The Collapsing Anglo-American Partnership is an Opportunity for the Islamic Ummah

On 27 March 2026, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy of the UK Parliament released its Fourth Report of Session 2024–26 (HC 1045/HL Paper 281). Significantly, on Page 8, the paper mentioned that “The Government outlines ambitions to:… c. develop ‘sovereign and asymmetric capabilities’, through rebuilding the UK’s defence industrial base, reducing reliance on others.”

Regarding “reducing reliance upon others,” it is well known that Britian heavily relied upon the United States, since it was severely wounded by the German war machine during the Second World War. Faced with a vigorous challenge to its colonies and former colonies from a surging Soviet Russia, Britain’s deep state, in all its factions, strengthened relations with the United States, which began its foreign relations as an enemy of Britain, including the War of 1812.  During his “The Sinews of Peace” speech on 5 March 1946, Winston Churchill, a former British prime minister and leader of the opposition at the time, stated, “The only instrument capable at this historical moment of preventing war and resisting tyranny is the “fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples.” This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States of America.” Regardless of the debate over the Special Relationship being a myth or not, an entire order was established upon Anglo-American partnership, including the formation of NATO, and coalitions to attack Afghanistan in 2001 and then Iraq in 2003.

Moreover, the Joint Committee paper was in fact specific about Britain reducing reliance on the US, by name. At a time that Britain is crippled economically by inflation, crippling debt, Putin’s war on Ukraine, and Trump’s destabilization of the Strait of Hormuz, it is nonetheless investing in military capabilities, to prevent a decline into irrelevance. On Page 43 it mentioned, “119. Recommendation: As well as continuing its strategic collaboration with the United States where practical, the Government must also develop a clear plan, along with other European allies, for a transition towards greater European leadership of NATO. Preparing for a ‘worst-case scenario’ whereby Europe can no longer rely on US support in the event of a crisis, the Government must work with European partners to invest in its own capabilities to offset this potential withdrawal.”

Thus, having arrogantly reduced partnership with Europe through Brexit, Britain’s deep state is now proposing a humiliating return to Europe. However, European partnership is far from reliable due to the intense nationalism of each of its component states. European history before the Second World War is marked with continuous wars between European states. As for the Second World War itself, it was essentially a war between European states, extended over colonies and former colonies. After the Second World War, European history is marked with continuous friction and rivalry between Britain, France and Germany. Now, after a return to militarization by Germany, Britain and France, armed conflict between European states is not to be ruled out, within this century, based on the track record of their conflicts, extending over centuries.

O Muslims and their Armies!

See the reality of your enemies and tormentors! After America fought British colonialism for independence, it drew close to Britain to exploit opportunities for its own colonialism within the Muslim World. Now, America has no need for Britain to exploit the Muslim World, it has abandoned Britain, insulting and berating it. As for Britain, which oppressed much of the Muslim World during the peak of its colonialism, it now must forge a partnership with its competitors in colonialism, France and Germany. This is the nature of the states of disbelief, who mobilize on the basis of nationalistic identity and material benefit. With no noble ideology to bind disbelievers to work for the betterment of humanity, enemies become allies and then enemies again, on the basis of greed for the resources of other nations. The bitter division between disbelievers is as Allah (swt) described,

[بَأْسُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّى ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ]

“Their malice for each other is intense: you think they are united, yet their hearts are divided.” [TMQ Surah Al-Hashr: 14].

Yet, regardless of their divisions and competitions, there is no good expected from the winners, or the losers, as far as Muslim are concerned. For too long the Muslim World has been the banquet over which the enemies fight over, to feast. The bitter divisions, shifting alliances and changes in the international order should be an opportunity to escape from colonialist exploitation. However, such thinking is beyond the current rulers of Muslims, who are agents and followers of colonialist powers, and cannot see beyond the orders and interests of their masters.

As for an aware, Islamic leadership, it can easily exploit the inherent nature of the disbelievers, and resulting weaknesses, in order to force the retreat of kufr and establish the dominance of the Deen. It alone has the will to walk in the pure footsteps of the Khulafaa Rashidun (ra) who defeated the Persian and Roman empires, and gathered countless nations to form a mighty Islamic Ummah that dominated the world for centuries. It alone can establish a machine industry, as a basis of rapid militarization, ending dangerous dependence on foreign weapons. It alone can fund an industrial revolution by ending riba (interest) payments to disbelieving states, seizing the misappropriated wealth of the corrupt rulers and officials and mobilizing the huge energy, mineral and financial resources of the entire Ummah. It alone can challenge the tyrants, and establish an order of divine justice and mercy for all humanity.

O Muslims and their armies, end your passive submission and perform righteous deeds, until Allah (swt) grants tamkeen (empowerment) for the Deen of Islam. Hizb ut Tahrir persists in its Dawah to Islam as a ruling governance, so respond!