Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan has issued a Publicized Policy Position (PPP) regarding ensuring strong agricultural development upon the vast agricultural lands of the soon to be established Khilafah.
It is known that the Muslim Lands under whilst they implemented the laws revealed by Allah سبحانه وتعالى were the agricultural marvel of the world. At a time when Europe was stricken by starvation and famine, one of the factors that drew the crusaders to attack the blessed lands of Ash-Sham was their immense agricultural wealth to the point that the crusaders conceived they are going to the “land of milk and honey.” Also Indian Subcontinent, under Islam, it was an agricultural powerhouse, producing 25% of the world’s GDP, with a formidable export profile, inciting the greed of the British colonialists over the vast wealth in agriculture, particularly spices and condiments. However, when these revealed laws were replaced during the British occupation by man-made laws, there was a wide-scale famine within the same lands under this British Raj, leading to the deaths of hundreds and thousands through starvation. Until now man-made laws are implemented in the field of agriculture, denying Pakistan its true potential as an agricultural powerhouse.
The Khilafah will implement the laws of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and bring Pakistan to its full agricultural potential. Ensuring efficient use of agriculture land, Islam links land ownership to its mandatory cultivation. Thus, the Khilafah will provide grants and interest free loans to enhance cultivation. Islam provides for ownership of dead agricultural lands by its revival. This will not only enhance food security it will greatly boost the rural population’s share in the wealth. The Khilafah will end destructive taxation and be replaced with Shariah based revenue generation and land ownership laws, including Kharaaj and Ushr. The Khilafah will establish extensive irrigation systems to lands near and far from water sources. It will open nurseries and laboratories for the development of stronger seed lines, better fertilizer as well as improved disease prevention and resistance, so that the Khilafah will be self-sufficient in agriculture including grains, fruits, vegetables and bio-fuels.
Note: To see the complete policy and relevant articles of the constitution for the Khilafah state, please go to this web link. http://htmediapak.page.tl/policy-matters.htm
The Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Wilayah of Pakistan
Monday, 1st Shaban 1434 AH
10/06/2013 CE
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