بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah
Pakistan has issued a Publicized Policy Position (PPP) regarding both state and
private media, electronic and print. It outlines how the Khilafah supervise and
support a vibrant media that plays its full role in exposing the colonialist
plans, accounting the rulers and promoting the noble Deen of Islam globally.
A.
Preamble: Benefiting of
the Information Age
The present age has been called
the ‘Information Age.’ Both electronic and print media, state and private
media, not only have a major role in shaping the opinions of the general
public, but also provide the people the previous information upon which they
establish opinions. At the same time, there are certain matters where private
media itself relies on the state, such as guidelines on security matters and
exposing the plans of the colonialists. The state must assist the media and
indeed the Khilafah state will vigorously support the media in playing its part
in helping to look after the affairs of its citizens and propagating the call
of Islam to the rest of humankind. Information is of the important matters for
the Call to Islam and the State. Thus, it is directly connected with the
Khaleefah as an independent institution, the same as any one of the other
Khilafah state's institutions, such as the judiciary or the Council of the
Ummah.
B.
Political considerations:
The current state of media
B1. In the current situation,
rather than exposing the plans of the colonialists and accounts the rulers,
traitors within Pakistan leadership place great pressure on the private media
to implement and support the Western plans and hide their treachery in
fulfilling it. The traitors deploy armies of agency personnel to threaten and
intimidate the owners as well as individual journalists. The threat is so great
that the most honest and outspoken have begun hiding their views, diluting
their presentation or even resort to self-imposed exile. In addition, the traitors
also use financial pressure, denying loans or grants or state advertising for
the smaller private media assets. As for the state media the traitors use it is
used as a mouthpiece for securing the American interests in the country.
Consequently, over time, the state media lost credibility in the eyes of the
people, and now private media is being undermined too. This undermining has
reached the point that social media and direct social interaction are being
regarded as the only available credible sources of news and opinion.
B2. Regarding the propagation of
values, the traitors see fit to flood the society through the media with the
corrupt, lowly Western values. These include materialism, encouraging the
violation of the command of Allah (swt), establishing illicit relations between the genders and
degradation of the honor of women, all in the name of freedom. Since the time
of Musharraf there has been a steep decline in the role of the media to moral
standards set for the society, to the point that even the long respected
conservative state media has become a subject of rejection, criticism and
boycott by the people.
C.
LEGAL INJUNCTIONS:
Establishing the media on a strong footing
C1. The Khilafah will supervise
and support the private and state media to play a vital role in establishing
the leadership of Islam in the entire world. The media is to present Islam
strongly and effectively, and provoke the people to turn towards Islam and to
study and think of it. It also facilitates the annexation of Muslim lands to
the Khilafah state. The media will present the Islamic culture related to the
various aspects of life so people are aware of these opinions and can apply
them to their individual and collective lives. And it will expose the plans of
the belligerent colonialist nations that have ravaged the globe, igniting and
supporting wasteful civil wars and struggles to secure the control over
countries as well as exploiting wealthy countries such that their people are
drowned in poverty and despair. Internationally, the media will support the
state's promotion of Islam as an intellectual leadership for all of humankind,
a light of guidance for the people oppressed by man-made systems. Allah (swt) said:
“Invite to the way of your Lord with
Evidence and Fair Exhoratation and argue with them by that which is better.”
[Surah An-Nahl: 125]
Asides from its extensive
preparation and experience for ruling by Islam in all fields, including
supervision of the media, Hizb ut-Tahrir has the necessary experience in media
affairs. It already has an extensive global Media Office network, with branches
throughout the Muslim World and even in non-Muslim countries. This Media Office
efficiently provides media outlets information about the Hizb, its views and
policies on matters and will continue to function in this capacity after the
establishment of the Khilafah. It has developed a vast array of styles including
video production, magazines and journals and websites amongst many others.
As for the Hizb's Ameer, the
distinguished jurist Sheikh Ata Abu Rishte, amongst his many responsibilities
within the Hizb over the decades, has been as the spokesman for Hizb
ut-Tahrir in Jordan. Sheik Ata has intimate knowledge of the working and issues
of the media. Thus as a Khaleefah inshaaAllah his ability to supervise the
media is formidable and impressive.
In its Introduction to the
Constitution, Hizb ut-Tahrir has adopted, “Article 103 “The
institution of the Media Office is responsible for drawing up and executing the
political media strategy for the State in order to support the interests of
Islam and the Muslims. Internally, it works to build an Islamic society that is
strong and cohesive, and it refutes that which is malicious while confirming
that which is good. In external affairs it is to promote Islam during peace and
war, in a manner that explains the greatness of Islam, its justice and the
strength of its army, and expose the corruption and oppression of manmade
system and the weakness of its army.”
The Hizb has adopted in its book
Khilafah State Organizations that upon establishment of the state, “A law
will be published that demonstrates the general guidelines of the information
policy of the State, in accordance with the divine rules. The State would
follow such policy for serving the interest of Islam and Muslims, and for
building a cohesive and strong Islamic society, which adheres to the robe of
Allah, and from which and in which goodness shines. There will be no place in
it for vicious and depraving thoughts, and nor for false and misguiding
cultures. It would be an Islamic society that dismisses its wickedness and
shines its goodness, and celebrates the praises of Allah, the Lord of the
worlds.”
C2. The Khilafah will support,
guide and fund an extensive private media. In media, the Islamic laws must be
obeyed, in all forms from news and current affairs to documentaries and
features, as well as print and electronic media. It will also be ensured that
Islamic laws are obeyed and its social system enforced within the media
organization during the publication of information. As private media is a business,
its enterprises will be eligible for the same banking and credit facilities as
other enterprises from the state treasury, the Bayt ul-Maal. Indeed some of the
matters in the media, such as setting up television studios and printing press,
require great initial expense and some individuals would require assistance in
the form of interest free loans or grants. Any advertising given by state enterprises
or public property enterprises shall be granted without special privileges,
concessions, nepotism or favoritism. It shall be declared by the Khaleefah in
advance how much space or time the state shall require for public service
messages, except in emergencies, to ensure smooth media provision. In addition
the state will arrange the allocation of bandwidth frequencies to electronic
media, and will ensure that print publications do not duplicate names. These
functions require that the information organization be centralized.
In its Introduction to the
Constitution, Hizb ut-Tahrir has adopted, “Article 104 The media
owned by any citizen of the State does not require a permit; rather they are
simply required to inform the media office, such that the office knows about
the media means that are being established. The owner and the editors of any
media means are responsible for every article they publish and are accounted
for anything which contradicts the Shari’ah in the same manner as any other
citizen.”
C3. Regarding the security
matters, the media must also be told by the Khalifah which information can be
published, on matters closely related to the state, such as military matters
and related issues, like news of military movements, of how battles are
proceeding, or of military industries.
Note:
Please refer to the following articles of Hizb ut-Tahrir's “Introduction to the
Constitution” for the complete evidences from Quran and Sunnah: 103 and 104. To
see relevant articles of the constitution for the Khilafah state please go to
this web link. http://htmediapak.page.tl/policy-matters.htm
D.
POLICY: The Information
the Ummah deserves
D1. The foundation of a
media that is a pillar of the Ummah in propagating the Deen of Truth, alerting
the people to the harm from the corrupt colonialist nations
D2 Guiding, supporting and
funding an extensive private media, that alongside the state media, will play
its role in establishing the Khilafah as the leading state and its media as the
most credible source of information in the globe.
Hizb ut-Tahrir 4
Jumadal Thaani, 1434
Wilayah Pakistan 15
April, 2013
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