[IslamCity] Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain: "UK's New Anti-Terror Legislation Expose s The Weakness Of Western Ideology"

[03.05 Noushad T. V.]

Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain: "UK’s New Anti-Terror Legislation Exposes The Weakness Of Western Ideology" Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain http://webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?SESSIONID=&aId=1764 3/11/2005 7:46:20 PM   London, UK, March 12 - New draconian anti-terror legislation in the UK that abandons principles that are the cornerstone of western societies once again exposes the deficiencies in the ideology of western governments. The new legislation allows for the "house arrest" of suspects without trial, the use of dubious ’intelligence’, probably obtained under torture, the withholding of evidence from suspects, the prevention of a suspect from defending himself and an end to the presumption of innocence. Commenting on the new legislation, Dr Imran Waheed, the Representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain, said, "Western governments claim the moral high ground in regards to human rights and the rule of law and seek to export their ideology to the Muslim world, yet abandon their fundamental principles at the first hurdle. They abandoned their principles in Guantanamo, Belmarsh, Bagram and Abu Ghraib - what credibility do western governments and their ideology have left? None whatsoever." "It is high time that the word terrorism is stripped of its western meaning of violence against western interests and given its wider linguistic meaning of coercion through terror; Muslims rightfully feel that they have far greater experience of being the victims rather than the perpetrators of terror, yet such legislation will undoubtedly target Muslims." Notes to Editors: Between 11 September 2001 and 31 December 2004, there were 701 arrests in the UK under the Terrorism Act. Only 17 people have been convicted of offences under the Act. Hizb ut-Tahrir is an independent Islamic political party that works throughout the Islamic world to resume the Islamic way of life by re-establishing the Islamic Khilafah [Caliphate]. The party adheres to Islamic law in all aspects of its work and considers violence or armed struggle against the regime, as a method to re-establish the Islamic State, to be forbidden by Islamic law. In the Western world, the party seeks to explain the Islamic ideology to Muslims, to create a dialogue with Western thinkers and to present a positive image of Islam to Western society.   *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Children International Would you give Hope to a Child in need?   · Click Here to meet a Girl And Give Her Hope · Click Here to meet a Boy And Change His Life Learn More Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.