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Video: An Introduction to Hizb ut Tahrir

This presentation aims by Ustadh Forid Abu Yaqoob to introduce the work of Hizb ut Tahrir, it's founder, and why the political party was formed. It is also to demonstrate how the practical work of Hizb ut Tahrir compares to the methodology that was laid down by our beloved Prophet (saw) to establish an Islamic authority i.e., the Khilafah.

Video: Khilafah - The Vital Issue

Ustadh Forid Abu Yaqoob  presents a discussion on proving the duty to re-establish the Khilafah as obligatory as well as to explain how it is a vital issue which means that the Muslim Ummah must make it a central aspect of their lives.

After Paris, the West asks the Wrong Questions

After Paris, the West ask, ‘why do they hate us?’ and ‘what is wrong with their religion’? They are asking the wrong questions. The question after Paris should be, ‘How has the Muslim Ummah displayed such remarkable restraint at the hands of brutal western colonialism?’ The year was 1857, across India the mutiny had erupted against British colonial rule. The British fought back with brutal force. The then figurehead of the rebellion, the last Mughal Bahadur Shah Zafar, was captured. To underscore their brutality, when requesting food, the British brought to him the heads of his two sons they had just slain. With immense composure he replied, “Thanks to Allah, the descendants of Timur always come in front of their fathers in this brave way”. Zafar died in captivity. In Algeria, the rebellion against colonial independence from France from 1954 was met with sheer European brutality. The French adopted a policy of  ratissages, combing through towns and cities and slaughtering everyo