HADHARAH ISLAMIYYAH Headline Animator

Monday, May 2, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood supports Syria protests, as UN rights body probes killings


|

Protesters gather during a demonstration in the southern town of Nawa, near Deraa. (File Photo)

The Muslim Brotherhood called on Syrians to take to the streets ahead of Friday prayers as the United Nations Human Rights Council meets in Geneva to seek condemnation of a crackdown by the government of President Bashar al-Assad on protesters. An international probe into the violence may result from today’s meeting.

In its call, the Muslim Brotherhood urged an immediate help to the besieged city of Deraa, where a rights group said civilian deaths from a tank-backed army attack rose to 50.

It was the first time that the Brotherhood, ruthlessly crushed along with secular leftist movements under the rule of late President Hafez al-Assad in February 1982, had called directly for protests in Syria since pro-democracy demonstrations against his son, Bashar, erupted six weeks ago.
A declaration by the Brotherhood, sent to Reuters by its leadership in exile on Thursday, said: “Do not let the regime besiege your compatriots. Chant with one voice for freedom and dignity. Do not allow the tyrant to enslave you. God is great.”

The protests have attracted a cross section of Syrian society, which has been under Baath Party rule for the last 48 years. President Assad, 46, kept intact the autocratic political system he inherited in 2000 after his father’s death while the family expanded its control over Syria’s struggling economy.

The Brotherhood said accusations by the authorities that militant Islamists were behind the unrest were aimed at fomenting civil war and undermining nationwide demands for political freedoms and an end to corruption.

But Friday, the Muslim day of rest and prayers, has been the main opportunity for protesters to gather, challenging repeated warnings by the authorities not to demonstrate.

Security forces shot dead at least 120 protesters last Friday, said Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah, in the biggest demonstrations Syria has seen since the democratic uprising erupted in Deraa on March 18, with pro-democracy protests spreading to regions across the rest of Syria.

Three days later, the Fourth Mechanized Division, under the control of President Assad’s brother, Maher stormed Deraa, echoing their father’s 1982 attack on the city of Hama to crush a revolt led by the Muslim Brotherhood, killing anywhere between 10,000 and 30,000 people.

Mr. Assad tightened the security grip in and around Damascus on Thursday, with various security forces and secret police units deploying in the nearby towns, Erbin and Tel; in the Damascus district of Barzeh; and the suburbs of Douma and Daraya, rights activists and witnesses said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack on Deraa has killed at least 50 civilians, with essential supplies in the city running low.

Rights groups said that the Syrian government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests has led to at least 453 civilian deaths, and possibly more.

Ambassadors of European Union governments to Brussels plan to meet on Friday to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions against Syria, which could include asset freezes and travel restrictions on key officials.

Other EU measures against Syria could include freezing financial aid, which amounts to 43 million euros ($64 million) a year. The United States has already announced such restrictions on the Assad family.

The UN Human Rights Council, meanwhile, will hold a special session on Syria on Friday where the United States is seeking condemnation of a crackdown on protests and an international probe into the violence.

The meeting, requested by 10 European nations, the US, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Senegal and Zambia, will open at 0900 GMT.

A draft resolution tabled by the United States calls on the 47-member Council to agree to “urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry … to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law” in Syria, according to Agence-France Presse.

The proposal also “strongly condemns the killing, arrest and torture of hundreds of peaceful protesters by the Syrian government” and “stresses the need to investigate… and prosecute those responsible for attacks.”

Traditional Syrian allies such as Russia, China, Cuba, as well as Islamic countries like Malaysia and Pakistan are also members of the Council, along with other Arab states.

Campaigners said behind-the-scenes haggling was underway on the US proposal after world powers clashed over Syria in the UN Security Council.

Rights activists hoped that Friday’s hearing in Geneva would be a blow to Syria’s candidacy for membership of the body from 2012 to 2014.

Damascus said in its bid submitted in New York on March 1 that its bid “signifies its commitment to respect and to support the inalienable and indivisible nature of all human rights.”

The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on new Council members in May.

(Abeer Tayel of Al Arabiya can be reached at: abeer.tayel@mbc.net)

source : alarabiya

0 comments:

THE METHOD TO ESTABLISH KHILAFAH

video

Blog Archive

archives

Bangsa ini Harus Segera Bertobat

Assalâmu‘alaikum wa rahmatullâhi wa barakâtuh.

Pembaca yang budiman, negeri ini seolah menjadi negeri segudang bencana; baik bencana alam maupun bencana kemanusiaan. Bencana alam ada yang bersifat alamiah karena faktor alam (seperti gempa, tsunami, dll), tetapi juga ada yang karena faktor manusia (seperti banjir, kerusakan lingkungan, pencemaran karena limbah industri, dll). Adapun bencana kemanusiaan seperti kemiskinan, kelaparan serta terjadinya banyak kasus kriminal (seperti korupsi, suap-menyuap, pembunuhan, perampokan, pemerkosaan, maraknya aborsi, penyalahgunaan narkoba, dll) adalah murni lebih disebabkan karena ulah manusia. Itu belum termasuk kezaliman para penguasa yang dengan semena-mena menerapkan berbagai UU yang justru menyengsarakan rakyat seperti UU Migas, UU SDA, UU Listrik, UU Penanaman Modal, UU BHP, dll. UU tersebut pada kenyataannya lebih untuk memenuhi nafsu segelintir para pemilik modal ketimbang berpihak pada kepentingan rakyat.

Pertanyaannya: Mengapa semua ini terjadi? Bagaimana pula seharusnya bangsa ini bersikap? Apa yang mesti dilakukan? Haruskah kita menyikapi semua ini dengan sikap pasrah dan berdiam diri karena menganggap semua itu sebagai ’takdir’?

Tentu tidak demikian. Pasalnya, harus disadari, bahwa berbagai bencana dan musibah yang selama ini terjadi lebih banyak merupakan akibat kemungkaran dan kemaksiatan yang telah merajalela di negeri ini. Semua itu tidak lain sebagai akibat bangsa ini telah lama mencampakkan syariah Allah dan malah menerapkankan hukum-hukum kufur di negeri ini.

Karena itu, momentum akhir tahun ini tampaknya bisa digunakan oleh seluruh komponen bangsa ini untuk melakukan muhâsabah, koreksi diri, sembari dengan penuh kesadaran dan kesungguhan melakukan upaya untuk mengatasi berbagai persoalan yang melanda negeri ini. Tampaknya bangsa ini harus segera bertobat dengan segera menerapkan hukum-hukum Allah SWT secara total dalam seluruh aspek kehidupan mereka. Maka dari itu, perjuangan untuk menegakan syariah Islam di negeri ini tidak boleh berhenti, bahkan harus terus ditingkatkan dan dioptimalkan. Sebab, sebagai Muslim kita yakin, bahwa hanya syariah Islamlah—dalam wadah Khilafah—yang bisa memberikan kemaslahatan bagi negeri ini, bahkan bagi seluruh alam raya ini.

Itulah di antara perkara penting yang dipaparkan dalam tema utama al-wa‘ie kali ini, selain sejumlah tema penting lainnya. Selamat membaca!

Wassalâmu‘alaikum wa rahmatullâhi wa barakâtuh.

Add This! Blinklist BlueDot Connotea del.icio.us Digg Diigo Facebook FeedMeLinks Google Magnolia Ask.com Yahoo! MyWeb Netvouz Newsvine reddit Simpy SlashDot Spurl StumbleUpon Technorati
Cetak halaman ini Cetak halaman ini      

-->
EDITORIAL
10 Jan 2010

Ketika berbicara di televisi BBC, Perdana Menteri Inggris Gordon Brown menyerukan intervensi lebih besar dari Barat di Yaman dan menyerang tuntutan bagi kekhalifahan dunia di dunia Muslim sebagai sebuah “ideologi pembunuh” dan suatu “penyimpangan dari islam “.
Taji Mustafa, Perwakilan Media Hizbut Tahrir Inggris berkata: “Gordon Brown, seperti halnya Tony Blair yang memerintah sebelumnya, berbohong [...]

Index Editorial
Leaflet
No Image
09 Jan 2010
بِسْـــمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰـــنِ الرَّحِيـــم Sia-sia Saja Menggantungkan Harapan Kepada Rencana-rencana Pemerintahan Partai Keadilan dan Pembangunan (AKP)! Pemerintahan Partai Keadilan dan Pembangunan...
Index Leaflet
KALENDER
January 2010
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
   
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
  • 1/24/2010: Halqah Islam dan Peradaban edisi 16
POLLING

Islam hanya mengakui pluralitas, bukan pluralisme. Pandangan Anda?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
AL-ISLAM
Al-Islam

ACFTA-PASAR BEBAS 2010: “BUNUH DIRI EKONOMI INDONESIA”

Mulai 1 Januari 2010, Indonesia harus membuka pasar dalam negeri secara luas kepada negara-negara ASEAN dan Cina. Sebaliknya, Indonesia dipandang akan mendapatkan kesempatan lebih luas untuk memasuki pasar dalam negeri negara-negara tersebut. Pembukaan pasar ini merupakan perwujudan dari perjanjian perdagangan bebas antara enam negara anggota ASEAN (Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapura, Filipina dan Brunei Darussalam) dengan Cina, [...]

Index Al Islam

EBOOK DOWNLOAD
Ebook Download

Download buku-buku yang dikeluarkan Hizbut Tahrir, dalam bahasa Indonesia, Arab dan Inggris.

Download disini

RSS NEWSLETTER
Powered By Blogger

Followers