00:00Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh and welcome to Hizb al-Tahrir's English podcast.
00:06Press release.
00:08The women's section in the Central Media Office of Hizb al-Tahrir launched an international campaign.
00:14Sudan's War, a story of colonialism, betrayal, and deception.
00:20The brutal conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, led by the de facto ruler of Sudan,
00:27General Abd al-Fattah al-Burhan, and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, headed by Muhammad Hamdan Dugalo,
00:37Hamedati, previously al-Burhan's deputy in the Sovereignty Council, has now entered its third year,
00:43claiming the lives of tens of thousands of civilians.
00:47Some estimates put the death toll in this senseless war as high as 150,000,
00:53with heinous atrocities committed by both sides, including cold-blooded executions,
00:59torture, mass rapes, and other sexual crimes against women and girls.
01:04Ethnic cleansing has also been reported, with entire communities set ablaze and destroyed,
01:11and mass killings in various towns, villages, and displacement camps.
01:16UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk stated that,
01:20The conflict has also triggered the largest humanitarian crisis globally,
01:30with more than 14 million displaced, giving rise to the largest displacement crisis in the world.
01:36Additionally, half of the population of 50 million face hunger with the World Food Program,
01:44confirming that there is famine in 10 locations,
01:48including Zum Zum Camp, home to 400,000 displaced persons,
01:53and warning that it could spread further, putting millions at risk of starvation,
01:58and triggering the, quote,
02:00world's largest hunger crisis, end quote.
02:03Both sides have used hunger as a weapon of war,
02:08by blocking the entry of food into areas held by the other.
02:12UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell described the humanitarian disaster in Sudan as,
02:19quote,
02:19Not just a crisis, it is a poly-crisis affecting every sector,
02:24from health and nutrition to water, education, and protection, end quote.
02:28However, the bloodbath and humanitarian catastrophe resulting from this conflict
02:34has not received the global attention and international media coverage that it deserves,
02:40nor have serious efforts been taken to end the bloodshed.
02:44It is a war that has been sidelined, forgotten, and even ignored due to conflicts in other parts of the world,
02:52and described as, quote,
02:54an invisible and hidden crisis.
02:56Therefore, the women's section in the Central Media Office of Hezbo al-Tahrir
03:01have launched a global campaign to bring an international spotlight
03:05on the deteriorating humanitarian disaster
03:08and horrendous scale of suffering, terror, and indignity afflicting the people of Sudan.
03:15The campaign, entitled Sudan's War, A Story of Colonialism, Betrayal, and Deception,
03:22will also address the politics and hidden agendas behind the current conflict,
03:28as well as the regional and international states involved in instigating and sponsoring the war
03:34for their own selfish political and economic interests,
03:38hoping to gain from the rich sources and huge geopolitical importance of Sudan.
03:43The campaign will also explain the history of Sudan and the factors,
03:47including colonial interventions in the land and the rule by Western implanted dictatorships
03:53that laid the foundation for tribal, ethnic, and religious divisions between its people,
03:59which triggered the various wars that have ravaged the country for decades,
04:03as well as caused the economic failure of the state.
04:06And finally, the campaign will highlight how Sudan's political, economic, and social problems,
04:13as well as the current conflict, can never be solved by the democratic system
04:17that has proven unable to effectively secure the needs of the people in lands across the world,
04:25as well as stood idle or even been complicit in various genocides,
04:29including Gaza, Kashmir, Myanmar, and Syria.
04:32Rather, the countless problems that Sudan and the rest of the Muslim world faces
04:36can only be solved under the laws, systems, and institutions of the Khilafah, Caliphate State,
04:45which has proven historically its ability to create prosperity, progress, and first-class healthcare,
04:51and education systems, as well as ensure harmony between those of different tribes,
04:57ethnicities, and religious beliefs, to build a successful and stable state.
05:03O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger
05:15when He calls you to that which gives you life.
05:18Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 24
05:19Women's Section in the Central Media Office of Hizb Al-Tahrir
05:23والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
05:27Assalamualaikum Rafz, Ayah 24
