Press Release
Revealing the Crimes of Zionists and Raising the Voice of the Oppressed Muslims of Palestine is not a ‘Crime’ but an Islamic Duty of Every Muslim!

In November 2023, two Dawah carriers of Hizb ut Tahrir were detained by the intelligence officials of Nangarhar province while speaking at a demonstration aimed at condemning the brutal attacks of the Zionist entity on Gaza. Over the past six months, these Dawah carriers have been in a state of uncertainty in terms of jurisdiction, and they are known as ‘Prisoners of the Palestinian Cause’ among the prisoners of Jalalabad Prison.

It is surprising to see that since when and based on which Sharia principle, the courage to reveal the crimes of Zionists and raise the voice of Palestinian Muslims have been termed as an act of ‘crime’? The scale of genocide and war crimes committed by the Zionist entity is that limitless and brutal that even forced hundreds of thousands of non-Muslims to hold large demonstrations condemning these atrocities and war crimes; but unfortunately, advocating for the suppressed Muslims of Palestine is not only prohibited in the Islamic land but is also rewarded with prison. The bitter truth is that the ruling regime in Afghanistan prevents the collective rallies regarding the crimes in Gaza. While it is the obligation of the Muslim Armies and people of power to rush to defend the oppressed Palestinians. As the Palestinian Muslims are still expecting to see the Mujahideen of Afghanistan coming to their rescue; that’s why, they have called on them many times for help.

[وَإِنِ اسْتَنصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ]

“But if they seek your help ˹against persecution˺ in faith, it is your obligation to help them.” [Al-Anfal:72]

The argument that ‘it is merely the obligation of the Arab regimes and Palestine’s neighboring countries to reach out to the Muslims of Gaza’ is both a non-Islamic excuse and a non-political expectation. Because anyone with political insight would better realize that these regimes have done nothing to stop the Zionist crimes, and it is clear from their actions that these regimes are nothing but stooges of America and the shadow of the Zionist entity.

The claim that ‘we should first make ourselves strong and then reach out to the Palestinian Muslims’ is also a baseless assertion. If such a claim was true, the ruling regime would have really undertaken the project of military mobilization and would have made remarkable efforts to equip itself militarily for this great purpose.

Unfortunately, what can be seen among some officials is that their vision regarding the training and equipping Mujahideen has become narrower day by day, being reduced to the national borders of Afghanistan. While the Mujahideen should be trained and equipped with the idea of liberating Masjid Al-Aqsa, Kashmir, Eastern Turkestan and other lands, and they should also have a practical strategy on the table to take down the artificial borders. Liberating the Islamic lands from the occupation is a duty that the people of power should make it happen as soon as possible.

The brutal incidents that are taking place in the blessed land of Palestine is the greatest Ibtila (trial) of the Ummah of the Messenger of Allah (saw). Over 200 days since the brutal war in Gaza started, the true faces of the great powers, international institutions, human rights watchdogs, Muslim rulers and people of power have been revealed with their cowardly positions and ranks being exposed. It is as if the Muslims of Gaza are fighting alone against the advanced armies of Kufr equipped with AI and sophisticated weaponries rushing from East through West to suppress the Muslims.

[وَلِيُمَحِّصَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَيَمْحَقَ الْكافِرِينَ]‌

“And (the ups and downs of war are for it) so that Allah may distinguish the ˹true˺ believers and destroy the disbelievers.” [Aali Imran:141]

Undoubtedly, the Muslim rulers and people of power will be taken into account before Allah (Al-Qahhar) on the Day of Judgment for their act of keeping silence regarding the crimes of Zionists in Palestine; and those who —due to their whims of Nafs— have imprisoned the Dawah carries simply because they were raising the voice of the oppressed Muslims of Palestine and revealing the crimes of the oppressors will face a more severe reckoning.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Afghanistan