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Al-Rayah Miscellaneous Articles – Issue 614
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(Translated)

At the Top of the Front Page

The commemoration of the birth of the Prophet (saw) (Mawlid an-Nabawwi) is a remembrance of an entire life, not merely the observance of a specific day. It is an occasion best honored by obeying the Messenger (saw) throughout one’s life, rather than simply holding religious celebrations on a single day of the year. It is an occasion for action, not for idleness. As we mark this blessed occasion, we ask Allah (swt) to make it a driving force for the Islamic Ummah to establish the great edifice of Islam: the second Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly-Guided Caliphate) on the Method of the Prophethood, serving as a beacon of goodness and guidance for all of humanity.

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Front Page

A US Military Facility on Tunisian Soil—So, Where Are the Free Men?

The US authorities have re-introduced the project to establish the Maritime Center of Excellence in Bizerte, through the US government procurement platform on 29/7/2026. The commander of US Naval Forces in Africa, Admiral George M. Wikoff, visited the center under construction and described it as dedicated to training naval commandos. He stated, “The Maritime Center of Excellence represents a significant investment in regional security. This facility will help develop highly skilled maritime professionals, strengthen interoperability among partner nations, and provide a platform for multinational training,” according to a statement issued by US Naval Forces in Europe and Africa and the Sixth Fleet on 14 June 2026.

In response, the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Tunisia issued a press release stating: “So, without fear of accountability, President Kais Saied is allowing the establishment of a permanent American military facility on Tunisia’s soil. We in Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah of Tunisia emphasize the following points:

1- If military exercises and maneuvers with the American enemy have been ongoing since the signing of the Distinguished Ally Agreement in 2015 and have increased in frequency after the Roadmap Agreement in 2020, what justifies the establishment of an American military facility and its transformation into a regional center for multinational training, unless it is a prelude to making Tunisia an advanced base for American forces in Africa (AFRICOM)? The American base in Bahrain, for example, was a small naval facility that then developed over time into an American military base and a center for its Fifth Fleet.

2- America’s talk of using the facility as a regional center for multinational training aimed at combating “terrorism,” enhancing maritime security and regional defense, and other objectives, is merely a cover to legitimize military intervention in Africa. It is to support weak secular regimes to remain in power and prevent the liberation of revolting populations from Western hegemony and its local proxies. What they call “interoperability cooperation” between partner states is actually intended to strengthen the military capabilities of these regimes under the supervision of the US military, enabling them to confront challenges by proxy. This allows the US to avoid direct military involvement in Africa and the Mediterranean, especially after its involvement in the Iran War and its resounding failures in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

3- Giving any part of Tunisia’s land to America and entering into military and security agreements with it is forbidden in Shariah. Its perpetrator deserves punishment in this world and the Hereafter, because it means the domination of Muslims and their lands by non-Muslims. Allah (swt) says,

[لوَلَن يَجْعَلَ اللّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلاً]

“And Allah will never grant the disbelievers a way over the believers” [An-Nisa: 141]. It also means that the believers take the disbelievers as allies, as Allah (swt) says,

[لاَّ يَتَّخِذِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ]

“Believers should not take disbelievers as guardians instead of the believers” [Aal-i-Imran: 28].

The statement concluded by reminding the people of Tunisia—a country of heroic mujahideen that, “The Shariah duty is to work to cancel these agreements, and end the American and foreign military presence in our lands, so that Tunisia will be the support point for the Khilafah Rashidah (rightly guided Caliphate) State, and a starting point for the liberation of Palestine and the captive Al-Aqsa. If we resolve to do so, Allah has guaranteed for us victory over our enemies. Allah (swt) says,

[وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ]

“And whoever puts their trust in Allah, then He alone is sufficient for them” [At-Talaq: 3].

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Below the Feature Article

America Manages Iraq’s Political and Economic Affairs! A Monumental Calamity and a Grave Crime

It is truly painful that Iraq, once the center of the Khilafah (Caliphate), whose Caliph said to the Roman Emperor “The answer is what you see, not what you hear” and then mobilized the Muslim armies and taught him a lesson that brought him back to his senses. This country is now run by America, not only politically, but also because America holds Iraq's money. The Iraqi government cannot pay its employees' salaries unless America agrees to release some of its funds! Truly, this is a great sin and a grave crime. Allah (swt) has spoken the truth regarding these regimes:

[سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا صَغَارٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَمْكُرُونَ]

“The wicked will soon be overwhelmed by humiliation from Allah and a severe punishment for their evil plots” [Al-An’am: 124].

The Ummah will not be saved from this humiliation unless it restores its Khilafah Rashidah (rightly guided Caliphate) by giving support to Hizb ut Tahrir, the pioneer that does not lie to its people. Only then will Allah's promise be fulfilled.

[وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْض..]

“Allah has promised those of you who believe and do good that He will certainly make them successors in the land” [An-Nur: 55]. And then the glad tidings of the Messenger of Allah (saw) will be fulfilled after this oppressive rule under which we live. Hudhayfah said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:

«... ثُمَّ تَكُونُ مُلْكاً جَبْرِيَّةً فَتَكُونُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُهَا إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةً عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ النُّبُوَّةِ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ»

“… Then there will be oppressive rule (ملكًا جبرية) for as long as Allah wills, then he will remove it when He wills, and then there will be Khilafah on the method of Prophethood.’ Then he (saw) was silent.” Then Allah's victory will be achieved.

[وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيم]

“And on that day the believers will rejoice * at the victory willed by Allah. He gives victory to whoever He wills. For He is the Almighty, Most Merciful” [Ar-Rum: 4-5]

(Excerpt from an answer to a question issued by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, eminent ‘alim Ata Bin Khalil Abu Rashtah)

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A Heavy Burden Rests Upon Your Shoulders, O Armies of the Muslims

A United Nations report stated that during the 300 days of the “ceasefire,” 300 children were killed as a result of the aggression by the Jewish entity, which did not stop in the Gaza Strip.

In response, the Women’s Section of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir issued a press release declaring, “This news means that this world, with its systems and international institutions, is primarily complicit. For three years, it sought to convince the peoples of the world that it did not want war and was seeking peace, while throughout the months of negotiations, pressure was at its highest to force the fighters in Gaza to surrender their weapons. Meanwhile, even after Trump came out boasting that he had managed to stop the war in Gaza, we now find that his spoiled child continues to persist in its brutality, while in return we hear nothing from anyone except to count the martyrs and announce their deaths as passing news!

This news means, O Ummah of Muhammad, that you are considered of little consequence in the eyes of your enemies, and that the killing will continue among our children, women, and youth as long as we deal with our issues from the perspective of narrow nationalism, and from the standpoint of: “As long as the fire has not reached my doorstep, I will simply pray!”

This news means that you, people who possess weapons, leaders of armies, and everyone capable of moving to support their Ummah while remaining silent, carry upon your backs mountains of sin and a burden of wrongdoing that you will face before your Lord on the Day of Resurrection!

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The Education System in the Khilafah (Caliphate) State Produces High-Caliber Statesmen

Establishing an education system based on Islam cannot be achieved under a political system that separates Islam from life. Instead, it requires an understanding that Islam is a creed from which a system emanates—a system to be implemented by the Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly Guided Caliphate) on the method of the Prophethood, which Islam established as an unparalleled political order.

The Khilafah (Caliphate) system possesses a clear, independent political vision that transforms education into a factory for high-caliber statesmen and fertile ground for cultivating strong personalities who aspire to leadership and refuse humiliating subservience. This is primarily because Islam designates education—alongside healthcare and security—as a fundamental need of the community that the state must provide free of charge and at the highest standard, in addition to ensuring the satisfaction of basic needs food, clothing, and housing for every individual among the citizenry.

Consequently, the Khilafah State will utilize vast revenues from public property and other resources under its supervision—such as minerals, energy, agriculture, and livestock—to build an education system grounded in a comprehensive vision spanning primary, intermediate, and secondary levels through to higher education. This system aims to elevate the Islamic personality, enabling individuals to lead in safeguarding and serving the Ummah’s vital causes and to formulate strategic plans. Thus, a generation emerges that combines leadership qualities with the sincerity of a believer, possessing the diverse skills and expertise the Ummah requires to navigate the challenges of life.

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Central Asian States Must Reject Western Offers and Unify on the Basis of Islam

Today, Central Asian states are increasingly accepting military, economic, and social offers from the West, drawing themselves ever deeper into the sphere of American and Western influence. Yet, remaining free from subservience to foreign powers would truly serve their interests and those of their peoples. The correct path forward lies in pooling regional resources, developing heavy and defense industries within their own territories, and meeting military needs as independently as possible; for reliance on external powers has never brought any nation genuine development or true independence.

Mindful of their strategic geopolitical importance, historical stature, and immense contributions to global science, Central Asian states must unify on the basis of Islam and reject Western overtures that lead to colonialism. In doing so, Islam will unify them and lay the foundation for progress toward the Second Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly-Guided Caliphate) upon the Method of the Prophethood, compelling the world's self-proclaimed major powers to reckon with them—by the Permission of Allah (swt). Allah (swt) said,

[وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُم مَّا اسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن قُوَّةٍ وَمِن رِّبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَآخَرِينَ مِن دُونِهِمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ]

“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know but whom Allah knows.” [TMQ Surah Al-Anfal: 60].

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Ruling Regimes in Muslim Lands Are Complicit in Forging “Blood Borders”!

These regimes are helping to cement the Sykes-Picot borders and are actively facilitating further fragmentation—paving the way for the emergence of new political entities in Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Morocco, and Syria, similar to the scenarios witnessed in East Timor and South Sudan.

The rhetoric of ruling regimes across the Muslim World—without exception—reveals mindsets deeply indoctrinated by Western culture and harboring a profound hatred for Islam. This is occurring even as Western capitalist civilization lies dying, gasping its last breaths, and its global financial system is effectively in its shroud, awaiting burial amidst a worldwide, inevitable return to gold—the ultimate safe haven for wealth—as fiat currencies evaporate and are repriced against gold.

It is a resounding, albeit unacknowledged, failure on the part of these regimes to fill the political void left by the absence of the Khilafah (Caliphate) since 1342 AH, 1924 CE —a void soon to be filled by the dawn of the Second Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly-Guided Caliphate) on the method of the Prophethood. Allah (swt) says,

[إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهَادُ]

“Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand” [TMQ Surah Al-Ghafir: 51]; and the Prophet (saw) said, «ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةً عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ النُّبُوَّةِ» “Then there will be a Khilafah (Caliphate) on the method of the Prophethood.”

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Egypt’s Army Must Act to Protect the Country from Drought and Its People from Thirst

On Sunday 23 August, an official Egyptian source responded to recent statements attributed to Ethiopia’s Minister of Water and Energy, Habtamu Itefa, regarding the construction of additional dams on the Nile River and the control of water flows to the downstream nations of Egypt and Sudan. The source emphasized that “these statements once again undermine Ethiopia's repeated claims that its actions aim for development without harming others; explicitly announcing an intent to control the flow of an international river to downstream states reveals a highly dangerous agenda. This agenda does not aim to achieve legitimate development so much as it reflects an attempt to impose a fait accompli, monopolize a shared international water resource, and exploit geographical positioning to threaten the water rights and interests of downstream nations—actions neither sanctioned by international law nor acceptable to Egypt as a forced reality.” (CNN Arabic)

Ar-Rayah Newspaper: Water is one of the fundamental necessities that people scramble to secure if it becomes scarce. For this reason, Allah (swt) designated it as public property that individuals may not privately own to the detriment of the community. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, «الْمُسْلِمونَ شُرَكَاءُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ؛ فِي الْكَلَأِ، وَالْمَاءِ، وَالنَّارِ» “Muslims are partners in three things: pasture, water, and fire.” How, then, can a state like Ethiopia seek to deprive millions of Muslims in Egypt of water due to its policies, ambitions, and collusion with the colonialist disbelievers—such as the Jewish entity? The Egyptian state is duty-bound to take decisive, genuine, and serious measures regarding this problem—this blatant aggression against the most basic needs of the Egyptian people—even if doing so requires mobilizing the army. For if Egypt’s army does not mobilize to protect its people and its land, of what use is it? Merely engaging in international correspondence and turning to colonialist institutions amounts to spinelessness, betrayal, and throwing dust in the eyes of the Egyptian people.

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