Press Release
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel's Pakistan Visit
It is forbidden to have friendly relations with the Kafir Harbi (Belligerent Enemy) State

Today US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, on a one-day visit. His schedule was to meet the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Army Chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Interior Minister, Finance Minister and Chief Minister of Punjab. After the recent changes in the Pakistan's armed forces' leadership, it was the first visit of any high level American official to Pakistan.

Hizb ut Tahrir condemns the visit of the US Defense Secretary's visit of Pakistan. It expresses its deep regret that by meeting him, the political and military leadership violated the Islamic Shariah which forbids any such alliance with a Kafir Harbi (Billigerent state), which has acted in open enmity through killing Muslims, dishonoring our women, desecrating the Quran and occupying our lands. Allah says:

[فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُواْ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ]

"Then whoever transgresses against you, you transgress likewise against him." [Surah Al Baqarah: 194]

America, whose hands are soaked with the blood of the Muslims, attacked the Salalah check post martyring our soldiers, conducts drone attacks in our tribal areas killing Muslims as well as violating our sovereignty and attacks our military and civilian targets in order to continue the war of Fitna, using its spy-assassin Raymond Davis network.

Thus, by meeting the Defense Secretary of such an open enemy state, the political and military leadership have gone against their own oath and their responsibility to protect the lands, the lives and the honor of the citizens of the state. Thus Hizb ut Tahrir calls upon the Ummah in general, as well as the officers and soldiers of Pakistan armed forces in particular, to make a stand against this act of the political and military leadership. They must account them harshly over having friendly relations with our enemy and the enemy of Allah (swt) in clear violation of His (swt) command.

InshaAllah after the establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate", with the help of the Ummah and the sincere officers and soldiers in the armed forces, the Khaleefah will sever ties with America and every other Kaffir enemy state. The Khilafah "Caliphate" will close the American embassy, consulates, military bases and intelligence offices, as well as expelling all its officials from the country. And the Khilafah "Caliphate", with its armed forces leading the sincere Mujahideen, will cleanse this land from the filth of the American presence, which is the actual cause of instability, unrest, economic exploitation and bloodshed in this region.

Shahzad Shaikh
Deputy Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Pakistan