Press Release
Islam Honoured Women, Secularism Humiliated Them
(Translated)

Under this title, members of Hizb ut Tahrir, along with a group of residents of Kelibia, organized a protest on Thursday, 13/8/2026, in front of the city's governorate building to condemn the local authorities' permission to hold a scandalous beauty pageant on the beach to choose the city's beauty queen.

During the protest, Ustadh Nizar Al-Qabji delivered a speech denouncing this reprehensible act, which violated modesty, degrades the honour of Muslim women, and turns their bodies into cheap commodities in a slave market.

Ustadh Nizar expressed the people of Kelibia's rejection of this heinous crime, which targets Muslim values and honour. He emphasized that the people of Kelibia are Muslims, proud of their Deen, committed to their Islamic identity, and reject the decadent Western civilization.

Ustadh Nizar held the local authorities responsible for allowing these dubious displays, which exploited the innocence of Muslim girls and enticed them to appear in a manner that contradicts Islam's view of women and dishonours the city's residents.

This demonstration was preceded by an extensive outreach campaign by Hizb ut Tahrir members in the city, urging residents to condemn this abhorrent practice. Their efforts were met with widespread support from the city's residents, who denounced these suspicious activities as incompatible with their way of life. They expressed their adherence to the values of Islam, which honours women, recognizing them as mothers and an honour to be protected. They also affirmed their rejection of secularism, that has degraded women and reduced them to cheap commodities, asserting that their only salvation lies in Islam and its rule.

Allah (swt) says:

[وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِي الأَرْضِ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ * أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَـكِن لاَّ يَشْعُرُونَ]

“When they are told, “Do not spread corruption in the land,” they reply, “We are only peace-makers!” * Indeed, it is they who are the corruptors, but they fail to perceive it” [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 11-12].

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Tunisia