A sincere call to all Muslims to abandon their agent rulers and turn their faces toward the Second Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly-Guided Caliphate) on the Method of Prophethood, and to work to establish it together with their brothers and sisters, the shebaab (young men and women) of Hizb ut Tahrir,
The last two years have etched Gaza into the conscience of the Ummah as the bleeding yet unbroken heart of Islam. Two years of genocide, starvation, and devastation have demonstrated that bombs can demolish homes but not the will of a believing people. The occupiers sought to grind Gazans into dust, but they became mountains.
When you contemplate the biography of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), you will find that leadership based on Iman is not just a slogan, but rather an approach implemented by the first of the Khulafaa’ Rashideen (Rightly-Guided Caliphs) after the passing of the Prophet (saw) to the Most High, Allah (swt).
Many intellectuals have exaggerated in their comparison of the theory of social contract of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and other European Enlightenment philosophers to the bay’ah (pledge of allegiance) established by Islam. The theory of social contract of Rousseau and others does not address how the ruler assumes power, although they address this issue in some of their theories.
