The Islamic movement of Hizb ut Tahrir in East Africa condemns in the strongest terms the illegal action by police units in Masjid Musa Majengo in Mombasa and attacking worshippers with bullets. We are saddened by this evil act that led to the murder of some Muslims and injury to many others while some are in custody.
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On 1 February 2014, there was a scientific round-table discussion entitled, "Extremism is a threat to economic security of the country" in the capital of Tatarstan in Kazan. There presented the Islamic scholars and orientalists all over Russia to discuss the ways of struggle with the ideological development of Russian Muslims.
"It is time to realize that times have changed, there is an ideological confrontation and I must admit that now we are losing this confrontation to the forces of extremist character," said Leonid Sjukiaynen, an Islamic scholar and a professor of the Higher School of Economics.
The professor of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), Taufic Ibragim said: "Unfortunately, many people do not know how to dispute, how to oppose to extremist ideology <...> their arguments. But the young people have a thirst for knowledge, for real explanations. They should be taught religion not only by a set of postulates, not only by the stamps, but also we should skillfully explain the features of the Arabic language, the translations of the Quran and its verses. Again, it is necessary to use our heritage of the Islamic thought in Russia. It will be awful if we do not use."
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For more than 10 years in Russia they have been trying to find a method of struggling with Islam. The search and analysis of the struggle has become a subject of discussion, as in the higher echelons of power and in the expert community.
"One should struggle with the idea only by other idea", the supporters of the mental struggle with the Muslims who carry Islamic ideological leadership said. This position is characterized by the intellectuals and the people that are far from the violence and use of force.
"The Muslims understand only brute force" - the supporters of repressions who are mostly related to security services and law enforcement agencies stated.
Wanting to curb and control an Islamic factor, the authorities tried to divide the Muslims for all sorts of signs and thereby restrain the development of Islam. But the development has been and the number of the Muslims who understand their religion as an ideology, has steadily increased. Then the Muslims were massively persecuted: the flywheel of repressions has been actively unwounded for the last few years. But the supporters of the "brute force" have won only those who offers the other methods of struggling with Islam.
Islam can not be defeated by force. Furthermore, the repressions resulted in the alliance of the Muslims and their activities. The convergence of different dgamaats and the solidarity in protecting of the Islamic Ummah's interests took place against the background of the repressive government policies.
Strange, but true the ranks of the Muslims, who want to spread their religion, do not thin, but on the contrary, they have become thicker and wider. The agents from the Muslims that work in the formal structures of the priesthood and who justify the repressions of the authorities against the believers, have finally marginalized in the Islamic environment, have lost their credibility. And the brutal repressions, fabrications against the simple sons of the Islamic Ummah have caused the activation of influential personalities, journalists and the Muslim intellectuals and this fact has just discouraged the authorities.
The authorities, trying to intimidate Muslims and even trying to expel them out of the country, did not get the expected result, but faced with the unprecedented unity and interaction. That is why now they have started to seek new solutions in the struggle with Islam and its sincere believers and that was discussed during the scientific round-table in Kazan on February 1st.
The authorities have nothing to oppose to Islam.
Therefore, they are rushing from one method of struggling to another, but Islam and the Muslims continue their natural development. Thus, the enemies of Islam and the Islamic Ummah are getting closer to the time of the establishment of the Second Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashida that defends the oppressed Muslims in any country of the world!
Almighty Allah (swt) said:
((وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ))
"And on that day the believers will rejoice* With the help of Allah. He helps whom He wills, and He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful." [30: 4-5]
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Suleyman Ibragimov
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After a meeting on 30 January 2014, the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka, Pankaj Saran and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed stated that Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar connectivity, known as BCIM economic corridor is in the final stage. In order to create the regional economic forum, telecommunication, rail, road, water and power connectivity will be established amongst the countries. Pankaj Saran expects that the BCIM will get a definite shape within two months.
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BCIM will ensure that Bangladesh becomes captive market of Indian and Chinese products and services. Indian and Chinese dominance in trade and investment will lead to weaker economic base for Bangladesh. Indian political ambition regarding Bangladesh is well known. Eventually, through BCIM, India will not only dominate economically, but also will have a permanent political stranglehold on Bangladesh.
According to Saran, India exported USD 4.18 billion to Bangladesh while Bangladesh has exported only 561 million USD worth of goods to India in 2013. This official statistics shows 7.5 times higher trade in favour of India. But everyone knows that the informal and illegal border trade benefiting India is much higher. Successive governments of Bangladesh have opened up the economy for Indian products while India has imposed various types of trade barriers resulting in low Bangladeshi exports. With the implementation of BCIM, the trade gap will only increase in favour of India. Over the years, India has also sought investment opportunities in key sectors like infrastructure, steel and energy. Now, Pankaj suggested Indian investments in Bangladesh to reduce the gap.
On the other hand, Bangladesh's export to China stood at 458 million USD while import from China was 6.32 billion USD in 2013. Import from China is nearly 14 times higher than export to China. China is already involved in Bangladesh in various sectors like infrastructure development, energy and mining. Though Chinese political ambition in Bangladesh is not very clear, it is understood that China wants access to Bay of Bengal for strategic reasons.
China and India are the first and second sourcing country for Bangladesh, respectively. They have more than 30% share of total imports in Bangladesh. With the implementation of BCIM, imports from these two countries will only increase at the cost of our economy as selling cost of their products will be lower due to improved infrastructure. However, the BCIM economic corridor should not be seen as an economic issue only, nor should it be analyzed from the point of view of benefit. Through the so-called connectivity, Bangladesh will become more vulnerable in terms of security. Using the water-road-rail connectivity, India will want to increase the grip over her troubled north east zone. Connectivity with Bangladesh will give India the golden opportunity to move its security personnel and equipments through the country. Easy trade routes will also make easier troops movement towards Bangladesh from both India and China. In this regard, India's strategic gain is immense due to its proximity to Bangladesh compared to any other country and shared borders. On the other hand, Chinese access to Bay of Bengal will propel USA to have permanent presence in the region.
Weak and corrupt leaders of Bangladesh have already given up to the whims of India, China and USA. These imperialist countries are moving ahead to dominate the Ummah in Bangladesh according to their own vision and plan regarding the world and the region. It is not befitting for the noble Ummah to remain silent and accept plans of the Kafir-Mushrik states. Only Islam provides alternative vision of ruling the world with Qur'an and Sunnah. We must demand and establish the Khilafah "Caliphate", the only ruling system given by Allah (swt) to rule mankind.
Written for The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Muhammad Raiyan Hasan
Member of Hizb ut Tahrir in Bangladesh
Mahmoud Abbas the President of the conspiring Authority confirmed in an interview with the New York Times, the American newspaper, published a day before yesterday on 02/02/2014, that he offered U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to deploy NATO forces, led by America, in the territory of the future Palestinian state, and that NATO forces will remain for a long time and will be able to disperse at their will and at all border crossings including Jerusalem (Al-Quds).
Even though the Ummah cried out against the West rather called for "Khilafah "Caliphate" Islamiyyah" in ash-Sham's Revolution. The shameful Coalition calls aloud as a spiteful American Russian mouthpiece at the Geneva 2 for a secular democratic republic. Will the rule of the Ignorance surpass the rule of Islam for a people with firm belief???!!! Listen to the reaction of the people of ash-Sham!!!
Wednesday, 05 Rabii' II 1435 AH corresponding to 05 February 2014 CE
The Message of the Muslims from ash-Sham: What is after the first round for Geneva 2?
