Hizb-ut-Tahrir: 'We request that the army establishes the Khilafah in Egypt'

Dialogue conducted by: Mustafaa Zahraan

IslamOnline – Cairo

A few days ago Hizb-ut-Tahrir Wilaayah Egypt issued a statement condemning the relationship between the Egyptian military establishment and the United States of America describing it as a relationship of following and subservience and it accused Washington of interfering in the internal and external affairs of Egypt. The statement also indicated that the fallen regime of Mubarak is still in effect ruling Egypt.

"[We need an] Arab facade ruled and administered under British guidance and controlled by a native Mohammedan and, as far as possible, by an Arab staff.... There should be no actual incorporation of the conquered territory in the dominions of the conqueror, but the absorption may be veiled by such constitutional fictions as a protectorate, a sphere of influence, a buffer state and so on."— Lord Curzon

In the early part of the twentieth century, Britain was at the forefront of Western efforts in molding the Arab world much to the liking of the officers of the British Empire. Almost a century later, nothing has changed. The West has embarked upon a new campaign remake the entire Arab world in its image. America is leading a pack of colonial powers in this endeavor and is spearheading efforts to either dissect some Arab countries or subtly instigate regime change in others to preserve America's primacy in the region.

The Arab spring has brought to an end the post WW1 dictatorial and autocratic systems of ruling that have dominated the Muslim landscape. The regimes of tyranny and dictatorship were established in the Middle East long before the likes of Mubarak and Ben Ali came to power. For most of the last hundred years the West has carefully engineered a political status quo established upon their own interests. With the failing of old colonial policies the Western powers have shifted their attention to exporting Western values such as Democracy and liberalism to the Muslim world.