The current America war against Iran is a continuation of the crusading wars of the disbelieving colonial powers against the Islamic Ummah. The 1991 attack on Iraq by America and its allied forces, the 1992–95 attack on Bosnia by Serbia and Croatia, the 1998 American attacks on Sudan and Afghanistan, the 2001 American occupation of Afghanistan, the 2003 American occupation of Iraq, the 2006 war of the Jewish entity against Lebanon, the 2011 attack on Libya by America and NATO, the bombing and massacres in Syria by America and Russia from 2014–19, and the recent Jewish and crusader attacks on Gaza and Iran, are all part of an unending chain of crusader assaults on Muslim lands over the past forty years.

However, our ruling elites did not view this crusader war as a coordinated assault against the Islamic Ummah. Instead, they interpreted these events through the lens of nation-states. The natural result of this outlook is that the rulers of Muslims limit themselves to pursuing so-called “national interests.” Under the banner of “national interest,” they even joined these crusader attacks against Muslim lands, as facilitators, assistants and collaborators. Indeed, some governments of Muslims themselves attacked other governments of Muslims in the name of national interest, such as the Iran-Iraq war, the Saudi attack on Yemen, and Pakistan’s current attacks on Afghanistan.

Thus, it has become completely clear that the political mindset of the nation-state has turned the lands of Muslims into easy prey, before the crusader assaults of the disbelievers. It has shattered our collective strength, and enabled the occupation of our lands by non-Muslims. The concept of the nation-state contradicts the Islamic vision of the unity of the Ummah and the ruling governance of Islam. Islam clearly rejects the fragmentation of the Ummah, its division, and the establishment of nationalistic borders between Muslim lands.

Islam rejects the appointment of more than one ruler over the Muslims, whether they live in friendship with each other or in hostility. The Messenger of Allah (saw) had already warned us about such a situation and guided us regarding it. He (saw) said, «إِذَا بُويِعَ لِخَلِيفَتَيْنِ فَاقْتُلُوا الآخَرَ مِنْهُمَا» “If allegiance is pledged to two Caliphs, then kill the latter of the two.” (Sahih Muslim)

The politics of Islam is the politics of the unified Ummah, not the politics of nation-states. Islam rejects these artificial nationalistic borders. The people of military power, influence, and the ‘ulema of Pakistan must realize that whoever engages in the politics of the nation-state and “national interest” is responsible for the destruction of the Muslims.

The crusading West organized the international order in order to control the politics and policies of the world, and of Muslim countries. Participation in this order is not a means of survival for us. Instead, it amounts to handing our affairs over to Taghut (non-Islamic authority), through which the West gains direct control over our matters. The United Nations, the IMF, the World Bank, FATF, the International Court, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Trump’s “Board of Peace” are instruments for advancing Western interests. They were established to destroy Muslim strength, divide Muslim lands, and keep Muslim countries subjugated to the West. These international institutions function as tools of a super American state and its foreign policy.

Islam considers this international order to be Taghut (authority based on other than Allah) and commands us to reject it. Allah (swt) said,

[أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوا أَن يَكْفُرُوا بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا]

“Have you not seen those who claim that they believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you, yet they wish to seek judgment from Taghut, even though they were commanded to reject it? And Satan intends to lead them far astray.” [TMQ Surah An-Nisa: 60].

O people of military power, influence, and ulema!

How can it be acceptable that a civilization which produces and protects Epstein determines the affairs of the world, while the Muslims, who were entrusted with the leadership of humanity, remain content with subservience to the West and America? Is it not our Shariah right and obligation to take charge of world politics and administer the affairs of the world according to Islam, bringing an end to this corrupt capitalist liberal ideology and the rule of those who worship Satan?

Allah (swt) says in the Qur’an,

[هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ]

“He is the One who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Deen of truth so that He may make it prevail over all religions, even though the polytheists dislike it.” [TMQ Surah Al-Saff: 9].

Why should today’s Pharaoh, Trump, reshape the region according to American interests under the plan of a “New Middle East,” even if it requires shedding the blood of Muslims, while we Muslims — who are the rightful heirs of this region — do not unify it under the establishment of a Khilafah (Caliphate), eliminate the Jewish entity, and expel America from this region?

The American war on Iran, and before it Gaza, Afghanistan, and Iraq, have exposed the weakness of American civilization and its military power. Today there is an urgent need for sincere elements among the people of military power to understand the Shariah obligation and importance of establishing the Khilafah (Caliphate). At present, the vision and preparation for this change exist only with the largest Islamic political structure in the Muslim World, Hizb ut Tahrir, which is calling upon the Ummah and the people of military power to realize this project in practice.

Therefore, step forward and break the rusted chains of nation-states and the international order by establishing the Khilafah (Caliphate) on the Method of Prophethood.