بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Opening Speech
by the Chairwoman of Muslimah Hizb ut Tahrir
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،
الحمد لله رب العالمين لا شريك له، هو الخالق المدبر المصور له الأسماء الحسنى. أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمداً رسول الله لا نبي بعده، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين ومن تبعه بإحسان إلى يوم الدين، وبعد...
Dear Sisters, May Allah (swt) shower His blessing upon you all...
All praise to Allah (swt), the Women's Section of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir, in collaboration with Muslimah Hizb utTahrir Indonesia, is honoured to present the fifth international women's conference. The conference theme today is "Al-Khilafah "Caliphate" and Education: Reviving the Golden Age". The world has recognized that the golden age of human civilization occurred when the ideology of Islam led the world with the implementation of Islamic law in all living systems, including education.
This conference is the culmination of a global campaign on the Khilafah "Caliphate" and Education, which began on February 16, 2017 and included the wide distribution of many articles and videos, active engagement on social media, interaction with community leaders and activists, and the conducting of an exhibition on March 10th. Throughout the campaign period, we have described the reality and causes of the education crisis around the world, i.e. the implementation of the secular education system by liberal democratic governments that embrace the capitalist ideology. The Kufr ideology has placed education as a commodity of trade and used it as a tool of capitalist colonialism, especially in the Muslim lands.
To colonize Muslim countries, the West has installed education with methods and materials that have kept the Muslims far from their Aqeedah and their legacy of thaqafah, as well as blocking their awakening and progress. At the same time, they have made Muslims worship secularism, liberalism, and other non-Islamic ideas. The children of this Ummah from Muslim countries have become like guinea pigs in laboratories that are out of place from the real habitat of Muslims. They have been trained with the Western way, which is to make science or knowledge far from practical application and replace them with the academic subjects that violates the correct Islamic teaching methodology. This campaign, also described the glorious portraits of human civilization under the shade of the Khilafah "Caliphate" that implemented the Islamic education system which was capable of guarding the identity of Muslims as Khairu Ummah.
Dear sisters, in this conference today, Inshaa Allah, we in the Women’s Section of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir will present the true purpose of education according to Islam, the causes of today's education crisis, and how the former Khilafah "Caliphate" provided education so that this Ummah reached a golden age. It will also illustrate the profiles of schools and higher education in the Islamic system, teaching methods, and the importance of Arabic, as well as the education strategies for today's generation of Muslims before the second Khilafah "Caliphate" system is established. You will also have the opportunity to have a dialogue with competent sources during the discussion session.
Sisters Rahimakumullah ...
This campaign, exhibition, and conference on the theme “Khilafah "Caliphate" and Education” weigh heavily in importance. Therein we offer a solution to the problems of education in our lands that are getting worse. This discussion is very relevant to our condition today. The ugly portrait of education can be seen with our own eyes. The damaged morale of students, the declining quality of teachers, the increasingly ambiguous learning method, the lack of number of schools, inadequate facilities in schools and campuses, high cost of education, lack of access to education in various regions, difficulty in finding genuine scientists, all of these problems are evident to our eyes and ears. All of this is reflective of the poor quality of our education and its policies.
The efforts proclaimed by governments to address these problems have never ended the problem. Repeatedly changing the curriculum has not improved the quality of students. Certification of teachers does not necessarily give them a prosperous life and increase their dedication. On the contrary, the students are neglected due to the administrative requirements of certification. Education managed by private management, not by the state, has caused the cost to access a good education to get higher for students. Today, corporations control the direction of their researches which is expected to give them welfare, but rather it traps them to become laborers for capitalist corporations. As a result, there have been various efforts to improve the education sector, but in fact they only make the situation worse.
Therefore with a full sense of responsibility, we organized this event as the best offering to Allah (swt), Rasulullah (saw), for Islam and this Ummah, so that the Shariah of Allah (swt) will be established in this world, as well as to please Him so that He showers us with His Blessings, until the Muslim Ummah is victorious, and the soundness of Islam overshadows all of mankind throughout the world, and the noble ideal of building our generation to give the best contribution to Islamic civilization comes true.
Dear respected sisters,
The return of the golden age can only be realized by the implementation of the Islamic education system that is integrated with the political, economic, and socio-cultural systems derived from the Islamic Shariah. The guidance to restore this golden age is crystal clear, we just have to follow it. Its golden model is tangible because it was in existence for hundreds of years. And with hard work can we make it re-exist, and that is by building the awareness within this Ummah about the flawed man-made democratic system and the superiority of Allah's Islamic system. Consequently, this Ummah will not hesitate to throw away their non-Islamic systems and demand the implementation of Islam as the alternative.
Our hard work today will bear fruit, which we will pass down to the beloved future generations. Indeed, we truly hope that this campaign and conference is a success, and brings great influence for this Ummah. May it be counted as good deeds for us, weighing heavily on our scale of good actions in the Akhirah. And on Yaumil Hisab we will have the argument Insha Allah, that we did work for the da'wah and called mankind to struggle to establish the second Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah upon the method of the Prophethood.
Sisters Rahimakumullah ...
Finally, with saying الرحمن الرحيم بسمِ الله I open this conference
اسأل الله سبحانه وتعالى أن يوفقنا في مؤتمرنا هذا وان يجزي كل من عمل على تنظيمه وإنجاحه خير الجزاء
والسلام عليكُنّ ورحمة الله وبركاته
Umm Fadheelah
Chairwoman of Muslimah Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia