Islamic Revival

This spe­cial report from  Revolution Observer  analy­ses the back­ground and emerg­ing trends from the upris­ing in Iraq. Part 1 looks at the back­ground and con­di­tions that have led to the upris­ing. By  Idrees Devries Since the begin­ning of 2014 the cen­tral gov­ern­ment of Iraq has slowly but steadily lost con­trol over sub­stan­tial parts of the country. On the 4 th  of Jan­u­ary 2014 rebels took con­trol of Fal­lu­jah and parts of Ramadi. The Iraqi army fought back, but the rebel­lion nev­er­the­less spread both north­wards and west­wards, until on the 10 th  of June the Iraqi army aban­doned its bases in and around Mosul and Tikrit in the north of the coun­try and had to begin prepa­ra­tions to defend the cap­i­tal Bagh­dad against an approach­ing rebel army. In the inter­na­tional media the Al Qaeda spin-off “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS )” is por­trayed as the dri­ving force behind this rebel­lion. While the analy­ses of the events are mul­ti­ple, there

The announcement of the pledge of allegiance for the Khilafah being given to the Ameer of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) organisation is empty. It doesn’t change anything about the reality of the organisation in respect to it being a armed movement before the announcement of the Bai’ah (pledge) and it remaining so after the announcement. This is because there is no real Sultan (authority) for this organisation upon the land of Syria or the land of Iraq. The security has not been established internally or externally and it is impossible for a Khilafah State to have a real existence in the absence of a real authority upon the land. As such the organisation’s declaration about the Khilafah is empty and contains no substance, having no real truths upon the ground or (its necessary) components. It is obligatory upon any movement wishing to declare the Khilafah within a given place to follow the methodology of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلمin regards to how t

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Regarding what has been Declared by ISIS about the Establishment of the Khilafah (Translated) To all the brothers and sisters who sent inquiries about the declaration of the organization’s establishment of the Khilafah State... and my apologies for not writing your names, they are too long to list… Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatahu, We have previously duly sent an answer and I reiterate: (Dear Brothers and sisters, 1. Any organization that seeks to announce the Khilafah in an area is obligated to follow the Methodology of the Prophet (saw) in it, and from it is that this organization should have the obvious visible authority on the place, where it can maintain security internally and externally, and that this area should have the components of a state in the area where the Khilafah is announced…. This is what the Prophet (saw) performed when he established the Islamic State in Madina Al-Munawarra: the autho