Press Release
Congratulations on the Occasion of the Blessed Eid Al-Adha
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La Ilaha Illallah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahi Al-Hamd
(Translated)

On the occasion of Eid al-Adha, we extend our warmest congratulations and blessings to the Islamic Ummah as a whole, and especially to the sincere workers from the Dawah carriers for the resumption of Islamic life, foremost among them, the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, eminent scholar Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah (may Allah protect him and grant victory through his hands). We ask Allah Almighty to return this Eid to the Islamic Ummah with security, peace, and Islam, and to make it a blessed Eid filled with goodness, blessings, victory, and empowerment.

O Muslims: We praise Allah Almighty first and last for His apparent and hidden blessings. We ask Him to accept our righteous deeds and yours. While we rejoice on this day and hear the voices of Muslims resounding with "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik" in response to their Lord’s call to perform the obligation of Hajj, the pain is severe. The entire world witnesses the massacres committed by the Jews and their allies from the kufar West against our people in resilient Gaza, an inhuman criminality that shames humanity. Our pain is intensified as we witness this crime with our own eyes, while the armies of the Islamic Ummah remain idle, unmoved to aid their oppressed brothers. The cries of the bereaved and the tears of the children do not disturb them, and these armies still do not respond with the highest voice to "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik" in response to their Lord's call to jihad and the support of the oppressed Muslims. Has weakness and humiliation reached this extent?

However, O Islamic Ummah, know that the promise of Allah is true, that the victory of Allah is near, and that with hardship comes ease. This Ummah is fertile, and we see with our own eyes what a small, faithful group with limited resources is doing against an enemy armed to the teeth with open Western support. This aggression has lasted for more than eight months, proving to the world the true cowardice of the Jews and that their entity is weaker than a spider's web.

O Islamic Ummah and People of Power: This is your day, and this is the decisive moment to declare in which camp you belong—the camp of faith, where you respond to the command of your Lord:

[وَإِنِ اسْتَنصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ]

“And if they seek help of you for the religion, then you must help,” [Al-Anfal:72]Or the camp of hypocrisy, about which Allah says:

[وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا]

“And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way.” [Al-Ahzab:67]?!

Know with certainty that your enemy would not have dared to commit this heinous act if you had authority and a state. So, O Islamic Ummah, roll up your sleeves and hasten to work with those who strive to establish the Khilafah (Caliphate) and Deen, the fortress of the Ummah, and the crown of the obligations of Rab Al-Alameen.

In conclusion, we congratulate the Islamic Ummah on the blessed Eid al-Adha and say:

May you be closer to Allah every year.. May the Islamic Ummah be well every year.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Iraq