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Q&A: Mixed Marriages & Mixed Education

The following is the translation of an Arabic Q&A by Sheikh Abdul Qadeem Zalloom.  Question and Answer These days the people have become accustomed to hiring out halls for their wedding feasts. These halls are of two types: First: mixed halls where men and women are invited and they sit together. When the bride comes from the Saloon they make her sit with the bridegroom and there are women around them who are mahrams and non-mahram. The women in such situations usually are adorned and reveal their ‘awrah. They sing and dance in front of the bride and bridegroom. Men also participate in this. During the celebrations the bridegroom places adornments on bride’s hands, neck and ears as the people are accustomed to do. Second: Halls hired by those who concerned for Islam. One hall for men and one hall for women. Ie without mixing. But when the bride comes she is made to sit with her bridegroom together in the woman’s hall. The women, mahrams and non-mahrams, sing and dan

New Arabic documentary about Uzbekistan

You can download a new short documentary about the persecution of the Muslims of Uzbekistan and their struggle for Khilafah from the following link: http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/arabic/usbikproject/media/UZBK2006.rmvb The following is a link to a new arabic website dedicated to highlighting the plight of the Muslims of Uzbekistan: http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/arabic/index.php/usbekistan/main

Views on Saddam's death

The following are some quotations of views regarding Saddam Hussain's execution: Muhammad Ismail Yusanto, spokesperson of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Indonesia said: "The punishment should have been given to Saddam, because Saddam killed many Iraqi people and also members of Hizb ut-Tahrir there". But he said US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair deserved no better. "All leaders in the world who did killings have to get the same punishment." [ Source ] In a press release Hizb ut-Tahrir, Britain said: Saddam Hussain may have been executed, his crimes were terrible, but the world is waiting for Bush and Blair to be brought to account for the death of over 650,000 innocent Iraqi civilians. Their illegal colonial war in Iraq has found no weapons of mass destruction, has overthrown a dictator formerly loyal to western governments, triggered sectarian conflicts formerly non-existent in Iraq, and left a trail of destruction. Saddam Hussain was supported

The importance of independent thinking & grasping the culture

The following is a transcript of a session delivered by a brother. It is possible that sometimes there is a deficiency in some of the Da’wah carriers. This weakness is in understanding the culture and the way we study in the Halaqaat and also the general reading and discussions, this results in problems in the Da’wah. When the general culture level of the Da’wah carriers becomes weak, it creates a number of problems and has dangerous consequences. When the Halaqat are not given in the same level as originally intended by the pioneers of the Da’wah. And when the cultural level is weak. Each resulting Halaqah will create a new halaqah of a new generation of Da’wah carriers that are culturally weaker that its predecessor, the thoughts and culture become watered down and diluted losing the original pure taste of the concepts. Although activity of the Da’wah is essential, it is important to understand that our Da’wah is not ‘activity-driven’ rather it should be driven by a producti

Political Concepts Part 6 - World Main issues

The following is an extract of the draft english translation of an excellent recent book entitled ' Political Concepts ' which was published in the Arab world in 2005. We will be posting more sections of the book in future. Political actions that take place in the world are many and relate to many issues. However, it is possible to limit these in six main issues, which are: issue of Europe, issue of the Middle East, Central Asia issue, Indian subcontinent issue, Far East issue and issue of Africa. Study was limited to these six issues for the following reasons: Firstly: Struggle or competition takes place between the great powers in these regions; so it is naturally the issues of these regions to be the most important world issues. Secondly: The peoples of these regions live in a state of intense unrest and attempt of liberation. Therefore, it was necessary to try controlling the situations of these peoples; particularly the majority of them are Muslims that vividly yea