Question Assalamu alaikum, I have two questions: First: Is the term Khilafah "Caliphate" for the Islamic state is a jurisprudential (Fiqhi) term that Allah made it obligatory to be used for this state or is it a political term? Second: It is known that in Islam if a person disobeys Allah and the Khaleefah applies upon him a legal punishment (Hadd, Qisas or Ta'azir), the sin will be lifted from…

Question Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem Our Honourable Sheikh, the eminent scholar Sheikh Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah. May Allah protect you.The important question concerning Hizb ut Tahrir in Indonesia: Muslim Shabab in Indonesia asked me regarding Hizb ut Tahrir in Indonesia which is officially registered with the Ministry of Government Affairs in the Republic of Indonesia. Also some people (not many) claim this matter: that the Hizb in Indonesia does not…

Question I am from the Shabab of Hizb ut Tahrir in Pakistan. I have received some (little) knowledge in the science of Ijtihad (legal deduction), such as Arabic and Usul al-Fiqh (principles of jurisprudence). I studied the Usul from your book. Once a brother from our region asked one of the brothers on the "electric racquet", whether it may be used to kill insects. My Mushrif asked me to do…

Question: On 25/12/2013 Erdogan announced the formation of a new government, in which he had replaced ten ministers, this being after three ministers had resigned, one of them being the Environment Minister who called for Erdogan to resign. This is against the backdrop of the political and financial corruption scandal that has been shaking the Turkish government for the past ten days, and preceded by the arrest of 24 people…