Headlines:
- Advocates of Democracy Have only Words for Al-Quds but Action for Furthering US Agenda
- Dependence on China is not a Game Changer, It is more of the Same, Destructive Dependence on Colonialist Powers
- The OIC is the Organization of Inaction Conference and Khilafah is the Need of the Time
Advocates of Democracy Have only Words for Al-Quds but Action for Furthering US Agenda
The National Assembly on 7 December 2017 unanimously passed a resolution that “strongly condemned” the US decision of shifting its embassy in “Israel” from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, termed it an “attack” on Muslim Ummah, and asked Washington to immediately reverse the decision. “This is a direct attack on the Muslim Ummah at a time when the Middle East is already beset with wars and conflicts,” said the resolution read out by federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Barjees Tahir on the opening day of the winter session of the National Assembly.
When it comes to ending the occupation by the Jewish terrorist state on our First Qiblah, advocates of democracy have only lip-service. However, when it comes to US “War on Terror”, the advocates of democracy will work hard to achieve them. This is why on 27th November, the Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the Foreign Minister, Khawaja Asif, the Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Bajwa, and DG ISI, General Naveed Mukhtar, flew to Saudi Arabia to participate in the meeting of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) of 41 Muslim states against terrorism and violent extremism. Here the civilian and military leadership is pursuing America’s so-called “War on Terror” through a coalition that was formed by the US puppets, the rulers of Saudi Arabia. Previously, Pakistan’s rulers initiated and planned the National Action Plan in Pakistan to curb Islamic political expression and launched military operations in our tribal areas to narrow the theater of operations of the sincere Afghan mujahideen fighting against American occupying forces in Afghanistan. Moreover, it is America itself that is behind terrorism in the Muslim countries. It is the American CIA and private military, such as the Raymond Davis network, that are directly involved in terrorism in Muslim countries, killing innocent Muslims across the Muslim world. Moreover, the US fully supports terrorism by the Hindu and Jewish state.
Will these submissive Muslim rulers ever use this military coalition to stop the terrorism against innocent Palestinians by the Jewish entity? Will this coalition liberate Kashmir from the Indian forces and purify Afghanistan from the American crusaders? Will this coalition save the Rohingyan Muslims from slaughter and persecution at the hands of the Burmese tyrants? Allah (swt) said,
وَإِنِ ٱسْتَنصَرُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّصْرُ
“And if they seek help from you because of Deen (Islam), it is obligation on you to help them.”
(Surah Al Anfal 8:72)
Allah (swt) said,
وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا
“And what is the matter with you that you do not fight in the way of Allah to liberate the suppressed men, women and children who pray: O our Lord, free us from this town of oppressors and send a helper and a savior from Your side for our help.”
(Surah an-Nisa’a 4:75)
Dependence on China is not a Game Changer. It is more of the Same, Destructive Dependence on Colonialist Powers
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has announced that the long-term plan (LTP) for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that was signed on Nov 21 will be made public on Dec 18. Making the LTP public was a commitment given by the minister back in June. Highlighting the investments coming into Pakistan under the CPEC framework, the minister chose to castigate the western governments, saying that “the Chinese are doing what the Americans and the Europeans should have done after the end of the Afghan war”.
The question is not what the Chinese, Americans and Europeans should have done. The question is what the leadership of Pakistan should have been done. The current leadership has no vision for Pakistan other than depending on foreign colonialist powers.
Our greatest burden is the visionless leadership that seeks to strengthen colonialist powers with our resources and capabilities at every opportunity, without building our economy on a strong footing. They ally with the disbelieving major powers, even though such alliances are the sure path to economic ruin, insecurity and foreign policy humiliation. Economic alliance means plunging us into interest-based debt traps, exposing our resources to foreign ownership and our economy to foreign dominance, as we have seen for decades in alliance with the US and more recently with China. Allah (swt) warned,
الَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا
“Those who take disbelievers for allies instead of believers, do they seek power with them? Verily, then to Allah belongs all power.”
(Surah an-Nisa’a 4:139)
There is only one sure path for power for the Muslims, Islam and its Khilafah on the Method of the Prophethood. Economically, the Khilafah will amass the Ummah’s considerable economic resources under a single Baytul Maal. Islam’s economic system will allow the distribution of wealth, so that it does not merely circulate amongst a small elite. It will ensure the development of heavy industry so that the Khilafah (Caliphate) on the Method of the Prophethood will not be independent for critical manufacture.
The OIC is the Organization of Inaction Conference and Khilafah is the Need of the Time
Speaking at the OIC Summit on 11 December 2017, Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbassi, said, “On behalf of the people and government of Pakistan, I wish to reiterate our strong condemnation of this decision… The fact is that we have not given concrete shape to our expressions of solidarity and unity” Yet more hot air and wasted funds on food and protocol for the OIC meeting. Despite ruling over lands with the lion’s share of the world’s valuable resources and millions of troops, the rulers of Muslims speak, when concrete actions are needed.
Concrete actions are needed to liberate Palestine from the clutches of Jewish entity’s troops. Concrete actions are needed to undermine America and its likes, the countries that support the Jewish entity. The liberation of Palestine demands the mobilization of the armies to fight that entity and break its back, for Allah (swt) said,
قَاتِلُوهُمْ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ اللَّهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُخْزِهِمْ وَيَنْصُرْكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَشْفِ صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ
“Fight them; Allah will punish them by your hands and will disgrace them and give you victory over them and satisfy the breasts of a believing people”
(At-Tawba: 14)
The liberation of Palestine lies in adopting an actual state of war with the states that support the Jewish entity. It is the command of Allah, the Exalted, the Wise, to expel those who occupied the land of Islam and expelled its people from it. Allah (swt) said,
وَأَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ
“…and expel them from wherever they have expelled you”
(Surah Al-Baqara 2:191).
It is the command of Allah (swt) against the countries that support the Jewish entity who occupied the land of Islam and drove its people from it, for Allah (swt) said,
إِنَّمَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوا عَلَى إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
“Allah only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion – (forbids) that you make allies of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers”
(Surah Al-Mumtahina 60:9)
Yet, despite Pakistan’s Shaheen 3 missile being able to strike the Jewish entity if deployed in east Baluchistan, the rulers of Pakistan instead have undertaken joint military exercises with the Jewish entity. And instead of closing the US embassy, consulates and intelligence bases in Pakistan, the rulers of Pakistan are maintaining their alliance with the US. Concrete actions will only be seen by uprooting the current rulers and establishing the Khilafah on the Method of the Prophethood in their place and not before.