The war in Iraq is part of the war on terror, yet ironically for a war that claims to concern itself with ending terror, it has brought terror to the people of Iraq and has fuelled terror throughout the world. We believe that the prospect of peace and stable government in Iraq, after the June handover, is minimal and that real control is expected to lie with the US ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, and his huge staff of 2000 diplomats, and not with the people of Iraq. What we present here is our reasoned perspective. We know that many of you shared our discontent with the war on Iraq, and are sure that you hope at least to achieve some good from this terrible episode. Nevertheless, we conclude that the hand over of sovereignty this June is as much a lie as any of the lies that we have grown accustomed to during this war and the lead up to it.
The evidence for this is presented in the chapters of this dossier,
We do not conclude with a message of doom, but of hope, because, despite our perception that western style liberal secular democracy is failing in Iraq, the rule of law, representative government and accountability before the people are not the sole preserve of the west. Islam offers an alternative system of government, worthy of consideration, called Khilafah, which stands for the rule of law, representative government and accountability. Surface similarities notwithstanding, it is distinct, and so we present its main features in some detail in the final chapter.
We recommend a real end to the occupation of Iraq, in order to allow the people of Iraq to realise once again the successful system of government that lasted thirteen hundred years. The occupation of Iraq by the British army in 1917 brought this system to an end and resulted in a century of failure. The Muslim community in Britain invite you to study, with an open mind, both our analysis and our vision for change.
Dr Abdullah Robin
To read the full version of the dossier:
http://www.mindspring.eu.com/dossier/iraq_handover_dossier.pdf