Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain

Top Menu

  • About US
  • Join US
  • Videos
  • Infographics
  • Comment
  • Question and Answer
  • Watch us Live

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Viewpoint
  • Islamic Culture
  • Da’wah
  • Media
  • People
    • Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabahani (Founder)
    • Sheikh Abdul Qadeem Zallum (Successor)
    • Sheikh Ata Abu Rashta (Ameer)
    • Abdul Wahid
    • Abu Yusuf
    • Jamal Harwood
    • Taji Mustafa
  • Books
  • Youth
  • Covid-19
  • About US
  • Join US
  • Videos
  • Infographics
  • Comment
  • Question and Answer
  • Watch us Live

logo

Header Banner

Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain

  • Home
  • Viewpoint
    • Abortion isn’t about Roe v Wade but Truth v Hypocrisy

      June 27, 2022
      0
    • Bangladesh Floods: farcical mantra of economic success disguising failure to provide basic ...

      June 24, 2022
      0
    • The Sectarian Card – Shia and Sunni divisions under the spotlight

      June 5, 2022
      0
    • Making Sense of Pakistan

      April 16, 2022
      0
    • How Should We View the War in Ukraine?

      March 30, 2022
      0
    • The India Hijab Issue from an Islamic Perspective

      March 24, 2022
      0
    • DEEP DIVE: The Weaponisation and Politicisation of British Citizenship Laws

      March 12, 2022
      0
    • Our Role in the Ukraine war is to Expose the Propaganda

      March 2, 2022
      0
    • Muslims Should Rejoice Over the Islamic Ruling System

      January 21, 2022
      0
  • Islamic Culture
    • Reading Quran

      The story of the man who was told to “Enter Paradise” and ...

      January 24, 2022
      0
    • Significance of Rabi’ul-Awwal

      October 10, 2021
      0
    • Virtues of the Month of Muharram

      August 10, 2021
      0
    • The significance of first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah

      July 10, 2021
      0
    • The Honour of the Prophets

      April 30, 2021
      0
    • A to Z of Ramadan

      April 19, 2021
      0
    • The Dawah to Allah (swt)

      December 29, 2020
      0
    • Miracle of the Quran

      Q & A - Compilation of The Holy Quran During the Reign ...

      December 27, 2020
      0
    • Imam Bukhari: A Role Model for the ‘Ulema and Da’wah Carriers to ...

      November 17, 2020
      0
  • Da’wah
    • National Conferences : From al-Hind to al-Quds: Speak Out | Act | ...

      June 18, 2022
      0
    • Public Demonstration - Independence Not Intervention

      April 22, 2022
      0
    • VIDEO : [LIVESTREAMED] Pakistan in Crisis: The Players, Politics, and People

      April 20, 2022
      0
    • Ramadan Message: The World Needs Islam - We Must Work for the ...

      April 1, 2022
      0
    • The India Hijab Issue from an Islamic Perspective

      March 24, 2022
      0
    • Ramadhan event: Kyiv to Kabul: The World Needs Islam

      March 20, 2022
      0
    • Obituary of a Dawah Carrier Dr. Youssef Haj Youssef

      December 30, 2021
      0
    • Open Letter to Imams and Muslim Leaders

      September 28, 2021
      0
    • Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain Sends Delegation to Chinese Embassy Condemning the Inhumane Treatment ...

      June 30, 2021
      0
  • Media
  • People
    • Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabahani (Founder)
    • Sheikh Abdul Qadeem Zallum (Successor)
    • Sheikh Ata Abu Rashta (Ameer)
    • Abdul Wahid
    • Abu Yusuf
    • Jamal Harwood
    • Taji Mustafa
  • Books
  • Youth
  • Covid-19
Press Releases
Home›Media›Press Releases›Tantawi fuels anti-Islam agenda of Western Governments

Tantawi fuels anti-Islam agenda of Western Governments

By Editor
October 8, 2009
817
0
Share:

tantawi.jpgOn Monday October 5th, while visiting a girls’ high school in Cairo, Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, head of Al-Azhar University, Egypt, ordered a school girl to remove her niqab and stated that he would seek a ban on the face veil in all schools affiliated to Al-Azhar.

VIDEO: Egyptian niqab row after campus ban

His remarks have given a ‘green light’ to efforts by various Western governments such as France, Holland, and Belgium, to ban the niqab in their own countries – an action that many Muslims recognise as just one of a cohort of desperate underhand attempts to push them towards secular values and away from Islam. The day after his comments, the Northern League – the far right political party and member of Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition – proposed legislation aimed at also banning the face veil in Italy.

Dr. Nazreen Nawaz, Women’s Media Representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain commented, “Sheikh Tantawi is no stranger to playing fiddle to the tune of Western secular governments. His track record includes supporting the French hijab ban, advising Muslim girls to take off their hijabs to comply with this law, and shaking hands with Israeli President Shimon Peres – a butcher whose hands are soaked with the blood of thousands of Palestinians.”

“Against a backdrop of European governments who are attempting to stem the rise of Islam in their societies and coerce their Muslim communities to embrace Western values through laws such as hijab and niqab bans, his words have provided ammunition to their agenda. Furthermore, his latest comments have given succour to the propaganda war of Western governments against Islam and the Muslim woman’s dress. Therefore, rather than asking young Muslim girls to remove their veils, it is he who should hide his face in shame.”

“He reacts angrily to women wearing niqab but is indifferent to his government’s license for female tourists to parade half-naked in the holiday resorts of Egypt. He uses Islam to argue that Muslim women should uncover their faces but is muted over the secular rule of the tyrannical Mubarak regime that is trying its best to drive Islam out of society – including imprisoning and torturing those who advocate Islamic governance.”

“Tantawi and his likes who provide a pay-as-you-go, on-demand fatwa service to endorse and rubber stamp the actions of autocratic rulers and Western governments, have no credibility amongst the Muslim masses. Western leaders should therefore not be fooled into believing that edicts from such government scholars will convince Muslims to turn away on their deeply held Islamic beliefs and embrace corrupt, flawed, morally deficient secular values. If this is their hope – it is they, not Muslim women who need to remove that veil from their eyes.”

Previous Article

Tory lies about Hizb ut-Tahrir are populist ...

Next Article

Bangladesh govt has completely failed to secure ...

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +

National Conferences

Join US on Telegram

Podcast

Latest Posts

Viewpoint

Abortion isn’t about Roe v Wade but Truth v Hypocrisy

he recent US Supreme Court verdict reversing Roe v Wade dominated the front pages of every Western media outlet. Abortion has become so toxic that even the worst cost of living crisis ...
  • Bangladesh Floods: farcical mantra of economic success disguising failure to provide basic protection

    By Editor
    June 24, 2022
  • National Conferences : From al-Hind to al-Quds: Speak Out | Act | Liberate

    By Editor
    June 18, 2022
  • The Champions of Free Speech Haven’t a Leg to Stand on

    By Yahya Nisbet
    June 13, 2022
  • Two July Conferences on Indian and Zionist Oppression Organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain

    By Yahya Nisbet
    June 10, 2022
  • The Sectarian Card – Shia and Sunni divisions under the spotlight

    By Editor
    June 5, 2022
  • Muslims Must Condemn the Hate Filled Film and the Attempt to Divide Us

    By Yahya Nisbet
    June 5, 2022
  • Protest in London Says No To More Democracy, Yes to the Khilafah

    By Yahya Nisbet
    May 7, 2022
  • Press Centre