On Sunday evening (12-08-2012) the government arrested 35 members and activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir from an iftar gathering at a restaurant in Dhaka city. These bright Muslim youth gathered together to share Allah's bounty by sharing in iftar, to discuss about the virtues of Ramadhan and about the greatness of the noble Qur'an which was revealed in this blessed month. The so-called democratic government could not tolerate this. The Hasina government detests any talk about Allah's words. Only this week the government decided to deploy 40,000 spies to monitor the speeches of the khatibs in the mosques. Furthermore the Home Ministry announced that it will start closer surveillance in the universities, particularly private universities, to curb Islamic activities. The policy to arrest Muslims from iftar, to deploy spies in the houses of Allah (SWT) and other such policies reveal the Hasina government's great hatred for Islam.

However the government would be foolish to consider these policies as sufficient to silence the Muslims. The Muslim Ummah has plunged into a struggle against tyrants, this struggle is taking place in the centre, and it is spreading and it will reach Hasina's doorsteps soon. The Muslims are inspired by the words of RasulAllah (SAW) in their struggle, "The Best Jihad is (to say) a word of truth before an oppressor ruler". (Reported by Abu Dawud Tirmizi, Ibn Maja). Thus no matter how severe the repression is the members and activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh will carry on their struggle, and they have the support of the larger society. Throughout this blessed month of Ramadhan Hizb ut-Tahrir interacted with the great number of masses from all sections of society inviting them to the Best Jihad and preparing them to participate in it. And the people responded. Wherever the government forces came to prevent the party members from activities the people spoke out against them. The government knows they are unable to prevent or arrest party members from in front of the Ummah and so they choose the backdoor method hiding behind terms such as "we acted on a tip off" and arrested this or that number of people. The government is sleepless due to witnessing the people's support for Hizb ut-Tahrir and the continuing rise of the party. This is why they have resorted to the tactics of Stalinist state by spying and clamping down on iftar gatherings. These feeble tactics will bring no success for the government, the Truth will prevail and falsehood will perish.

وَقُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا} (الإسراء:)81 }

"And say: Truth has come and Batil has vanished. Surely Batil is ever bound to vanish." [TMQ Surah Al-Isra: 81]

Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Wilayah Bangladesh