Obama concluded his tour of Turkey yesterday, Tuesday 7th April, 2009. This visit was full of sugar-coated statements, trying to prove that he is not at war with either Islam or Muslims and that Turkey is important for America and the world, as a bridge between the Islamic World and the West. He also stressed that America’s relations with Muslims is not merely confined to fighting terrorism but includes many other issues as well. Obama also said that he will work towards a dialogue etc. He spoke along these lines in his address to the Turkish parliament, as well as during his various meetings and conferences, whilst in Turkey.

Despite the fact that there is nothing good about these statements, which are akin to a riverbed that holds neither water nor sustains any vegetation, officials in Turkey and Arab countries especially Iraq, as well as Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, perceive Obama as being close to them, unlike his predecessor. They welcome his statements and regard him not as a man of war, like his predecessor Bush, but as a man calling for peace! They applaud his statements and conferences, despite the fact that his Defence Secretary, Robert Gates,’ announced that he would stress before Congress a US Defence Department military budget focused on increased spending on America’s war in Afghanistan and Iraq- which in plain words simply means spilling of even more Muslim blood! This also coincides with the announcement by the US Justice Department about the arrest of an Iranian national on charges of exporting military aircraft components to Iran!

One of the greatest tragedies to have befallen the Ummah is its rulers. These rulers remain as silent spectators-despite the treachery; deaf -despite the cries of the oppressed; and blind to the sufferings of Muslims. Another misfortune is that from amongst the Ummah are those who applaud and cheer such rulers:

فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ

“Thus he [Fir’aun (Pharaoh)] befooled (and misled) his people, and they obeyed him.” [Surah az-Zukhruf 43:54].

O Muslims! These rulers have no regard for you, they have abandoned you to be killed and butchered. If you obey them or follow their ways, then the warning of Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم applies upon you. He صلى الله عليه وسلم said,

“There will be rulers after me, whoever testifies to their falsehood and lies and helped them in their treachery, he is not from me, and I am not from him (i.e. I have nothing to do with him). He shall not come near me at the cistern (Hawdh Kauthar). And whoever does not testify to their falsehood and does not help him in his treachery, he is from me and I am from him and he shall meet me at the Hawdh.” [Reported in Sunan an-Nisai on the authority of Ka’ab ibn ‘Ujrah (r.a.)

O Muslims!

How does the policy of Obama differ from Bush’s policy for the region?

Doesn’t Obama swear by the same policies for Palestine that were adopted by Bush when he speaks of the ‘Road Map’, the Annapolis conference and the two-state theory, each of which is as grave a sin as the other?! In simple words, all these things merely surrender almost all of the Palestinian territories to the Jews, territories that include the sacred lands of al-Isra wal Me’raj, whilst leaving just a hand-span of land for the Palestinians- that too with no real authority and no sovereignty. Would you cheer for such a ‘wise’ man?

Is this not exactly what Bush did, and what his successor is repeating?

Even in Iraq, where is Obama any different to Bush? Aren’t the American soldiers there roaming like jackals poaching on their prey, causing havoc and uprooting people’s lives? Aren’t they still holding on to real power and authority there? Hasn’t Obama only resumed where Bush had left off? All that has happened is that the American master of its agents in Iraq has only had a change of face in Washington, and now the new face will hold the leash of its agents in Iraq. Obama has declared that he will not withdraw all of his troops from Iraq until the end of 2011, that is, if he withdraws at all!

How does Obama differ from Bush in Afghanistan? Aren’t the US and NATO troops killing women, children and the infirm, day and night, day in, day out? Where is there any respite for the people? Moreover, Obama wants to send even more troops! And he is urging his partners in NATO to send even more troops. Has he not declared this openly? Can a Muslim applaud Obama, who brazenly declares his intentions of killing even more? Is it not shameful to applaud and cheer him? Indeed, if they still have even an ounce of shame!

And how does Obama differ from Bush in Pakistan? Aren’t the US killer drones and aircrafts firing their missiles upon the tribal areas day and night, with some of these aircrafts taking-off from Pakistani airbases?! And yet the envoys of the Pentagon and the US State Departments feast at lavish dinners and enjoy parties hosted by the Pakistani government agencies- both by the previous regime, as well as the present rulers?

Take the case of Iran. In what way does Obama differ from Bush? He is proceeding in line with the same policy that was outlined by Bush towards Iran. Bush had wanted Iran to participate in the dialogue on Iraq because it suited the US agenda and interest. And Obama has invited Iran for dialogue on Afghanistan, again, because it serves American interest. It is the American interest which is paramount for both Bush and Obama. Just as Bush called to prevent Iran from enriching uranium, Obama has simply renewed the same call. Is it that Bush was opposed to Iran’s nuclear policy and Obama is not opposed to it? Is it that Bush wanted to impose sanctions on Iran and Obama is opposed to any sanctions on Iran? If there is any difference between them, or is it merely in their approach and not content, with their actual policies being mirrors reflection of each other!

And where is there any real difference even in the case of Turkey, which just recently played host to Obama? Just like his predecessor Bush, Obama has also called Turkey to mediate in the dialogue between Syria and the Jewish state. Hasn’t Obama been urging Turkey to normalise its relations with Armenia, just as Bush had done? In fact Obama clearly asked Turkey to come to terms with its history… which in effect means to reject its glorious past. This effectually is a grave slap upon Turkey’s face, and it does not become any less grave by the fact that Obama has assured Turkey that he will not insist on the Armenian issue during the coming year. Actually, in other words, it means that US is giving Turkey a deadline of one year over the Armenian issue. Obama has turned Turkey into its front-line state to defend America and to project itself in the region. America hopes to achieve this by forming a strategic partnership with Turkey, where Turkey will be used a bridge between the US and the Islamic world.

In fact, American policies are not decided by the President of the United States, for this there are other establishments which have representation by both Republican and Democratic parties’. Hence when a president departs, national policies do not disappear with him, even though the approach and manner of achieving those goals are modified. This is something that every sensible person, who has even a rudimentary knowledge of things, is aware of. The only people who do not understand this are their agents in these Muslim statelets, who have hearts, yet they understand not; who have eyes, yet they see not; for theirs is not merely a blindness of the eyes, it is actually the blindness of their hearts; the hearts in their very chests!

O Muslims!

Obama’s deceptions and lies are not unexpected or surprising. He says that he is not at war with Islam or Muslims, yet he is actually engaged in brutally and mercilessly killing Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, in a barbaric war. This is obvious to anyone who can see for the cries of the victims are loud and clear, day and night. This is not surprising, it was very much expected. Such is the attitude of the kuffar colonialists, who detest Islam and harbor so much hatred towards Muslims that they neither regard killing Muslims as murder nor do they consider destroying their properties as destruction. To them it is merely testing their weapons, right into the chests of the Muslims!

But what is surprising, rather tragic, is that Obama has chosen to repeat these statements in the very capital of the last Khilafah. This is the same place that even a mere mention of its name would send shivers of fear down the spine of its enemy, as well as his steeds, a place that they would dare not come near… yet now the Muslims can not even raise their voices before Obama, cannot confront or challenge him, rather they must applaud him and cheer for him!!

After all, Bush and Obama are merely two faces of the same coin. They compete with each other in their hate for Islam and Muslims. They differ from each other in that whilst Bush would spit his venom openly and earn the wrath and anger of the Muslim Ummah, to the extent that his agents in the Muslim world could only serve their masters’ interests covertly and with a sense of shame, Obama on the other hand has coated the very same venom with sugar, so as to numb and paralyse the Ummah so that it would not dare to confront America openly. His agents now stand invigorated and re-energised and are now serving their masters interests and wishes without any sense of shame!!

Obama believes that he has successfully deceived the people of the region, just because he sees the agent rulers and their cohorts cheering and clapping for him….but he is misled in his belief. He and his allies and agents are either forgetting or ignoring the fact that these agent rulers who applaud him are not the entire Ummah and nor do they represent the Ummah.

The Islamic Ummah is alive and aware and is on its way to restore its status of honor and prestige, the position of leading the nations and people, under its Khilafah State. The Islamic Ummah is pure and pristine, strong. It is an Ummah that, Allah سبحانه وتعالى willing, cannot be subdued or overwhelmed by the evil men, the Pharaohs of this era.

أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا سَاء مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

 

Hizb ut Tahrir

12th Rabee’ al Thani, 1430 A.H
8th April, 2009 C.E