| Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu This digest from Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain, the Global Islamic Political Party, comes in the week the new President of the USA, Barack Obama, ordered the bombing of villages in Afghanistan and Pakistan directly causing the killing of many innocents including women and children. Earlier there was deafening silence from Obama during Israel’s three-week murderous military campaign, which conveniently ended on the eve of his inauguration, with over 1300 people martyred in Gaza, 100 times the number of Israelis killed over the same period. Barely a week into his presidency Barack Obama thus appears to be seamlessly continuing major planks of the Bush foreign policy legacy. Deconstructing the rhetoric we challenge Obama mania in the west where desperation and despair under capitalism has left people frantically looking for any hope. During the weeks that Israel bombed Gaza from land, sea and air the Muslim community in Britain were moblised by Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain in a series of national demonstrations, with tens of thousands marching to the embassies of Muslim countries in central London over three consecutive weekends. In the last week Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s Gaza Campaign has focused on local community activities with a strong procession in East London and a women’s only seminar in west London. These events were supported by direct action in the form of letters, emails and telephone calls to Muslims embassies in order to account and challenge officials for Arab and Muslim rulers’ inaction in defending the people of Gaza. Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain also comments on the BBC’s decision not to give airtime to a Gaza humanitarian appeal. We hope you find this digest useful. Please forward the digest to friends, family and acquaintances and help spread the call for Islam and revival.  Action for Gaza Campaign in the Community Upcoming Events Action for Gaza: Gaza Massacre, East London Saturday 31 Jan 2009 at 18.15. Shalom Centre – 395 High Street North, London E12 6PG Read More Action for Gaza: Muslim Armies must defend Gaza, Manchester Sunday 1 Feb 2009 at 11:00am. Pakistani Community Association - 481 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M12 4NN Read More Action for Gaza: Gaza Massacre, Walthamstow Sunday 1 Feb 2009 at 18.00. Asian Centre – 18a Orford Road, Walthamstow London E17 9LN.Read More Action for Gaza: Gaza Massacre, Whitechapel Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 at 19.30. Berner TA Hall – Ponler Street, London E1 1QN Read More
SPEECHES: ACTION FOR GAZA - Muslim Armies must defend Gaza, West London  Sultanah Parvin, Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s women’s deputy media representative and other speakers outlined how the collusion of the Arab-Muslim rulers was the main reason why Muslims in Gaza can be so easily bombed, killed and maimed. Despite having armies of close to 2 million soldiers surrounding Palestine, they stood by and watched as Israel carried out the Gaza genocide. Read More
VIDEO: ACTION FOR GAZA - Whitechapel Procession - Remember the Dead & those who Betrayed Angered by the Israeli onslaught on Gaza hundreds of Muslims marched through the streets of Whitechapel including Brick Lane and Canon Street to highlight the plight of the Muslims in Palestine and called on the Arab armies to rise up, remove their rulers and defend the people of Gaza.Read More Community Campaign Pictures: Action for Gaza - Emergency meeting to address Gaza crisis in Reading Over 120 members of Reading's Muslim community gathered on 1.1.09 at an emergency meeting arranged to address and discuss the ongoing crisis in Gaza. The emergency meeting was attended by a broad cross section of the community including young professionals, businessmen and Mosque representatives.Read More Campaign Pictures: Action for Gaza - Gaza Attacked, Deceived and Abandoned, Slough Nearly one hundred people gathered on Thursday 15 January at an event about the crisis in Gaza organised by members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Slough, at the Slough Tennis Centre. Men and women of all ages, and Imams from the local mosques attended the meeting which began with a video showing the true nature of the suffering afflicting the people in Gaza. The video revealed the horrific realities that much of the western media chooses not to reveal to the public. Read More Weekly central London public address: Being Steadfast on the Truth on the issue of Palestine Every Saturday afternoon, in central London, members of Hizb ut Tahrir discuss issues affecting Muslims. The audio link below presents Hizb ut- Tahrir's address on being steadfast on the Truth on the issue of Palestine. Read More Video: A Cry To The Muslim Armies A video presentation showing the plight of the Muslims around the world including the recent conflict in Gaza, highlighting the unified response of Muslims around the world calling upon the armies in the Muslim World to rise up, unify the Ummah and defend the people of Palestine.Read More Back to top Obama and America’s Undeclared war on Pakistan Obama continues undeclared war on Pakistan with another US missile strike  In his inaugural address,President Obama said “to the Muslimworld, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect”, yet his opening salvo has been to kill more innocent civilians in missile strikes in Pakistan. This continuation of the Bush policy shows Obama is more a change of style than a change of substance. Read More
Obama will be more of a 'makeover' than a 'remaking' of the US Commenting on Obama’s inauguration, Taji Mustafa, media representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain said, “America is not one man. America is its institutions, which have compromised the very principles they claim to uphold. America has its capitalist system whose weaknesses lie exposed. One man can never change those problems that are systemic in a state, no matter how eloquently he pledges to do so. Read More Obama’s Presidency: Symbolism is not enough Obama’s rhetoric and speeches have raised countless hopes of fundamental change among the most desperate and disenfranchised in American society yet Obama knows that he needs the continued backing of the status quo which will in turn constrain his ability to deliver any real change. While there is clearly symbolism in his Presidency hundreds of millions are longing for a lot more than that and would be quite insulted and angered if that’s all they got!Read More Weekly central London public address: Barack Obama Every Saturday afternoon, in central London, members of Hizb ut Tahrir discuss issues affecting Muslims. Shortly following his inauguration this audio link below presents Hizb ut- Tahrir's address on Barack Obama.Read More Back to top Hizb ut-Tahrir Comments The BBC’s insistence on impartiality exposes its hardline Israeli bias  TThe BBC hides behind the facade of impartiality in denying airtime for a Gaza charitable appeal given that nothing about Israeli’s murderous three-week bombing campaign was fair or balanced. Read More
BBC's political bias over the Gaza Charity scandal follows that of the British Government The BBC's current stance is entirely consistent with both its coverage of the Gaza massacre and the government's stance on the massacre. Both chose to portray it as some even handed military conflict rather than what it actually was - a massacre of 1300 men women and children - mostly unarmed. Read More Capitalism is ideologically bankrupt and in denial The deepening economic crisis is fundamentally due to the failure to acknowledge and accept flaws in Capitalism. A dogmatic attachment to the capitalist creed has led to an incorrect assessment of systemic problems and with the wrong diagnosis, the ‘solutions’ have obviously not brought an end to the crisis. In fact, it’s worsening by the day with ever more panicked and desperate measures being proposed and implemented. Read More Back to top In the Media Gaza Massacre Egypt's Mubarak: Hamas invited Israeli offensive
Turkey offers to ship oil, gas to India via Israel
Ritual murder in Gaza
Israel admits to use of phosphorous after initial denial
More evidence of Gaza child deaths
Gaza Crisis: Arab Regimes React with Routine Repression
BBC says no to airing of Gaza Disaster Appeal
Impotent Arab leaders fail to agree on plan to assist Gaza
Livni makes light of Gaza civilian casualty
Gaza: 'I watched an Israeli soldier shoot dead my two little girls' Obama and America’s Undeclared war on Pakistan Obama the imperialist
US cuts Pakistan’s aid for fighting terrorism
Obama's torture ban that doesn’t ban torture
Oil, Obama, Pakistan
'Obama gave green light to Pak attacks'
Obama calls Pakistan, Afghanistan 'the central front' in terror war
Obama orders air strikes on villages in tribal area
US kills 15 civilians in Afghanistan
Society Britain is 'Increasingly at Ease With Racial Diversity Than Religion': Survey
British Jews attacked for pro-Gaza solidarity
Burglaries up as recession starts to take its toll
Prince Al-Waleed reviewing portfolio after losing $8.26Bn in Citigroup
Unless we are decisive Britain faces bankruptcy Back to top | 
