Post by Islamic Revival on Sept 2, 2005 14:39:01 GMT -5
Peshawar1
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PESHAWAR: Naveed Butt, the spokesman of Hizbul Tahrir (HT) in Pakistan declared in an interview that the party wants to bring a new system purely based on Quran and Sunnah a common man paying no taxes and enjoying right to cultivating as much barren land as he or she can.
This prominent figure of Hizbul tahrir in an interview with peshawar1 said that its ideology is Islam and its goal is to implement it (Islam) through the establishment of Khilafat (Caliphate) in the unified Ummah.
"And unification means no borders among the Muslim world with one Khalifah (Caliph) ruling it," said Naveed Butt, HT spokesman in Pakistan, in an exclusive interview with peshawar1.com.
He said Hizbul Tahrir, a non-militant political party, wanted to spread Islam not only in the Islamic world but also in all the regions of the world as, "Islam came to protect the rights of humanity whereas the capitalism is a set of laws that only protects the hegemony of those in power and multinationals that support them for vested interests."
Giving a brief account of his party, the spokesman said HT was established in 1953 in Al Quds Baitul Maqdas by Sheikh Taqiuddin Annabhani, a Shariah court judge in Palestine who graduated from Egypt's renowned Al Azhar University. "It was banned in late 50s in Jordan and in other parts of the world at different times and today the Arab world has slapped a ban on its activities," he said.
However, Mr Butt added, in some Islamic countries including Pakistan, Sudan and Indonesia Hizbul Tahrir exists.
Elaborating on reasons for a ban on HT activities, Naveed said a state or an individual could not own and have control over its natural resources including oil, gas, minerals, forests etc in the economic system of Islam, leading to the elimination of rulers and multinationals, their masters, that collude with each other to exploit the poor. He said rulers in these states obliged the multinationals to prolong their rule with their support.
"Natural resources are a public property," said Mr Butt.
He said a common man would not pay any taxes in the Caliphate system the Hizb was offering to the oUmmah. "This is going to be the first and major relief," said the spokesman. Islam taxed the rich and landlords who paid taxes in the form of Ushr and Zakat.
He said oil and gas would reach people at cheaper rates in the Hizb system and would not be privatized. Mr Butt said land could not be leased in Islam. People could cultivate as much barren land as they wanted and become landowners, he added.
"And if someone doesn't work the land within three years, land is taken back from him or her and distributed among the landless people," he said.
In Pakistan, Naveed said, out of 71 million hectares of cultivable land only 21 million hectares is under cultivation and the rest is barren.
Naveed said Hibzut Tahrir that literary meant the Liberation Party and the largest political party in the world was striving to generate awareness in urban areas about bringing a change in the ruling system through "a popular movement." "Now people are openly talking about Muslim unification following US attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq and the Hizb movement is fast spreading in Central Asia," but not yet active in Afghanistan but will be soon , said the soft-spoken Hizb leader.
He said scores of HT activists were martyred in Central Asian states and thousands imprisoned. "In Pakistan too, cases were registered in anti-terrorist courts and our boys were harassed by the intelligence agencies to frighten us," he said.
On legislation, Mr Butt said: "Islam says legislation is not with a select group or people in general because of the vested interests."
He said Only Allah Almighty could legislate and His laws could not be changed, not even by a Khalifa (Caliph).
Mr Butt said Khilafat was neither democracy nor dictatorship. "Democracy is dictatorship of the elite." He said in Khilafat, Majlis-e-Ummat would be the decision-making authority whose decisions would be binding on Khalifa who would be an elected person.
He said Hizbul Tahrir had a comprehensive program on Khilafat constitution that enshrined economic, social, ruling system etc. "We have done our research on the basis of Quran and Sunnah and nothing would be against Allah's commandments."
On the rights of women, the Hizb spokesman said Islam viewed woman as a human, adding women are a vital and affective member of the society. "We view women as part of the society. She could be in Majlis-e-Ummat and take part in politics," he remarked. Mr Butt said women could participate in TV programs in purdah (veil) except acting, which he described as haram (forbidden in Islam) even for men. He further added that western society has "overburdened" the women in the sense that they are working in the offices as well as running their homes and looking after their children, but Islam is the only religion in which women have respect, dignity and security.
The Hizb said his party had got a tremendous response in the Middle East and Central Asia where women demonstrated in favor of Hizbul Tahrir. He said HT was operating in over 13 Islamic countries besides the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany but in the latter the party was banned recently for its anti-Semitic views. The spokesman said if the Hizb system was established, even the non-Muslims would support it for US hegemonistic designs.
www.peshawar1.com/htmls/hzb.html
PESHAWAR: Naveed Butt, the spokesman of Hizbul Tahrir (HT) in Pakistan declared in an interview that the party wants to bring a new system purely based on Quran and Sunnah a common man paying no taxes and enjoying right to cultivating as much barren land as he or she can.
This prominent figure of Hizbul tahrir in an interview with peshawar1 said that its ideology is Islam and its goal is to implement it (Islam) through the establishment of Khilafat (Caliphate) in the unified Ummah.
"And unification means no borders among the Muslim world with one Khalifah (Caliph) ruling it," said Naveed Butt, HT spokesman in Pakistan, in an exclusive interview with peshawar1.com.
He said Hizbul Tahrir, a non-militant political party, wanted to spread Islam not only in the Islamic world but also in all the regions of the world as, "Islam came to protect the rights of humanity whereas the capitalism is a set of laws that only protects the hegemony of those in power and multinationals that support them for vested interests."
Giving a brief account of his party, the spokesman said HT was established in 1953 in Al Quds Baitul Maqdas by Sheikh Taqiuddin Annabhani, a Shariah court judge in Palestine who graduated from Egypt's renowned Al Azhar University. "It was banned in late 50s in Jordan and in other parts of the world at different times and today the Arab world has slapped a ban on its activities," he said.
However, Mr Butt added, in some Islamic countries including Pakistan, Sudan and Indonesia Hizbul Tahrir exists.
Elaborating on reasons for a ban on HT activities, Naveed said a state or an individual could not own and have control over its natural resources including oil, gas, minerals, forests etc in the economic system of Islam, leading to the elimination of rulers and multinationals, their masters, that collude with each other to exploit the poor. He said rulers in these states obliged the multinationals to prolong their rule with their support.
"Natural resources are a public property," said Mr Butt.
He said a common man would not pay any taxes in the Caliphate system the Hizb was offering to the oUmmah. "This is going to be the first and major relief," said the spokesman. Islam taxed the rich and landlords who paid taxes in the form of Ushr and Zakat.
He said oil and gas would reach people at cheaper rates in the Hizb system and would not be privatized. Mr Butt said land could not be leased in Islam. People could cultivate as much barren land as they wanted and become landowners, he added.
"And if someone doesn't work the land within three years, land is taken back from him or her and distributed among the landless people," he said.
In Pakistan, Naveed said, out of 71 million hectares of cultivable land only 21 million hectares is under cultivation and the rest is barren.
Naveed said Hibzut Tahrir that literary meant the Liberation Party and the largest political party in the world was striving to generate awareness in urban areas about bringing a change in the ruling system through "a popular movement." "Now people are openly talking about Muslim unification following US attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq and the Hizb movement is fast spreading in Central Asia," but not yet active in Afghanistan but will be soon , said the soft-spoken Hizb leader.
He said scores of HT activists were martyred in Central Asian states and thousands imprisoned. "In Pakistan too, cases were registered in anti-terrorist courts and our boys were harassed by the intelligence agencies to frighten us," he said.
On legislation, Mr Butt said: "Islam says legislation is not with a select group or people in general because of the vested interests."
He said Only Allah Almighty could legislate and His laws could not be changed, not even by a Khalifa (Caliph).
Mr Butt said Khilafat was neither democracy nor dictatorship. "Democracy is dictatorship of the elite." He said in Khilafat, Majlis-e-Ummat would be the decision-making authority whose decisions would be binding on Khalifa who would be an elected person.
He said Hizbul Tahrir had a comprehensive program on Khilafat constitution that enshrined economic, social, ruling system etc. "We have done our research on the basis of Quran and Sunnah and nothing would be against Allah's commandments."
On the rights of women, the Hizb spokesman said Islam viewed woman as a human, adding women are a vital and affective member of the society. "We view women as part of the society. She could be in Majlis-e-Ummat and take part in politics," he remarked. Mr Butt said women could participate in TV programs in purdah (veil) except acting, which he described as haram (forbidden in Islam) even for men. He further added that western society has "overburdened" the women in the sense that they are working in the offices as well as running their homes and looking after their children, but Islam is the only religion in which women have respect, dignity and security.
The Hizb said his party had got a tremendous response in the Middle East and Central Asia where women demonstrated in favor of Hizbul Tahrir. He said HT was operating in over 13 Islamic countries besides the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany but in the latter the party was banned recently for its anti-Semitic views. The spokesman said if the Hizb system was established, even the non-Muslims would support it for US hegemonistic designs.