Press Release
Persecution Against Hizb ut Tahrir Won't Stop Establishment of Khilafah
National (US) Action Plan is to Shut the Call of Islam and Khilafah

The Raheel-Nawaz regime under National (US) Action Plan wants to shut each and every voice raised in favour of Islam and Khilafah "Caliphate". This regime is crossing every limit just to please their masters in Washington. Yesterday, Hakeem Ehsan, a member of the honorable Jigranvi family in Lahore, was arrested from his clinic in Raiwind. The regime has registered false and baseless cases against the men and women of the Jigranvi family and continue to harass them on count of these cases. The only crime of this family is that despite the regime's persecution they have not abandoned the struggle for Islam and Khilafah "Caliphate".

Hakeem Ehsan is a renowned herbal practitioner in Lahore who has committed his life for Islam and Khilafah "Caliphate". Despite the real possibility of arrest given continuous regime harassment he went to his clinic as normal because he knew that he has committed no crime. Rather he was fulfilling the command of Messenger of Allah (saaw) of raising the word of truth in front of a tyrant ruler, which is the greatest jihad. Despite the Jigranvi family not having committed any crime their men and women have been thrown in jails. In stark and shameful contrast, the regime lets off US criminals even if they are arrested red-handed as happened again today when a US citizen was arrested at Islamabad Airport with a pistol and magazine but as soon the US Embassy contacted the authorities and declared that this is our man, he was released immediately.

Hizb ut Tahrir wants to remind the Raheel-Nawaz regime that its indecent tactics and persecution cannot stop the establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate" in the least. This Ummah has recognized its destination and is now moving fast towards it. This fact is also very clear to your masters as well, which is why they have ordered you to cross every limit even against those who employ only political and intellectual struggle. Raheel-Nawaz Regime! You are standing on the wrong side as your masters already have lost their battle because this Ummah has declared its verdict in favour of Islam. This fact has been validated recently by an American research institution, PEW, that the overwhelming majority of Muslims in the Muslim world want to see Islam as the official law of the state. Thus, your efforts will neither benefit you in this world nor in Hereafter. Rather, it will cause you a severe loss as Allah (swt) has already declared that He will complete His Light. It is better for you to ask Allah's forgiveness and step aside from the way of Allah's servants who are working for the Khilafah "Caliphate". Perchance, He may forgive your grave sins.

[وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيراً]

"And whoever opposes the Messenger after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers' way, We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination!" [Al-Nisa: 115]

Shahzad Shaikh
Deputy to the Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Pakistan