Press Releases & Statements
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Leaflet: Sixty years of Occupation in the land of Israa and Miraj |
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Issues Explained
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
“Glory to (Allah) Who Did Take His slave for a journey by night from Masjid al Haraam to Masjid al Aqsa, the neighbourhood whereof We Did Bless, in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: Verily, He is the One who Hears all things and the One who Sees all things”
[TMQ Al-Isra: 1]
The blessed land of Palestine is the land of Israa and Miraj - a land that was open by none other than Sayyidina Umar ibn Khattab, may Allah (swt) be pleased with him, who arrived upon foot with the utmost humility to receive authority over the city of Al Quds. Sayyidina Umar (ra) established the dominion of the Khilafah over the land, bringing justice that was sustained for centuries afterwards, such that Muslims, Christians and Jewish citizens could live side by side as neighbours. This land was stolen in 1917 by British imperial forces and in 1948 they handed it over by force to people who were not from the region, but from Europe. Europe had persecuted its Jewish population for centuries. But the homeland the colonial powers chose for the Jews of Europe was not theirs to give, thereby establishing a brutal militarised ‘state’. Sixty years later this ‘state’ has an apartheid system maintaining the supremacy of one race at all costs; dehumanises, imprisoning and killing men, women and children; and now, blockading the Muslim of Gaza to the extent that they suffer and starve.
Dear Muslims! At this dark hour, the sixtieth anniversary of occupation of that blessed land, we call upon you to stand for Islam, and stand for the Muslims of Palestine according to what Islam calls you to.
1. We should never accept this occupation as legitimate. Islam does not allow it and we never will. Islam does not allow the surrender of even one hand span of land which has been occupied – even after sixty years. As China does not recognise Taiwan, and Russia does not recognise Kosovo - Muslims will not recognise Israel. But not for any motive except that Allah and His Messenger (saw) have forbidden surrender of the land.
2. We should demand the end of western colonial interference in the region and throughout the Muslim world. External interference has always been to serve the strategic interests of the external powers and can deliver nothing other than more misery and bloodshed. In 1948 the British did not care for the safety and security of Europe's Jewish population. Former British Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman revealed Britain's colonial motives over 40 years before the creation of Israel when he said: “There are people who control spacious territories teeming with manifest and hidden resources. They dominate the intersections of world routes. Their lands were the cradle of human civilizations and religions. These people have one faith, one language, one history and the same aspirations. No natural barriers can isolate these people from one another.... ….Taking these considerations seriously, a foreign body should be planted in the heart of this nation to prevent the convergence of its wings in such a way that it could exhaust its powers in never-ending wars. It could also serve as a springboard for the West to gain its coveted objects.” The inception of the Zionist state was little more than as a tool for western interests. Sixty years later, as US President George W Bush visits the region, this aspect has not changed. The US supports Israel in its aggression and murder, as part of its strategy to control and secularise the Muslim world. Just as the British saw Israel’s establishment as a way to undermine the unity of Muslims and the Islamic ruling system, so too does the US, as part of the so called 'war on terror'.
3. We should speak out to expose the truth of this false 'peace process', the purpose of which is only to secure Israel, not to bring justice to Muslims or end the occupation. Those who call for a 'two state solution' are surrendering the land and appeasing Israel's aggression and ethnic cleansing. How can anyone negotiate with Israel, a state founded upon a land that it took by force, after it drove out its people? It desires to dominate at all costs and will never allow a Palestinian state that has real independence, real strength or real resources. The 'peace process' that promises a Palestinian state is a lie for the two-state solution is really Israel's last chance to protect its illegal gains. This is why Israeli Prime Minister Olmert is on record in saying "If the day comes when the two state solution collapses and we face a South African style struggle for equal voting rights, then as soon as that happens, the state of Israel is finished." This is what the 'peace process' is really about. Anybody who supports such a process is little more than a supporter and appeaser of the occupation and oppression of the past sixty years.
4. We should denounce the existing despotic governments in the Muslim world, who while attacking Israel in speech protect it in reality. They are the ones who are foremost in 'negotiating' the surrender, and securing Israel through this 'peace process'. They are slaves to their colonial masters in the West and peddle the lie that this process is the only hope. They seek to appease an aggressive occupation and use their forces to oppress their people and defend Israel, not to liberate the land, which is in their capability. We must call for their removal and work for the restoration of the Islamic Khilafah in their place.
5. We should support the work for the Islamic Khilafah that can comprehensively address this problem, that will liberate this land and bring the system of justice that allowed people to live together for centuries regardless of race or religion. The blessed land of Israa and Miraj will only be liberated by the Khilafah - a sincere leadership that is willing to use all its capability to end these decades of oppression. Only the Khilafah can do this, for as Salahudeen Al-Ayyubi demonstrated over seven centuries ago, a prerequisite to overcoming foreign occupation is to first achieve political unity in Muslim lands and to marshal all the Ummah's resources.
The Khilafah's liberation of Palestine does not equate to a policy of treating individual Jews unjustly or the ethnic cleansing of the region as Israel has done to the Palestinians. Jews, Muslims and Christians lived largely in security under an Islamic government for the best part of fourteen centuries and the Messenger of Allah (saw) stated the "Anyone who harms a Dhimmi (Non-Muslim citizen), harms me."
The Khilafah is the solution for Palestine that will liberate it from the brutal Israeli oppression, by the Permission of Allah (swt). The Khilafah is the solution for Palestine that will achieve justice, by the Grace and Mercy of Allah (swt). So, stand for Islam, brothers and sisters and let us work together to do our best here to help to realise this most noble obligation.
“O Believers! Answer (the call of) Allah and His Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life".[TMQ Al-Anfal: 24]
Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain
6th Jumada al Awwal 1429
15th May 2008
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