News:
The Citizen Newspaper dated 12 March 2015 reported the UN condemnation on the wave of albino killings in Tanzania. Speaking in Geneva Mr Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed disgust at the albino barbaric killings and mentioned Tanzania, Burundi and Malawi as places where the lives of people with albinism are at risk. He further warned that the surge in Tanzania could be linked to looming General Election campaigns in October this year.
Prior to this despondent and dejected report, there had been earlier awful revelation by the UN in the year 2013 indicating that Tanzania amongst the East African countries, is leading from the pitch pertaining the barbaric killings of albino. According to Albino Advocacy Groups, the number lurks somewhere above 100,000 out of a total of roughly 48 million Tanzanians.
Not only that, the wails and cries concerning the kind of brutality muted out against the albinos, is rampart and are always raised by the citizen and various institutions. This issue has taken a tremendous effect in society recently, especially by the escalation of the brutality against the albino. It is believed that since 2000, there have been at least 74 albino killings and 58 brutal attacks in which people have lost limbs or have been left permanently scarred
Comment:
Also the killings are believed to have been motivated by a lucrative trade in albino body parts, which some Africans believe possess magical powers. Unfortunately, the association of these brutal and barbaric acts against innocent and defenseless people in electoral activities is more painful and heartbreaking than when committed in different scenarios by normal civilians. In the sense that, the politicians in their capacity as leaders who must serve the people, ought to be on the front line in the fight against these brutalities. Contrary to expectations, they employ these activities in their quest to achieve their own selfish ends, if ever achievable.
This deleterious circumstance is usual under the yoke of the heinous capitalist ideology. Firstly, the capitalist politicians are always ready to indulge in any act be it atrocity, murder, even destruction of their own people whom they deceive to serve, in an endeavor to achieve their selfish goals. Secondly, the capitalist politicians basically rule to serve themselves rather than serving the electorates as they usually claim. In reality, they are there to amass wealth for themselves.
This ignominy which is embedded in the capitalist ideology and its ruling system democracy is crystal clear in every corner of the world due to its criteria of benefit in carrying out actions. It is now high time for serious work to be performed to obliterate this invalid ideology from the face of the earth and replace it with Islam under the guardianship of its ruling system Khilafah in an endeavor to rescue mankind from the heinous brutality and annihilation of the capitalist ideology.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Masoud Msellem
Deputy Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in East Africa