Alert and Clarification
Hizb ut Tahrir is a Standalone Political
Party, It does not Represent Anyone nor is it Represented by Anyone!
(Translated)
It has occurred several times that some media outlets in their coverage of the events in
Therefore, we would like to clarify the
following:
1.
Hizb ut Tahrir is a political party whose ideology is Islam. It works for the
re-establishment of the Islamic way of life by following the method of Islam in
establishing the Khilafah state, derived from the work of the Prophet peace be
upon him.
2.
The Party has identified its approach as an ideological and political struggle,
the Party refuses to perform any violence or armed struggle in its work, as a
commitment to the method of the Prophet peace be upon him.
3.
What the Party seeks to achieve through establishing the Khilafah state is the
commitment to the Legislative rulings that oblige the Muslim Ummah at large to
work collectively to destroy the corrupt systems that the West had imposed on
the Ummah, then giving bay'ah (pledge of allegiance) to a Khalifah who will
govern by the laws of Allah (swt). Therefore, the work to re-establishing the
Khilafah is not limited to Hizb ut Tahrir, but it is an obligation upon the
Muslims at large.
4.
There are parties, organisations and groups that follow different methods with
the aim of establishing the Islamic state or the Khilafah state. And although
we at Hizb ut Tahrir continuously remind the Ummah of its obligation to work
for re-establishing the Khilafah, yet we are not connected to any party
regardless of what it is, neither do we have any organizational relationship
with any party, and the Hizb does not have any other branches, sections or
organisations.
5.
The members of Hizb ut Tahrir raise the flag of Islam in their activities, both
flag types – Rayah (black) and Liwaa’ (white), both bearing the Shahada: “La
Ilaha Illa Allah Muhammad Rasoolullah”, and they do not carry any other slogan
or flag. The flag of ‘Oqab is the flag of the Muslims, so if any Muslim, or a
group of Muslims or an organization carry this flag, it does not necessarily
mean that they are directly or indirectly affiliated with Hizb ut Tahrir.
6.
Hizb ut Tahrir has its own media representatives in its own field; it issues
leaflets showing the Party’s stance on issues and events appended with the
Party’s signature. Based on this, media outlets should be very careful as they
transmit any position and opinion and attribute it to Hizb ut Tahrir, and the
communication with the widespread party’s media offices is easy, including the
Party’s Central Media Office in Beirut, therefore media outlets cannot claim
that communicating with the Party’s media representatives is difficult. We also
hope that the public opinion is aware and always investigates for the truth in
what is hearsay and what positions are promoted and attributed to Hizb ut
Tahrir, whether this was done with good intention or otherwise.
7.
Hizb ut Tahrir has explicit and strict positions on adopting the Islamic
perception on concepts and on imported and foreign doctrines like secularism,
nationalism, democracy and other concepts such as communism, capitalism and
“sovereignty belongs to the people not to the Legislator”, these are all
dangerous concepts which are rejected by Islam in their entirety.
8.
The Party does not accept seeking the help of any Kaffir state, nor any system
that is an agent to the West, but rather it works for the demolition of these
entities that were created by the West and used as a means to separate the
unity of the Muslim Ummah.
9.
As for the Party’s position towards the Islamic organisations, it is based upon
communicating with them and advising them for the sake of the work for
re-establishing the Khilafah state as long as these organisations abide by the
Islamic Creed and Legislative Rulings in their method. The Party has previously
taken several positions in supporting their Muslim brothers in other Islamic
organisations against the oppression they faced by the oppressive regimes,
despite the intellectual contrast or different opinions adopted on different
issues. As for the organisations who went to the extent of interpreting and
justifying misguided concepts; we exerted them with sincere advice hoping for
them rectitude
in words and actions.
Othman
Bakhash
Director of The Central Media Office
of Hizb ut Tahrir