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The Khilafat will Undo 64 Years of Spectacular Secular Failure
As the national institutions again collectively hoist in their droves the national flag and sings praises of the national anthem, many who mechanically join them on the streets of Pakistan for the sixty-fourth time in this annual milestone, know very well that these token gestures of independence and pride are as hollow and shallow as their supply of electricity & gas, their security situation and the economic and political outlook of their very country.
For whilst the ruling elite plunder away the resources of the country in total and utter disregard of the population of which fifty million eat just one meal a day, whilst a new generation of political personalities the like of Hina Rabanni Khar present themselves on the world stage accompanied by tens of thousands of dollars worth of fashion accessories and whilst their pampered and oblivious offspring use this 'Indepen-dance' day for yet another excuse to party away into the late hours of the night - the country around them burns with politically motivated sectarian violence, crushing poverty and inflation, disintegrating state services and utilities, and last but not least, from an onslaught of a specialist foreign US network of agents there to create havoc in the country by all forms of overt and covert means. Indeed the treachery from the rulers that occupy the thrones of today could not be greater.
In this backdrop, and with the Muslim world around them ignite with uprisings after decades of submissiveness to western backed despots and puppets, the Muslim Ummah in Pakistan yearn for and sense impending change; one that will finally be in accordance with the very foundation vision for the country and more importantly one that will be in line with their very beliefs of Islam.
For whilst the pseudo-intellectual liberal 'elite' of the nation would like to think that the destiny of the nation lies in secularism – where specifically Islam has no role to play whatsoever in the functioning of the state – they conveniently forget that for the entire duration of Pakistan's existence, whether by democracy or dictatorship, the country has been led by a system which has placed legislative powers into the hands of man, i.e. secularism.
Furthermore, by blaming Islam for the ills in the country, the secularists ignore the fact that in the face of such a dysfunctional, oppressive and exploitative secular ruling system, what has held the society together is squarely down to what aspects of Islam remain amongst the people. The recent UK riots have laid bare exactly what secular values lead to in a society where the authorities start losing a grip on the law and order situation. In Pakistan however, where the authorities have long since been incompetent and unreliable in maintaining such law and order, it is a testament to the great Islamic values of brotherhood, charity and fear of a greater accountability before Allah (swt) that has stopped the society from descending into a free for all loot and plunder.
In the complete implementation of Islam therefore, specifically in the form of its ruling system or Khilafat, lies the far reaching political vision to lead Pakistan out of this problematic time.
It will be the Khilafat that will move to end the killings in Karachi. It would not tolerate the existence of criminal gangsters under the guise of politicians who fan the flames of sectarianism, abusing and killing the people for the sake of power and wealth. It would not seek to make political deals with these people, as the current regime does to secure its own government.
The Khilafat will remove the American military presence from Pakistan; it will not allow a single CIA agent, Blackwater-Xe mercenary or a solitary drone to remain on any part of its territory. In 1947, the Muslims of the sub-continent did not give their lives and wealth to throw off British rule and secure themselves from oppression in India only to accept the oppression of America today. They sacrificed so that they and the future generations to come could live in safety and tranquillity under the shade of Islam.
The Khilafat will move to end the artificially induced energy crisis that has been created by the sheer incompetence, greed and inability of our secular rulers in managing Pakistan's vast resources. The Khilafat would not allow foreign multi-nationals to come and lay claim to resources that belong to the people, only to sell it back to them at a huge mark up.
The Khilafat will solve the crushing poverty faced by tens of millions of Pakistanis on a daily basis. It is intolerable that our people live in such squalor and poverty due to the failed policies of the corrupt and selfish rulers – and not because Allah (swt) did not bless this land with ample resources. The Khilafat will replace the fiat currency model – failing in the United States and Europe in front of all to see – with the gold standard and bring an end to rampant inflation, bringing much needed currency stability for the individual and businesses alike. The Khilafat will move to invest heavily in areas of agriculture and industry to create jobs and wealth en masse, as opposed to the current failed solution of simply turning on the printing machine at the State bank.
Indeed when Islam is finally implemented as an ideology via none other than the Khilafat system in Pakistan, will we at long last see true progression and prosperity transcend all levels and ethnicities of society, benefiting young and old, rich and poor, Muslim and non-Muslim alike – insha'Allah.
@asif_salahuddin
Salam all,
Those who missed the conference last weekend. Please checkout the videos from some great speakers below and share them with your friends and family now on twiter, facebook, email etc.
The International Khilafah Conference, London, 9 July 2011 - Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ys-QEmED7M
Trailer for the Khilafah Conference in the UK 9th July 2011 - 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bckOEqS5VI
Pakistan and the work for Khilafahhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2gkjEt1iGA
New Economic Thinking for the Muslim World
Accounting Rulers; duty of the Ulema and Ummah
One Ummah, One Struggle - Taji Mustafa
Photos
http://www.hizb.org.uk/dawah/pics-london-conference-khilafah-our-vision-for-the-ummah
The controversial whistle-blowing site Wikileaks has released numerous documents which relate to Pakistan among the cache of thousands of secret messages sent by US diplomatic staff.
While the main concern among US and UK diplomats is that Pakistan's nuclear material could fall into the hands of terrorists, a wide range of other sensitive issues also come under analysis.
Below are some of the key issues relating to Pakistan.
The leaked correspondence says that small teams of US special forces have been operating secretly inside Pakistan's tribal areas, with Pakistani government approval. It says that in October 2009 the Pakistani military covertly allowed a handful of US special operations soldiers to deploy with Pakistani troops in North and South Waziristan. Although they were forbidden to conduct combat missions they were there to provide "intelligence, surveillance and recon support" co-ordinating drone strikes and helping the military hunt down militants. BBC correspondents say that similar reports have been around before but Pakistan has consistently denied there are any US "boots on the ground".
In early 2009 General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of the army, discussed with the Americans the possibility of "persuading" President Asif Ali Zardari to resign - replacing him with Awami National Party leader Asfandyar Wali Khan. Gen Kayani said that he would keep Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in place.
The former US ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Patterson, warned that no amount of US aid would change the Pakistan army's covert support for four major militant groups:
The documents state that "extremism is no longer restricted to the border area" and that fighters were increasingly being recruited from Punjab province, where "poverty, illiteracy and despair create a breeding ground for extremism".
They state that "the phenomenon is spreading into northern Sindh as well".
The US believed that Pakistani troops were responsible for a series of extra-judicial killings in the Swat Valley and adjoining tribal belt, but decided not to comment publicly on the issue. However, the US subsequently cut funding to some army units.
The president told Ms Patterson he had made provision in case of his assassination, saying his sister, Faryal Talpur, would be named president. He also said he had requested that the United Arab Emirates government take in his family in event of his death. Mr Zardari's murdered wife - former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - lived in self-imposed exile in the UAE for years before her ill-fated return to Pakistan in 2007. Mr Zardari is also quoted as saying that he feared a fresh army coup. He was reported in 2009 to have told British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that he feared Gen Kayani might "take me out".
Pakistan's army and other arms of the government "quietly acquiesced" with drone strikes in the north of the country, the documents state, while condemning them in public as a breach of sovereignty. In August 2008 PM Gilani is reported to have said: "I don't care if they do it as long as they get the right people. We'll protest in the National Assembly and then ignore it." The documents also say that Pakistani civil servants view drones as a solution to the Taliban's grip over the tribal belt - which numerous army operations had failed to loosen. The website quotes a senior official as saying that most local people did not fear the strikes because "everyone knew that they only hit the house or location of very bad people".
US diplomats allege in the leaked documents that hundreds of millions of dollars of US aid earmarked for fighting militants has been diverted to government coffers. The cable acknowledges that the US and Pakistan is in a "co-dependent relationship".
While far from perfect, the documents state, President Zardari is "pro-American and anti-extremist; we believe he is our best ally in the government". They add that it is clear that "Zardari runs the show, and [PM] Gilani "has at times chafed at public acknowledgment of this fact". However, "reports of Zardari-Gilani tensions are exaggerated; Gilani knows his place and will tow Zardari's line".
"Although we do not believe Pakistan is a failed state", the documents state, "we nonetheless recognize that the challenges it confronts are dire... The government is losing more and more territory every day to foreign and domestic militant groups; deteriorating law and order in turn is undermining economic recovery. The bureaucracy is settling into third-world mediocrity, as demonstrated by some corruption and a limited capacity to implement or articulate policy."
In 2008 the US military asked US embassies in Kabul and Islamabad to provide information on camps housing Afghan refugees or civilians displaced by fighting with the Taliban. They wanted camp names, locations, status, the number of displaced and an ethnic breakdown. The reasons why this information was required are unknown.
Former British chief of defence staff told US officials Asif Ali Zardari had not much sense of how to govern a country
Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, is "clearly a numbskull", Sir Jock Stirrup, Britain's then chief of defence staff, told visiting US officials in London two years ago.
Other British officials echoed the line, with Peter Ricketts, the Foreign Office's permanent undersecretary, characterising the Pakistani leader as having "not much sense of how to govern a country … I fear he talks and talks but not much happens."
The Ministry of Defence's policy director, John Day, added his view that Zardari's principal strategy appears to be asking for "lots of development aid … and meanwhile circumstances on the ground are getting worse".
Their forthright comments were made to the Pentagon's undersecretary for political affairs, Eric Edelman, on 15 October, according to a cable sent from the US embassy in London to the state department.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/wikileaks-cables-stirrup-zardari-pakistan
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