News:
On Sunday 11th of January, world leaders gathered in France for a public march of solidarity against the killing of hostages in the now infamous Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.
Comment:
The contrived line up of world leaders wishing to take advantage of a photo-opportunity to enhance their political kudos amounts to nothing more than a laughable sadistic joke that mocks the sanctity of human life and human rights.
All of the leaders arm in arm represented a criminal line up of usual suspects that use their power to oppress, torture, murder and silence political dissent in their own (and in some cases foreign) countries. The shabby attempt to convince the world of that secular liberal values have the moral high ground and that they are the heroic guardians of world peace and civilization cannot be accepted when the terms of freedom of expression and the right to live without fear of oppression are clearly manipulated by these elite to keep themselves in the gilded offices of dictatorship and exclude millions of peaceful law abiding citizens who face daily oppression under these counterfeit values.
One example that cannot be dismissed is that, as these world leaders stand together in France, they must accept their positions as being unified in the abuse and violation of the rights of millions of Muslim women suffering under the Hijab and Niqab ban that denied them unfettered access to education, medical care and government services in a manner that is far more comprehensive and organized than any of so called Islamic terrorist organizations that they so readily criticize. The only activity left is to actually kidnap girls and women, Boko haram style, and start executing them, with Europe’s leaders consenting to the Bosnian Muslims rapes and executions we need to expect the worse. The toxic Islamophobic rhetoric of the West and the silence of the world leaders to defend Muslim women (in Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Burma, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Jordan….) have already set up a political order where violence and abuse of Muslims – in particular of women, is socially accepted and normalized.
If pictures are weapons of political warfare against Islam then British anti-Islamophobia group, MAMA UK have published their own counter offensive statistic report showing how violence against Muslims has risen in the climate of anti-Islamic hysteria whipped up by irresponsible politicians bent on socially punishing and excluding Muslim women.
It is clear that western democracy is far from being able to create safe and cohesive societies for all to live in with the freedom to express different opinions. The truth is that terrorist actions are nurtured by politicians who wish to use these incidents to create a climate of fear where all citizens self-censor and conform to specific opinions approved by government.
The Associated Press reported that between the 6th and 10th of January 2015, post the glorious “free speech” march, France has reportedly opened 54 criminal cases for “condoning terrorism.” “France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and glorifying terrorism.”
To highlight the hypocrisy of free speech laws France is currently a country that has tighter speech restrictions than the United States. A fact that has allowed is most popular Charlie Hebdo style comedian, Dieudonné to be arrested 48 hours after the ‘free speech’ march for a Facebook post that was non-violent in nature and was vaguely interpreted to be offensive to Jews. The outcry of injustice has prompted a new hashtag “Jesuis Dieudonné”.
In all of the confusion of political correctness, one thing is blatantly clear. Western liberal politics is failing humanity to create safety and security. It serves only the elite, disenfranchises and abuses those that challenge it and organizes international terrorism in an unprecedented manner in history.
The Khilafah Islamic State is the only historical model that not only protected Muslim women, but safeguarded persons of different religions to live in harmony under the authority of Islam as long as they did not violate the contract of living as citizens of the State.
The Islamic political model does not accept the wide scale scapegoat tactics that are employed by world leaders where, in the post-Cold War present, Muslims are used as the enemy target to hide the crimes of those in power. The Khalifah cannot be hostile to law abiding citizens as expressed in ayats such as Surah Al-Mumtahanah verse 8;
لا يَنْهَاكُمْ اللَّهُ عَنْ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ أَنْ تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ
“Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity.”
The obligation of looking after the non-Muslim with due care and diligence is a matter of great importance as narrated in numerous Hadith and sayings of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in regards to the noble status of the Dhimmi.
In the absence of this outstanding illustration of political superiority, the betrayal, lies and deception of Muslim leaders is the unfortunate example that the world sees. It is only with the return of real Islamic politics that the world and its women will know true human rights in a just and non-selective manner. In the mean time we can expect western leaders to sponsor their appointed puppets internationally and place every obstacle to thwart the progress of this shining beacon of ruling as it the only system that will efficiently remove the treacherous hegemony of the world’s elite over the impoverished exploited masses.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Imrana Mohammad
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir