, fathers, and brothers from torture, terror, and imprisonment. Three Hizb ut Tahrir female members were arrested from the Magellan province, and a fourth from the Andijan province... Allah will fight these oppressors for their wrong doings. We ask Allah that this be the last of Karimov's and his henchmen's crimes before he will be forced to stand before the court of the Khilafah "Caliphate" State to be harshly tried for his actions, while the punishment of the Hereafter will be much more severe.

(إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَن تُغْنِيَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلاَدُهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَأُولَـئِكَ هُمْ وَقُودُ النَّار)

"As for those who disbelieve, surely neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them in the least against Allah, and these it is who are the fuel of the fire." [Aali-Imran: 10]

If only this issue ended with Karimov and his thugs being limited to Hizb ut Tahrir members completing their prison sentence which was unlawfully and tyrannically handed down on them; yet they are subjected to torment and misery throughout their entire prison sentence in unimaginable ways. The criminal minds of Karimov's tormentors constantly devise new techniques and methods of torture against their Muslim prisoners from Hizb ut Tahrir and other Muslims, even in the most basic spiritual rituals like prayer and fasting; punishing anyone they see in prayer or know is fasting in every ruthless manner possible. For example, in Prison 71/64 Zhaslik during the previous Ramadan, the tormentors refrained the Muslim fasters from receiving the portions of food that were served to them, forcing them to drink only a few sips of water as Suhoor for over a week, in which Muslims succumbed to exhaustion and illness. When the brothers protested against this repression, they were beaten 40-50 strikes on their feet with batons. As a result, some needed to be taken to the prison's medical unit. Afterwards they started offering each prisoner only one meal a day. Another example is when the family of one of the prisoners from Magellan visited him, had noticed that he was having difficulty breathing, and when asked for the reason, he answered: "When I was asleep my hands were on my chest and the prison guards assumed I was praying, so they ruthlessly beat my chest, saying 'we are going to beat you on the place that you place your hands when you pray'." Worse still is their accusing whoever they see opening their eyes, even while laying down, of awakening to pray, so they attack them with severe beatings as punishment. And it is worst in Center 48/64 in the Zarafshan area in Nuvuenskaya Province, where members were martyred for performing prayers; among them the martyr, Shaqeeq Sabir, Inshallah.

When these savage filthy techniques did not weaken the determination of Hizb ut Tahrir members, and did not compel them to renounce their ideas, Karimov resorted to an even lower and cheaper level, launched what is called the "black prisons", meaning that these prisons are put under the responsibility of what are called "civilian prisoners", especially thieves, who were greedily lured to attain certain privileges in prison, therefore consent to becoming tools of the tyrant and his gang to oppress Dawah carriers. These thieves beat them and physically and psychologically torture them with the most severe methods and ugliest techniques, so that if one of them is martyred, then the executioners are cleared of responsibility and then are attributed to the thieves and criminals. An example of the crimes that these thieves have perpetrated against Dawah carriers is what happened in Prison IS 64/51 in Kashkadarya Province when our Brother Shuhayder was performing prayer. Two of the thieves tried to stop him, and he was determined to finish his prayer, so they attacked him with severe beatings. Meanwhile, the head of the prison administration arrived and asked about the beating, and the thieves answered, "he is one of the ones who have horns," so the head of the prison answered, "so break his horns," and with this consent from the head of the prison administration, the thieves started beating Shuhayder even more brutally and violently until he lost consciousness and met his Lord as a martyr the following day, Allah willing and we do not commend anyone over Allah.

Finally, we say that whatever Karimov, his gang and shabiha conjure up of techniques of torture, brutality and harassment, it will not impinge on the vigor of the members of Hizb ut Tahrir. Nor will it affect their determination, and despair will never overwhelm their hearts or deter them from further work, or from working day and night to attain their Lord's promise and the good tidings of their Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, of the establishment of the second Khilafah "Caliphate" ar-Rashida on the method of the Prophethood, that will avenge Karimov and his gang for every crime committed against Islam and Muslims, and that time is soon.

We, the members of Hizb ut Tahrir in Central Asia and the rest of the world, pledge to Allah (swt) that we will continue working with Hizb ut Tahrir until the Khilafah "Caliphate" ar-Rashida on the method of the Prophethood is declared, and with it Allah (swt) will tremble the thrones of the oppressors, the slaves of America, Russia and Europe. The Khilafah "Caliphate" that will honor Allah's sincere servants obligating tyrants to be broken and Allah elevates His servants' interests. He is the guardian of that and the Able.

(وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنصُرُ مَن يَشَاء وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ * وَعْدَ اللَّهِ لا يُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لا يَعْلَمُونَ)

"And on that day the believers have cause to rejoice*[For] He gives victory to whomever He will, since He alone is almighty, dispenser of grace.*[That is] God's promise. Never does God fail to fulfill His promise - but most people know [it] not." [ar-Rum 4-6]

Othman Bakhash
Director of The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir