Press Release
Osman Bakhach, Director of Hizb-ut-Tahrir's Central Media Office, Visits the Wilayah of Syria Reporting on the Situation of the Revolution and the Role of Hizb-ut Tahrir Activists
(Translated)

The head of the Syrian branch of Hizb-ut Tahrir's Media Office, Engineer Hisham Al-Baba, led a reception of followers from Hizb-ut Tahrir's Syrian branch in welcoming Brother Osman Bakhach, director of Hizb-ut Tahrir Central Media Office, in the north of Syria on Friday and Saturday, 14 and 15th September, 2012. The first day, they visited the northern part of the rural province of Allepo in the north of Syria, where Brother Hisham Al-Baba gave a welcoming speech on behalf of the Media Office of Hizb-ut Tahrir / Wilayah Syria for Brother Osman Bakhach and his presence on the blessed land of Ash-Sham (Syria).

Brother Osman expressed his pleasure of enduring the hardships of travel in order to reach the land of al-Sham and its people in revolution, and he supplicated Allah (swt) to crown this revolution with victory and preserve it purely for the sake of Allah (swt). He began his speech with the hadeeth of the Prophet (saw) that "Ash-Sham is the center abode of Islam" and went on to say that the crimes of the junior tyrant of Syria are an extension of his father's previous tyranny and stressed that this murderer practices his killing, oppression and torture upon the innocent in full view, and Europe and America's backing. Then he continued on the conspiracy of Lakhdar Ibrahimi who is trying to market the Geneva Convention for political gain by seeking to guarantee safe-haven for the criminal Bashar, and he continued that the revolution is not over, and will not end before the people of Syria realise who their enemy is, for their enemy is not confined to Bashar, rather it is America that brought him, and works on many alternative contingencies to find a loyal successor, and endeavours to break the revolutionary will of the people of Syria with attempts to put a glossy shine on some of the regime defectors who lapped up the blood of the Muslims. Then he spoke about the conditions of victory through sincerity to Allah and supporting his Deen with fortitude and holding firm to the rope of Allah, along with rejecting all the schemes and conspiracies of the disbelievers and their followers, and that we will never accept compromise in our Deen or half-solutions while we are continuing upon the path to victory by Allah's will. He concluded his speech with supplications for Allah's support and the unification of the Muslim countries under the banner of the Islamic State. After that, comments and questions were received from the audience, and then loud heartfelt chants of "the Ummah wants the return of the Caliphate" thundered out, the desires of tearful eyes hopeful of Allah's speedy victory.

 The following day, Saturday, 15th September 2012, Brother Osman Bakhach gave a lecture entitled: "The Revolution and the Plots Surrounding It." He brought careful attention to the many suspicious movements and conspiracies that the disbelieving western countries are promoting via their agent rulers, despised by their own people, in the Muslim countries. He also cautioned against the suspect monies being advanced by countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar and particular organisations for the sake of purchasing loyalties and deviating the recipients from the allegiance to Allah alone. Such as the vile conspiracy against the sincere fighters in their Jihad in the way of Allah, whereby their sources of weapons were blocked, while those following the western programmes and conspiracies received an overflowing abundance. He also warned against the Antioch conference that introduced what was called the "National Syrian Army" after they saw that the faithful fighting groups united under a single banner for raising the word of Allah and the banner of Jihad: the banner of Islam and the symbol of glory. He emphasized the happenings in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen were not complete revolutions, but rather uprisings that either: lacked objectives, were deviated, were stopped fully or blocked along the way by the enemies of Islam from within and out. In addition, these revolutions are the revolution of the whole Muslim Ummah, and not simply the revolution of our brothers in Syria alone, and thus every Muslim is obliged to support the revolution by all he possesses of power, and that this revolution is supported by Allah according to His Will, and the Muslims of Syria shall seek victory through sincere submission to Allah alone.

Prior to this lecture, a delegation from Hizb-ut Tahrir visited the village of Kafra and introduced Brother Osman, Engineer Hisham Al-Baba, and others from Hizb-ut Tahrir to families and influential personalities of the region. The reception committee for this visit comprised of more than forty persons who gave the delegation a standing ovation, Brother Osman conveyed the greetings of the distinguished scholar Ata Abu Rashta, Ameer of Hizb-ut Tahrir, may Allah protect him, and supplicated to Allah for the culmination of the blessed revolution in Syria with the establishment of the righteous Khilafah "Caliphate" that was foretold by the servant and Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him). Discussion and questions followed regarding the methodology of Hizb-ut Tahrir and its role in the leadership of the Ummah and correcting the course of the revolution to a pure Islamic revolution that pleases Allah, his Messenger and the Muslim revolutionaries on the blessed land of al-Sham so as to be a genuine revolution unlike the stolen revolutions of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen.

Before leaving, brother Osman recorded interviews at the Hizb-ut Tahrir Media Office of the Wilayah of Syria. Brother Hisham al-Baba spoke of Hizb-ut Tahir's role and its deeply rooted presence in Syria since its establishment in 1953 where generations have been nurtured by its thought by their virtue of being Muslims. He pointed to the greatness of the difficulties, restrictions and arrests in jails and detention centres which beset the Shabab of Hizb-ut Tahrir over the years. He also pointed to the influential role of Hizb-ut Tahrir in launching and advancing the Syrian revolution and spoke about the political paper titled "The Hizb-ut-Tahrir's Political Roadmap for the Syrian Revolution" which summarized the legal judgement and obligation of the Muslims to establish the state of Islam and forbade the acceptance of half-solutions, and warned that the acceptance of half-solutions would steal the revolution as previous revolutions were stolen. He also emphasised that the people of al-Sham should not give their leadership to any except the sincere and faithful servant of Allah. They should work for the application of Shariah under the shade of the Khilafah "Caliphate" state and turn to the battalions that carry the banner of Jihad, and he warned of the attempts of the west and their agents in the region to gather the fighting battalions under their own umbrella.

He continued that the revolution is accomplished and victorious by Allah's Will no matter the attempts to abort and bury it. Brother Osman Bakhach spoke about the purpose of the visit; and stance on the position of our Shabab on the revolution, and reviewed their firm resolution, and put on record their stance of solidarity and support for our people the revolutionaries upon the land of al-Sham. He also spoke about the difficulties, sacrifices and hard labour of the Ummah. In conclusion, he addressed his speech to our people, the revolutionaries, on the land of ash-Sham to "be patient and hold firm, and what is victory except an hour of patient endurance, and in the path of supporting this Deen you are carrying out a duty of sufficiency on behalf of the whole Ummah. We place our hands into your hands and invite you to take heed from the earlier revolutions and to avoid the plots of the west and her regional cronies. We invite you to stand united in the path of Allah (swt) to grant this revolution victory against the tyrant of ash-Sham and to resume the Islamic way of life by establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate"."

Engineer Hisham Al-Baba
Director of the Media Office of Hizb-ut Tahrir / Wilayah of Syria