بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
News of Muslims Around the World
(Translated)
https://www.al-waie.org/archives/article/20254
Al Waie Magazine Issue No. 477
Fortieth Year, Shawwal 1447 AH corresponding to April 2026 CE
Demonstrations in Syria Reject the Inclusion of Criminals and Western Loyalists in Army Leadership
On Wednesday evening, March 11, 2026, residents of Raqqa held a protest against the appointment of Sipan Hamo as Deputy Minister of Defense for the Eastern Region. The protesters gathered at An-Naeem Square in the city center, where they raised banners and chanted slogans expressing their rejection of the decision and demanding its reversal.
A correspondent for “Verify” in the region reported that the demonstrators accused Hamo of committing war crimes against the Arab population in areas formerly controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The correspondent added that the protesters emphasized that their demonstration stemmed from their rejection of what they described as the disregard for the suffering of victims, and the violations witnessed in the region over the past years, considering this appointment to be insensitive to the demands of the people in the Eastern Region.
The demonstrators chanted slogans affirming their commitment to the city's dignity and the rights of the victims, emphasizing that “Raqqa will not accept the whitewashing of violations or the rewarding of anyone associated with it under any circumstances.” They also chanted slogans expressing solidarity with the Hasakah and Deir Ez-Zor governorates, and the cities that suffered grave violations at the hands of the SDF forces throughout the years of their control.
Earlier, Assem Ghalioun, the media officer at the Syrian Ministry of Defense, announced the appointment of Sipan Hamo as Deputy Minister of Defense for the Eastern Region of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Sipan Hamo is known as a Kurdish military leader who served as the commander-in-chief of the People's Protection Units (YPG), affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and played a key role in decision-making within the SDF during several phases.
Al-Waie Magazine: This is a result of a lack of political awareness and a lack of ideology in dealing with issues, leading to decisions based on whims and immediate interests without regard for Islamic law and established principles. Allah (swt) said, [أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ] “Shall We then treat the Muslims like the criminals?” [TMQ Surah Al-Qalam: 35].
Legalizing the Haram in Syria Under the Pretext of "Personal Freedoms": the Sale of Alcohol
The Damascus Governorate’s explanation and apology regarding the decision to restrict the sale of alcoholic beverages in Damascus failed to resolve the crisis.
Hundreds of Syrians gathered on Sunday 22 March in Damascus for a silent sit-in, to protest the decision. The protesters converged on the square in the predominantly Christian neighborhood of Bab Touma, amidst tight security measures, at the invitation of civil society activists, in a move reflecting their rejection of any infringement on personal freedoms. The protesters also raised the Syrian flag and banners in Arabic and English, one of which read, “Personal freedom is a red line.” For her part, 60-year-old university professor Hanan Assi, holding a sign that read “Constitutional provisions are a right, not a demand,” said that Syrians have thousands of forgotten issues, from poverty to the displaced, the homeless, and refugees. She added, “We are in a phase of building, not division,” according to Agence France-Presse.
This anger came after the Damascus Governorate issued a decision on March 17 restricting the sale of sealed alcoholic beverages to three predominantly Christian neighborhoods: Qassaa, Bab Touma, and Bab Sharqi. The decision also prohibited their sale in restaurants and nightclubs, citing complaints from the local community and claiming it aimed to curb "phenomena that violate public morals."
The Damascus Governorate decision stipulated “the prohibition of serving alcoholic beverages in restaurants and nightclubs in the city of Damascus,” restricting it “to the sale of sealed alcoholic beverages exclusively in Bab Touma, Qassaa, and Bab Sharqi and only in establishments designated by their commercial building permits.”
Al-Waie Magazine: When legislation is not based on the Command of Allah (swt), as is the case in Damascus today, one can expect anything. This is to be expected given the dependence on the Turkish guarantor and, behind him, America, the sponsor of secular political projects through its proxies. The "formal" authority of the bearded men has permitted the sale of alcohol in shops, regardless of their names, and has even left the laws of Hafez and Bashar al-Assad unchanged in this regard.
The Pharaoh of Egypt: War on Islam and Muslims, Peace with Colonialism and the Colonizers
A press release issued by the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Egypt, Al-Kinanah, dated 4 Shawwal 1447 AH, 22 March 2026 CE, stated the following:
The Egyptian Pharaonic regime has complied with the orders of its masters in Washington, and its security apparatus has launched a campaign of raids and arrests against the dawah carriers to establish the Khilafah Rashidah (rightly guided Caliphate) State on the method of the Prophethood; this took place during the last virtuous days of the blessed month of Ramadan and the days of Eid, casting aside all Islamic rituals and the sanctity of these virtuous days, in addition to violating the sanctities of the Muslims, their honor, and their homes. It terrorized peaceful women, children, and the elderly in their homes during the nights of Qiyam, carried out violent searches of homes, broke doors, destroyed furniture, expelled women and children from them, and confiscated communication devices, in scenes we have not seen except on television screens of the army of the usurping Jews against our people in the blessed land of Palestine.
We know that this campaign was not driven by local motives out of fear of the carriers of the da’wah; this war is not its war, and this conflict is not with it. Rather, it is the implementation of the orders of crusader America, which fully realizes the magnitude of the danger of the call for Khilafah, as was recently stated in the remarks of its crusader Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. It fully knows that ending its colonial influence in the lands of the Muslims will only be at the hands of the followers of our master Muhammad (saw), just as the fate of Pharaoh was at the hands of our master Musa, peace be upon him. As for the Egyptian regime, it is nothing more than a dirty tool used by crusader America to suppress those who carry the call for the revival of the Islamic Ummah through establishing its Khilafah Rashidah, which will unify the lands of the Muslims, uproot Western colonial influence from them, eliminate the Jewish entity, and purify the blessed land of Palestine from the filth of the Jews, fulfilling the glad tidings of the Messenger of Allah (saw) regarding the killing of the Jews and the liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which has been captive and closed for more than twenty days.
O People of Egypt al-Kinanah: You fully realize that the Egyptian regime has been recruited into the crusader alliance since the destruction of the Khilafah, Its negligent stance toward the massacres committed by the grotesque Jewish entity in Palestine, its passive stance toward America’s massacres in the lands of Imam Muslim and al-Bukhari, Iran, and its opening of the Suez Canal to the American naval fleet are all evidence that it is an enemy to your Ummah, in accordance with His saying, the Exalted:
[وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ وَإِنْ يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَنَّى يُؤْفَكُونَ]
“And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech, as if they were pieces of wood propped up. They think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?” [Surah Al-Munafiqun:4].
So take hold of the hands of this hateful Pharaonic regime, and place your hands with the one who carries the true project of revival, Hizb ut Tahrir, to establish the Second Khilafah Rashidah on the Method of the Prophethood, so that you may have the honor of establishing it, surpass others, and hasten in good deeds, thereby attaining the honor of this world, the bliss of the Hereafter, and the pleasure of Allah, which is greater. And know that you are worthy for that and capable of it by Allah’s permission. Even if the regime employs all its power to suppress you and suffocate you, it will not be more severe in might and tyranny than its ancestor Pharaoh, whom Allah destroyed by drowning in the sea:
[وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ]
“And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.” [Surah Al-Baqarah:50].
O Muslims within the security apparatus: Beware the anger of Allah upon you, lest Allah destroy you as He destroyed Pharaoh. This requires you to disobey the orders of the one who commands you to cast yourselves into destruction by violating the sanctities of Islam and the Muslims, terrorizing the peaceful, and imprisoning and torturing the carriers of the da’wah. Remember that the polytheists of Quraysh refrained from doing what your leaders command you to do, as they refused to storm the house of the Prophet (saw) for fear that it would be said, “They have terrified the daughters of Muhammad.” Have you fallen below the sense of honor of Abu Jahl and al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah?! And remember that you are not excused for what you do under the claim that “these are orders,” and that you share in the sin equally with Pharaoh and Haman. Allah (swt) said:
[إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا خَاطِئِينَ] “Indeed, Pharaoh, Haman, and their soldiers were sinners.” [Surah Al-Qasas:8].
You must follow the example of the noble Companions (ra), and be soldiers like the soldiers of ‘Amr ibn al-‘As who opened Egypt to save you from the Fire, not soldiers in the army of Pharaoh who pursue the believers for their faith, persecute them from their deen, and obstruct the revival of this Ummah through the great Islam. So fear Allah, and do not fear the blame of Pharaoh and his Hamans, no matter how many they are or how tyrannical they become.
[يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ]
“O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered.” [Surah Al-Anfal:24].