بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah
Pakistan has issued a Publicized Policy Position (PPP) regarding looking after
the affairs of the people. It outlines how democracy is far from a system for
the people, as it is claimed. Democracy does not even look after the majority
of the people. Democracy is in fact designed to secure the interests of small
elite. It further shows how in the Khilafah, because Allah (swt) alone is sovereign, no
human-being, ruler or otherwise, can usurp the rights of others and then make a
law to legalize their oppression.
A.
Preamble. Democracy is
the cause of neglect of the people's affairs
Wherever democracy exists,
neglect and exploitation of the people by small elite will always occur. It is
a worldwide phenomenon that the richest people are those with access to
political power in democracy, either directly or through sponsorship of
politicians. Democracy was never meant to grant justice to the masses, and
instead was conceived to concentrate power and subsequently wealth into the
hands of a few. This is made clear in the following statement by Madison, the
Founder of the American Constitution stated, “landholders ought to have a share
in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and
check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of
the opulent against the majority.” And Democrat Robert C Byrd lamented
of his democratic country as “an administration of the wealthy, by the wealthy,
for the wealthy. Today I weep for my country”. In modern democracies, land
owners have been replaced by the corporate businessmen, industrialists,
property owners and families already in politics predominate.
The concentration of wealth in
these hands is legalized through manmade legislation under democracy. The
political families make wealth because they have usurped from society sources
of huge revenue. Specifically, the predominately state properties and public
properties, such as large scale arms manufacture, banking and energy industry.
This is why in America, Britain and France, there are ruling dynasties of large
capitalists. There is an immense concentration of the wealth, such that ninety
per cent of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of less than five per cent.
Even during the global economic crisis, the global democracy elite have
increased their wealth by over 60%. In India democracy has been uninterrupted
for over sixty years, with the result of an extremely wealthy Brahmin elite
with masses that are driven to suicide because of poverty, to the order of
hundreds of thousands. Because democracy is the best system that money can buy,
the costs of elections have escalated to enormous levels. The recent US
Presidential elections was the most expensive in history, to the order of
billions of dollars and that too at the time of the global economic crisis. And
in Pakistan too, politicians spend tens of millions of Rupees as an investment
to increase their wealth immensely. So as it is true to say regarding democracy
that “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts, absolutely.”
Thus, democracy is the reason why
Pakistan is a wealthy country, but poor people and political parties, but
immensely rich rulers and politicians. Over six decades, legislation has
secured the ownership of public and state properties by small elite. A survey
carried out by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and
Transparency (PILDAT), that was subsequently covered in many newspapers,
exposed how the average total wealth of Members of Pakistan's National
Assembly’s had tripled in only six years. As for Pakistan's Provincial
Assemblies, they raised perks and privileges, salary and allowances, lifetime
police security and mobile phone facility. Using democracy they make laws that
are preferential for their personal business interests, in addition to securing
their assets from taxation. This is how a small class of our politicians are
able to triple their total wealth in only six years.
In addition to securing their own
wealth, these traitors are allowed by democracy to secure the interests of
their foreign masters and sponsors, usurping the rights of society. As just a
few examples, in the case of corporate farming, the government is crippling
local farmers with expensive seed and fertilizer, whilst they have introduced
favorable conditions for large foreign companies to undertake corporate
farming. Regarding energy, the colonialist financial institution refused to
fund coal run power plants if they are not run on imported coal. The
privatization of Pakistan's immense public properties was made by law a means
to pay the interest based loans of the colonialist institutions. Through the
Seventeenth Amendment Democracy secured the American presence within the
country, whether it is military, intelligence or private military
organizations. Democracy secured the NATO supply line and the drone attacks, as
well as many other matters undermining our security.
So, thanks to democracy, the
traitors within the military and political leadership amass huge wealth during
their tenures, as well as plunging Pakistan into economic misery and foreign
policy humiliation for the sake of their Western masters. This is how it is
from the beginning, through the regimes of Musharraf-Aziz and Kayani-Zardari
and this is how it will be, onwards through any new regime, as long as
democracy remains in Pakistan. It is nonsense to say that democracy should be
given time to do its job, because in fact it is already doing its job, which is
securing a small elite, whilst depriving the masses. It is wishful thinking for
hoping for any change through this system, even if another dozen elections took
place.
And when this democratic elite
show their faces for a few weeks during elections, having robbed the people of
great wealth for years, they will point to a few road constructions or schools
to secure our votes for another term of plundering. So, of course the Western
nations would enthusiastically support and generously fund democracy in
Pakistan. Democracy provides the West with an uninterrupted supply of corrupt
traitors who secure legislation for the colonialist interests, whilst democracy
also keeps the Muslims downtrodden and destitute, restricted in their ability
to rise up against the system.
B.
Political considerations:
Democracy has had its day, time for the Khilafah
B1. The Islamic Ummah has a
magnificent opportunity before it to present an example of a just state and
ruling system. In recent years, it is evident that Democracy has had its day. A
Gallup international survey in 2002 established that, “majorities on every
continent believe governments do not represent the will of the people.”
In the case of Pakistan, if any Muslim does vote, he votes for the “best of the
worst,” choosing the big thief over the even bigger thief.
B2. The Islamic Ummah's will is
for an Islamic system. Unlike Christian states, the Islamic state did not
oppress the people and deprive them of their rights. For centuries the Khilafah
was a beacon for humankind, whether considering industry, agriculture,
medicine, science, rights of human-beings regardless of religion, school of
thought and gender. It was a sanctuary for the world's refugees, such as the
Jews who fled persecution at the hands of the Christians in Spain in the
Fifteenth Century CE. Thus, unlike the Christian peoples, there is no need for
the Muslims to settle for democracy as a corrupt alternative to corrupt
religious or theocratic rule. And as is evident in recent years, the Ummah is
seeking the implementation of Islam and the return of the Khilafah.
C.
LEGAL INJUNCTIONS:
Khilafah secures the interests of all the people, regardless of race, religion
or gender
C1. Islam cuts the cause of
neglect of the people's affairs, which is democracy. The Muslims believe in La
Ilaha ilAllah which means that Allah (swt) alone defines what is right and wrong. Whereas in
democracy, like dictatorship, it is built on La ilaha Il Insaan, there is none
worthy of worship but human-beings. The human mind is used as the source of
what is right and wrong, despite its limitations in knowledge, error in
judgment, inability to be selfless and contradictions. So human-beings have
been able to legalize oppression over others by making laws to secure it
Thus, democracy gives human-beings the
choice to obey Allah (swt) or disobey Him, whereas in the Khilafah, Muslims
live according to the commands and prohibitions of Islam. Allah (swt) has
revealed: “It is not befitting for a
believing man or woman to have any choice in a matter, when it has been decided
upon by Allah and His Messenger.” [Surah Al-Ahzab: 36]. And whereas in democracy,
assemblies of men and women as sovereign, choose laws according to their whims
and desires. In the Khilafah, the Muslims will act only for the pleasure of Allah
(swt). Allah (swt) said: “And judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow
their desires, and beware (O Muhammad) that they might seduce you from some of
what Allah has sent down to you.” [Surah Al-Maaida: 49].
By abolishing democracy, the Khilafah ensures equity
and justice for all the citizens. As Hizb ut-Tahrir has stated in
its Introduction to the Constitution of the Islamic State, in Article 1, “The
Islamic creed constitutes the foundation of the State. Nothing is permitted to
exist in the government’s structure, accountability, or any other aspect
connected with the government, that does not take the creed as its source” and
then further clarifies, “nothing connected to the Constitution or cannons, is
permitted to exist unless it emanates from the Islamic creed.”
C2. Only once democracy is
abolished, will checks and balances will have value. Otherwise these checks and
balances are only for securing the rights of the elite to oppress the people
more and more. As for checks and balances in the Khilafah, they all ensure that
Sovereignty is for Allah (swt)
alone. Islam puts the essential duty of accountability on the Ummah; the
Ummah is the first and last check to protect the Islamic State. The Ummah supports
the Khalifah, but if he strays from Islam the Ummah should account him, and if
he openly abandons Islam he should be confronted and removed.
As mentioned in the Introduction
to the Constitution of the Islamic State, Article 24, it is stated “The Khalifah is the representative of the Ummah
in excercising of the authority and in implementing of the Shari’ah.” The
Madhalim Court has also been defined by Islam to investigate any failings in
ruling that may occur by the Khilafah or his governors. The Court can
investigate pro-actively any perceived harm, and does not have to wait for a
complaint to be raised before initiating an investigation. In the Introduction
to the Constitution of the Islamic State, Article 41, it clearly mentions that
the Madhalim Court “is the only authority that
can decide whether the change in the situation of the Khalifah removes
him from the leadership or not, and it is the only authority that has the power
to remove or warn him.” And in Article 87, “is appointed to remove all injustices which have been
inflicted upon any person who lives under the authority of the State,
irrespective of whether the person is from the subjects of the State or not,
and irrespective of whether the injustice was committed by the Khalifah
or anyone below him from the rulers and civil servants.” Also
the Khilafah is not allowed to interfere in the accountability process, if he
himself is under investigation, meaning that Islam has not permitted the
Khilafah to remove the Madhalim judge that is investigating him, as mentioned
in Article 88, “The judge of the Court of
Injustices (Madhalim) is appointed by the Khalifah, or by the
Supreme Judge. His accounting, discipline and removal are done by the Khalifah
or by the Supreme Judge if the Khalifah had given him the powers to
do so. However he cannot be removed during his investigation of a Madhlamah against
the Khalifah, or the executive assistants, or the Supreme Judge; rather
the power to remove him in these circumstances is for the Court of Injustice
Acts (Madhalim).”
C3. The elected members of the
Council of the Ummah provide another means of ensuring that Sovereignty is for
Allah (swt)
alone. It is consulted by the Khilafah on various issues including the
appointment of Governors and assistants. As mentioned in the Introduction to
the Constitution of the Islamic State, Article 105, “The individuals who represent the Muslims’ views to
the Khalifah are the Ummah Council, and the individuals who
represent the people in the provinces are the Provincial Councils. It is
permitted for non-Muslims to be members in the Shura council for
the sake of raising any complaints against any oppression by the rulers or
misapplication of the laws of Islam.” This is one of the specific
duties of the Council of the Ummah, mentioned in Article 111, “The Council has
the right to hold the Khalifah accountable for all matters that took place effectively within the State, whether these
were related to domestic or foreign affairs, financial affairs, or military
matters”, also “has the right to express discontent of the assistants, governors or the ‘amils.
Its opinion in such a case would be binding and the Khalifah should
dismiss them at once”. Independent media will also provide scrutiny of the Government.
And political parties that are based on Islam are another of source of guidance
and accountability for the K00. In the Introduction to the Constitution of the
Islamic State, Article 21, it is stated “The Muslims have the right to establish political
parties in order to account the rulers or to reach the rule through the Ummah
on the condition that their basis is the Islamic ‘Aqidah and that the
rules they adopt are Shari’ah rules. The formation of a party does not
require any permission. Any group formed on an un-Islamic basis is prohibited.”
Note:
Please refer to the following articles of Hizb ut-Tahrir's “Introduction to the
Constitution” for the complete evidences from Quran and Sunnah: 1, 21, 24, 41,
87, 88,105 and 111. 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: Khilafah that
will liberate humankind from oppression by democracy
D1. Establishing a state whose
institutions are based on Allah (swt)
alone is Sovereign, which is the basis for ending the neglect of the
people's affairs
D2. The Ummah and the Courts of
the Unjust Act are the mechanisms by which the Khaleefah or any ruler would be
removed for implementing other than Islam.
D3. Political parties and the
elected members of the Council of the Ummah will hold the rulers to account and
advise them according to Islam.
Hizb
ut-Tahrir 11
Jumadal Thaani, 1434
Wilayah Pakistan 22
April, 2013
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