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The Capitalist Free Market Regime Impoverishes and
Enslaves Millions of Indonesian Mothers
December 19th, 2013 by kafi

For the umpteenth time in the same year, the capitalism free market regimes chose Indonesia
as their place to formulate their dangerous agenda. After the APEC Summit in early November
2013, the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference was held in the same city of Bali. It is not without
reason. Indonesia is a very rich country and has a very strategic position in the Asia Pacific
region which today has become the center of world trade. The various intense meetings in
regards to ensuring the success of the free trade agenda implies very clearly the huge interests
and plans that giant Capitalist countries have within this rich country. Various forums and
intensive negotiations conducted in various fields were all done in order to establish the region
as a major market for giant industrial capitalists. This is especially true for the U.S. which is still
struggling to recover its economy – this situation forcing it to secure its economic interests in the
lucrative Asian market through APEC, ASEAN, the East Asian Summit and especially through
the WTO.

Capitalism is sucking the wealth from Indonesia’s rich land
Many people may not be able to directly read the danger of various forums that represent this
free trade regime, whereas the saddening poverty that can be seen in the Muslim world and
globally today is a direct result of the disability and the injustice of economic, wealth, and land
resources management by man-made systems, and especially by the capitalist system and free
market economy. Freedom of ownership, free market policies, and the interest-based finance
model of capitalism resulted in wealth concentration in the hands of a few elite while the rest
have been left hungry and poor.
In Indonesia alone it has been proven that since the signing of ASEAN free trade policies by the
government, every year thousands of national industries have gone bankrupt, not to mention the
soaring rate of food imports that have quadrupled since 2004. This situation has undoubtedly
resulted in increased unemployment and widespread poverty amongst the peoples. The BPS
survey recorded 5.04 million farmers have been ‘lost’ since 2003. This is due to a systemic
policy that attacks the livelihood of the farmers. For example, the WTO requires the reduction
even the revocation of subsidies for farmers that eventually defeats farmers to compete with
agricultural import products that are cheaper in price. Agricultural imports has continued to swell
and the country’s dependence on food imports is increasing, as in the case of soybeans, red
beans, corn, beef, vegetables, horticultural products even cassava and salt.
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Coupled with the legalization of foreign investment through the Investment Law No. 25/2007, the
door of foreign investment was opened as wide as possible, and it was stated that foreign
ownership of domestic business sectors should not be restricted. Consequently, almost all
economic sectors such as agriculture, mining, oil and gas, banking and finance may be
controlled by foreign capital in the majority even up to 95%. As a result, the country’s economy is
largely controlled by foreigners. Foreigners control most of the oil and gas industry, banking,
manufacturing, etc. Even almost all of the basic needs of the people in this country is controlled
by foreign industries, for example: bottled water (dominated by ‘Nestle Pure Life’ from a Swiss
company and Danone of France ‘Aqua’); soya ketchup ‘Cap Bango’ and ‘Sariwangi Tea’
owned by Unilever – a UK company; ‘SGM’ milk of Sari Husada which is 82% owned by
Numico from the Netherlands; soap ‘Lux’; toothpaste ‘Pepsodent’ and various shampoos
owned by Unilever; imported rice from Thailand and Vietnam, imported sugar from Mexico and
India; motorcycle/cars from Japanese, Chinese, Indian, European, or American companies. All
kinds of electronic equipment, computers, mobile phones, are made by companies of Japan,
Korea, or China. Shopping center French’s ‘Carrefour’, 75% of ‘Alfamart’s share owned by
Carrefour; Giant and Hero are mastered by Dairy Farm International, U.S.’s ‘Circle K’, and
South Korean’s ‘Lotte’.
The flood of imported goods augmented by foreign domination of people’s basic needs in
Indonesia have made millions of women and children in Indonesia become the primary victims
of poverty. Rising prices, scarcity of jobs for their husbands, and high cost of education and
healthcare for their children – has created economic hardships and impoverished millions of
mothers in Indonesia. More than 7 million Indonesian women have been economically forced to
be the breadwinners of their family, many facing exploitation within the country and abroad,
while millions of children have lost the comfort and companionship of having their mothers at
home. So it is undeniable that the capitalist agreements signed by the rulers and governments
of the Muslim world with the IMF, the World Bank, other global institutions, and foreign states,
have directly caused the day to day severe financial struggle that the masses of women across
the region face today.

The Exploitation of Millions of Mothers in Indonesia
The free trade regime has also forced Muslim countries to apply a free labor market system
where the Capitalists can buy cheap labor in the labor market without state intervention in
ensuring the protection and welfare of the workers. So naturally, the number of migrant workers
has increased from year to year. The last International Labour Organisation (ILO) report said the
number of Indonesian domestic workers – of which the majority are women – has increased
sharply in the last two years. What a tragic story of a wealthy nation! Millions of its women have
been enslaved both within their home and abroad! Then last November, we were shocked by
Amnesty International’s report that condemned the “slavery like” conditions faced by the

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300,000 Indonesian women working in Hong Kong as domestic helpers, and accused the
authorities of slow action to address the problem. Needless to say, this free market regime has
plunged millions of women into poverty and led them to the vortex of cheap labor exploitation
based on its iron law of supply and demand.
This systemic movement of women’s exploitation which is designed by the capitalist free
market regime has been sucking the economic potential of women and forcing them to
abandon their motherhood to millions of children. Capitalism has waged a war against women’s
motherhood in Indonesia. More than 90% of workers in the sweatshops in Jakarta are women
and the majority of them do not get the right to breastfeed. As a result of this their babies are
suffering from malnutrition. What a miserable state! This does not include the fact that 75% of
those workers experienced violence in the workplace. What should also not be forgotten is the
melancholy story of the children of migrant workers who are abandoned by their mothers who
are forced through poverty resulting from the capitalist free-market system to work far distances
overseas. About 6 million Indonesian women are risking their lives abroad for a meager wage
to afford basic necessities for their families back home. Furthermore, in Sabah, Malaysia alone
it is estimated that there are about 50 thousand children of migrant workers who do not receive
proper education rights.
This undermining of motherhood is getting worse with the hegemony of Western secular liberal
values that increasingly pervades Muslim families in Muslim countries. The role of being a
mother and homemaker is no longer regarded as a prestigious noble role, because it is not
financially rewarding. Capitalism unceasingly encourages financial achievement over
motherhood, damaging the vital role of women. This attacks the true identity of women who give
birth to children, are the mothers of society, household managers of their homes, and nurturers
of their children, and shifts it to the false understanding of successful women which is always
associated with employment.
On the other hand, the Indonesian regime precisely facilitates Capitalism to rob women of their
motherhood, by continuing to implement and worship the Capitalist system, in its values and
economic system. The rulers in Muslim countries have sold their lands and daughters to the
Western countries and companies, and exposed them to exploitation. It’s ironic that while these
puppet rulers always boast about strengthening national interests and promote the corrupt and
divisive concept of nationalism to the people, they at the same time legalize the practice of
mega corruption by allowing the people, money and the nation’s wealth and resources to be
stolen by foreign companies, for the sake of personal benefit and wealth they receive from their
masters in the West.
So no wonder this country is very poor of the qualified future generation that was born from the
womb of the noble mothers, because the education of these children is handed over to the
secular and market-oriented education system, while their mothers are forced to enter the realm
of employment. The weakening of the motherhood role will absolutely have a fatal impact on this

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country, which will lose its next generation and future leaders.
The Khilafah: A New Political Vision for Indonesia
Islam with all its perfection offers an entirely new political vision to the world including Indonesia,
to escape from the shackles of poverty and the meshes of economic colonization. This political
vision consists of a single leadership for Muslims around the world namely the Khilafah
Islamiyah, which will establish a sincere Khaleefah who will lift their economic burdens from their
backs and place it upon his shoulders. The Islamic Khilafah system alone offers sound
economic policies that have stood the test of time and are able to lift the women in the Muslim
world from the pain of poverty and create sustainable economic welfare, hence removing their
suffering and bringing real change to their lives. Islam stands in stark contrast to the capitalist
system that curbs the role of the state and emphasizes the role of the market. The Prophet (saw)
said,
ْ
‫َ ھ َ ﺳ ْ ﱠﺗ‬
‫ِﯾ‬
‫ﻧ‬
‫ﻓ َ اﻟ ﻋ‬
«‫َﺎﻹُﱠذي َﻰﱠﺎس ر اع ُو ﻣُولَن ر ِﮫ‬
ِ‫»ِ ﻣﺎمِ َﻠ اﻟٍَِ وَ ْﺋٌ ﻋ َ ﻋ‬
“An Imam is a shepherd (ra’in) and he is responsible for those in his care.”
Therefore the state’s role is vital in Islam in taking care of the needs of the people. Its main task
is to serve and take care of the needs of every citizen, protect the vulnerable, and prevent any
injustice through the comprehensive implementation of the Islamic Shariah laws. The Khilafah
with its straight political vision will be able to pull Indonesia out from the snare of economic
imperialism while also glorifying its millions of women. This is achieved with the following
Islamic principles:
1. The Khilafah has an independent economic vision that will maintain its economic
sovereignty. The Khilafah is a state with an independent economic vision which is not
subordinated to the whims of foreign governments or multinational corporations, The
Khilafah will end the weak foreign policy of the current Muslim leaderships that are based upon
submission to the West, nationalism and the betrayal of their people. Therefore, the Khilafah will
not accept any foreign debt or any agreements that take sovereignty away from the state. This is
because the Islamic Shariah embodies a distinct pattern in international relations, which
necessitates the rejection of any foreign intervention or domination whatever form it takes –
whether a multilateral agreement, foreign investment, foreign debt, or any other style that would
eliminate the independence of the Khilafah. Hence, it would be illegitimate for the Khilafah to
accept the free market policies or regime propagated by the United States, China, and Western
industrialized countries which clearly pave the way for Kufr countries to dominate and control the
wealth, economics and politics of Muslims lands. It is expressly forbidden in Islam as Allah (swt)
says,
ْ
((‫َن ﯾﺟﻌل ُ َﺎﻓرﯾن َ ْﻣؤﻣﻧﯾن ﺳﺑﯾﻼ‬
َ ِ ‫ﻋ اﻟ‬
ِ‫))وﻟ ََ ا ﻟﻠ‬
ِ
ِ َ ُِ ‫َْ َْﱠْﻛََِﻠﻰ‬

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“…and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome
them]” [TMQ An-Nisa: 141]

2. The Khilafah fully controls its public resources and international trade
agreements. The Khilafah will manage all its public resources and use them for public
purposes so that all the people could enjoy the benefits of their critical assets. The billions of
dollars generated from the management of its natural resources will be spent on education,
health, defense, infrastructure, and poverty alleviation. The Khilafah would also ban all forms of
wealth accumulation, make sure that the wealth circulates amongst the people and provide
incentives for spending and investment in business. This is integrated with an economic policy
that prohibits heavy foreign investment in infrastructure development, agriculture, industry and
technology. Meanwhile, foreign trade is controlled entirely by the state and is aimed at
strengthening political stability in the country, the da’wah of Islam, and the domestic economy.
3. The Khilafah places the main basis of its economic policy upon meeting people’s
needs. The Khilafah will implement the Islamic economic system that ensures the fulfillment of
all basic (primary) needs of every individual in society and enables them to acquire luxuries. In
the book of al-Amwaal of Abu Ubaidah, it is told that Khalifah Umar ibn Al-Khattab once told his
employees in charge of distributing sadaqah: “If you do give, make it sufficient,” then said again,
“Give alms to them repeatedly even though one of them had a hundred camels.” Mashallah! As
the ruler of the state, he implemented the Islamic economic policy which guarantees the
fulfillment of the primary needs of the people. He also funded the marriage of Muslims who could
not afford to get married, paid their debts, and provided financial support to farmers to cultivate
their lands. Similarly, the future Khilafah will not only ensure people have their needs met but
also make them self-sufficient through grants or interest-free loans to farm their land or provide
capital for their business.

4. The Khilafah glorifies and protects women and their role of motherhood. Islam is an
ideology that places the protection of the honor of women as a priority. They are viewed as a
dignity that must be protected and financially maintained and NOT seen as cheap labor. The
Khilafah will therefore preserve the honor of women and WILL NEVER make them as an
international trade commodity. In the life of the Khilafah state, employment is just an option for
the woman, and NOT something forced upon her due to the demands of economic hardship. If
she wants, she may work. If she does not want to work, she is not pressured to do so. In the
Khilafah, this option can be taken freely by women, because Islam guarantees the basic needs
of women through obliging the husband or father to provide for their family, or obliging a male
relative to financially maintain their female relatives when they have no husband or father, or they
exist but cannot provide sufficiently. In addition, the Khilafah State financially supports vulnerable

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women who do not have anyone to ensure their economic security such as the poor widows,
according to the words of Allah (swt),
‫َﻟ‬
‫ﺳ‬
‫ﺗ‬
‫َ ﻋ ْ ِ ﻟﮫ رزﻗﱠ ِ ﺳ ُ ِ ﻣﻌ‬
((‫وَ ْ ُوَُِﮭن وﻛ ُﮭنْْروف ﻻ ﱠفْس إﻻ وَﮭﺎ ُﺿﺎر و اٌ ََﺎ وﻻ ﻣوٌُ َده وَ ْو ارث‬
ِ َ ‫َﻠﻰ اﻟﻣوﻟ دُُْ َ ْوﺗﱠ ﺑﺎﻟ ُ َِ َﻠ َﻔ ِ ُ َ ﻻ َ ََة ﺑوﻟد ھ َ ُوَﮫ ﺑوِ َﻠﻰ‬
َ ‫ﻟ‬
َ
ِ‫ُﻛُ ﻧٌﱠ ْﻌ َ ﺗ ﱠ ِدِِ َ ْ ﻟ د ﻟَِِ ﻋ اﻟ‬
َ
َ
َ
ْٰ
َ‫))ﻣﺛ‬
‫ِ لِك‬
َُ
‫ذﻟ‬
“…the father of the child shall bear the cost of the mother’s food and clothing on a
reasonable basis. No person shall have a burden laid on him greater than he can bear.
No mother shall be treated unfairly on account of her child, nor father on account of
his child. And on the (father’s) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent
on the father).” [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 233]
Besides that, women in the eyes of Islam have an extremely critical role as the mothers who
give birth to and educate the future generation. In the hands of women the best generation
or khairu ummah that Allah (swt) has mentioned in the Qur’an will be formed,
َ ‫ﻛﻧ‬
ْ ‫ُﻧ‬
‫ُْ ْرﱠ ﺔ ِ ْ ﻟﻠََُِ ﺑﺎﻟ ُ ِ وَََن اﻟﻣِ وﺗؤﻣﻧ ِِ َْ َُْﻛﺗ َ َ ﺧﯾر ا ﻟ ْۚﮫ‬
‫َْ ﻋ ْﻛَ ِ َ ﱠ وﻟ َ أ ھ ِ ِ ﻟﻛ ْ ْ ﻣﻧ‬
‫ﻟ‬
‫ْﺗ َ أٍَْ ِ ﻧ ُ ِ ْ َ ﺗﻧ‬
‫ﺗﺄ‬
‫أ‬
((ُِ‫ُم ﺧﯾُﻣُﺧرﺟتﱠﺎسْﻣرونْﻣﻌروف ْﮭون ِْ َرُ ُون ﺑﺎَۗو آﻣنْل اَﺎبَﺎن ًَﮭم‬
ُ َ
َ
َ
َ‫ُ ؤﻣﻧَ ْﺛرُْﻔ ﺳﻘ‬
‫ْﻣ ُون وَُم َﺎُون‬
‫ْ َ أﻛ‬
ِ ‫))اﻟ ِ َُ ھ اﻟ‬
“You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is
right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. If only the People of the Scripture
had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most
of them are defiantly disobedient.” [TMQ Ali Imran: 110]
This Ummah desperately needs a leader who will bring them out from the darkness into the light.
And we need mothers who will generate those great leaders. Millions of mothers today who face
economic exploitation throughout the Muslim world will have an entirely different story under the
shade of the Khilafah which is a highly credible system that has a time-tested approach in
dealing with poverty, creating brilliant generations of youth, and maintaining the honor of women.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Fika Komara

Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
16 Safar 1435
2013/12/19
The Capitalist Free Market Regime Impoverishes and Enslaves Millions of Indonesian Mothers
For the umpteenth time in the same year, the capitalism free market regimes chose Indonesia

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19/12/13


as their place to formulate their dangerous agenda. After the APEC Summit in early November
2013, the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference was held in the same city of Bali. It is not without
reason. Indonesia is a very rich country and has a very strategic position in the Asia Pacific
region which today has become the center of world trade. The various intense meetings in
regards to ensuring the success of the free trade agenda implies very clearly the huge interests
and plans that giant Capitalist countries have within this rich country. Various forums and
intensive negotiations conducted in various fields were all done in order to establish the region
as a major market for giant industrial capitalists. This is especially true for the U.S. which is still
struggling to recover its economy – this situation forcing it to secure its economic interests in
the lucrative Asian market through APEC, ASEAN, the East Asian Summit and especially
through the WTO.

Capitalism is sucking the wealth from Indonesia’s rich land
Many people may not be able to directly read the danger of various forums that represent this
free trade regime, whereas the saddening poverty that can be seen in the Muslim world and
globally today is a direct result of the disability and the injustice of economic, wealth, and land
resources management by man-made systems, and especially by the capitalist system and
free market economy. Freedom of ownership, free market policies, and the interest-based
finance model of capitalism resulted in wealth concentration in the hands of a few elite while the
rest have been left hungry and poor.
In Indonesia alone it has been proven that since the signing of ASEAN free trade policies by
the government, every year thousands of national industries have gone bankrupt, not to mention
the soaring rate of food imports that have quadrupled since 2004. This situation has
undoubtedly resulted in increased unemployment and widespread poverty amongst the
peoples. The BPS survey recorded 5.04 million farmers have been ‘lost’ since 2003. This is
due to a systemic policy that attacks the livelihood of the farmers. For example, the WTO
requires the reduction even the revocation of subsidies for farmers that eventually defeats
farmers to compete with agricultural import products that are cheaper in price. Agricultural
imports has continued to swell and the country’s dependence on food imports is increasing, as
in the case of soybeans, red beans, corn, beef, vegetables, horticultural products even cassava
and salt.
Coupled with the legalization of foreign investment through the Investment Law No. 25/2007, the
door of foreign investment was opened as wide as possible, and it was stated that foreign
ownership of domestic business sectors should not be restricted. Consequently, almost all
economic sectors such as agriculture, mining, oil and gas, banking and finance may be
controlled by foreign capital in the majority even up to 95%. As a result, the country’s economy
is largely controlled by foreigners. Foreigners control most of the oil and gas industry, banking,

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manufacturing, etc. Even almost all of the basic needs of the people in this country is controlled
by foreign industries, for example: bottled water (dominated by ‘Nestle Pure Life’ from a Swiss
company and Danone of France ‘Aqua’); soya ketchup ‘Cap Bango’ and ‘Sariwangi Tea’
owned by Unilever – a UK company; ‘SGM’ milk of Sari Husada which is 82% owned by
Numico from the Netherlands; soap ‘Lux’; toothpaste ‘Pepsodent’ and various shampoos
owned by Unilever; imported rice from Thailand and Vietnam, imported sugar from Mexico and
India; motorcycle/cars from Japanese, Chinese, Indian, European, or American companies. All
kinds of electronic equipment, computers, mobile phones, are made by companies of Japan,
Korea, or China. Shopping center French’s ‘Carrefour’, 75% of ‘Alfamart’s share owned by
Carrefour; Giant and Hero are mastered by Dairy Farm International, U.S.’s ‘Circle K’, and
South Korean’s ‘Lotte’.
The flood of imported goods augmented by foreign domination of people’s basic needs in
Indonesia have made millions of women and children in Indonesia become the primary victims
of poverty. Rising prices, scarcity of jobs for their husbands, and high cost of education and
healthcare for their children – has created economic hardships and impoverished millions of
mothers in Indonesia. More than 7 million Indonesian women have been economically forced to
be the breadwinners of their family, many facing exploitation within the country and abroad,
while millions of children have lost the comfort and companionship of having their mothers at
home. So it is undeniable that the capitalist agreements signed by the rulers and governments
of the Muslim world with the IMF, the World Bank, other global institutions, and foreign states,
have directly caused the day to day severe financial struggle that the masses of women across
the region face today.

The Exploitation of Millions of Mothers in Indonesia
The free trade regime has also forced Muslim countries to apply a free labor market system
where the Capitalists can buy cheap labor in the labor market without state intervention in
ensuring the protection and welfare of the workers. So naturally, the number of migrant workers
has increased from year to year. The last International Labour Organisation (ILO) report said
the number of Indonesian domestic workers – of which the majority are women – has increased
sharply in the last two years. What a tragic story of a wealthy nation! Millions of its women have
been enslaved both within their home and abroad! Then last November, we were shocked by
Amnesty International’s report that condemned the “slavery like” conditions faced by the
300,000 Indonesian women working in Hong Kong as domestic helpers, and accused the
authorities of slow action to address the problem. Needless to say, this free market regime has
plunged millions of women into poverty and led them to the vortex of cheap labor exploitation
based on its iron law of supply and demand.
This systemic movement of women’s exploitation which is designed by the capitalist free

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19/12/13


market regime has been sucking the economic potential of women and forcing them to
abandon their motherhood to millions of children. Capitalism has waged a war against
women’s motherhood in Indonesia. More than 90% of workers in the sweatshops in Jakarta are
women and the majority of them do not get the right to breastfeed. As a result of this their
babies are suffering from malnutrition. What a miserable state! This does not include the fact
that 75% of those workers experienced violence in the workplace. What should also not be
forgotten is the melancholy story of the children of migrant workers who are abandoned by their
mothers who are forced through poverty resulting from the capitalist free-market system to work
far distances overseas. About 6 million Indonesian women are risking their lives abroad for a
meager wage to afford basic necessities for their families back home. Furthermore, in Sabah,
Malaysia alone it is estimated that there are about 50 thousand children of migrant workers
who do not receive proper education rights.
This undermining of motherhood is getting worse with the hegemony of Western secular liberal
values that increasingly pervades Muslim families in Muslim countries. The role of being a
mother and homemaker is no longer regarded as a prestigious noble role, because it is not
financially rewarding. Capitalism unceasingly encourages financial achievement over
motherhood, damaging the vital role of women. This attacks the true identity of women who give
birth to children, are the mothers of society, household managers of their homes, and nurturers
of their children, and shifts it to the false understanding of successful women which is always
associated with employment.
On the other hand, the Indonesian regime precisely facilitates Capitalism to rob women of their
motherhood, by continuing to implement and worship the Capitalist system, in its values and
economic system. The rulers in Muslim countries have sold their lands and daughters to the
Western countries and companies, and exposed them to exploitation. It’s ironic that while these
puppet rulers always boast about strengthening national interests and promote the corrupt and
divisive concept of nationalism to the people, they at the same time legalize the practice of
mega corruption by allowing the people, money and the nation’s wealth and resources to be
stolen by foreign companies, for the sake of personal benefit and wealth they receive from their
masters in the West.
So no wonder this country is very poor of the qualified future generation that was born from the
womb of the noble mothers, because the education of these children is handed over to the
secular and market-oriented education system, while their mothers are forced to enter the
realm of employment. The weakening of the motherhood role will absolutely have a fatal impact
on this country, which will lose its next generation and future leaders.

The Khilafah: A New Political Vision for Indonesia
Islam with all its perfection offers an entirely new political vision to the world including Indonesia,

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19/12/13


to escape from the shackles of poverty and the meshes of economic colonization. This political
vision consists of a single leadership for Muslims around the world namely the Khilafah
Islamiyah, which will establish a sincere Khaleefah who will lift their economic burdens from
their backs and place it upon his shoulders. The Islamic Khilafah system alone offers sound
economic policies that have stood the test of time and are able to lift the women in the Muslim
world from the pain of poverty and create sustainable economic welfare, hence removing their
suffering and bringing real change to their lives. Islam stands in stark contrast to the capitalist
system that curbs the role of the state and emphasizes the role of the market. The Prophet
(saw) said,
ْ
‫َ ھ َ ﺳ ْ ﱠﺗ‬
‫ِﯾ‬
‫ﻧ‬
‫ﻓ َ اﻟ ﻋ‬
«‫َﺎﻹُﱠذي َﻰﱠﺎس ر اع ُو ﻣُولَن ر ِﮫ‬
ِ‫»ِ ﻣﺎمِ َﻠ اﻟٍَِ وَ ْﺋٌ ﻋ َ ﻋ‬
“An Imam is a shepherd (ra’in) and he is responsible for those in his care.”
Therefore the state’s role is vital in Islam in taking care of the needs of the people. Its main task
is to serve and take care of the needs of every citizen, protect the vulnerable, and prevent any
injustice through the comprehensive implementation of the Islamic Shariah laws. The Khilafah
with its straight political vision will be able to pull Indonesia out from the snare of economic
imperialism while also glorifying its millions of women. This is achieved with the following
Islamic principles:
1. The Khilafah has an independent economic vision that will maintain its economic
sovereignty. The Khilafah is a state with an independent economic vision which is not
subordinated to the whims of foreign governments or multinational corporations, The
Khilafah will end the weak foreign policy of the current Muslim leaderships that are based upon
submission to the West, nationalism and the betrayal of their people. Therefore, the Khilafah
will not accept any foreign debt or any agreements that take sovereignty away from the state.
This is because the Islamic Shariah embodies a distinct pattern in international relations, which
necessitates the rejection of any foreign intervention or domination whatever form it takes –
whether a multilateral agreement, foreign investment, foreign debt, or any other style that would
eliminate the independence of the Khilafah. Hence, it would be illegitimate for the Khilafah to
accept the free market policies or regime propagated by the United States, China, and
Western industrialized countries which clearly pave the way for Kufr countries to dominate and
control the wealth, economics and politics of Muslims lands. It is expressly forbidden in Islam as
Allah (swt) says,
ْ
‫))وﻟنَْ ا ِﻠﻛََِﻠﻰ ُ ؤﻣََﺑ‬
‫ﻋ اﻟ ِ ﻧ ﺳ‬
‫َْ ﯾﺟﻌ ُ َﺎﻓ‬
‫ﻟ‬
((‫َ ََلﱠِْرﯾن َ ْﻣ ِﯾن ِﯾﻼ‬
“…and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome
them]” [TMQ An-Nisa: 141]


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2. The Khilafah fully controls its public resources and international trade
agreements. The Khilafah will manage all its public resources and use them for public
purposes so that all the people could enjoy the benefits of their critical assets. The billions of
dollars generated from the management of its natural resources will be spent on education,
health, defense, infrastructure, and poverty alleviation. The Khilafah would also ban all forms of
wealth accumulation, make sure that the wealth circulates amongst the people and provide
incentives for spending and investment in business. This is integrated with an economic policy
that prohibits heavy foreign investment in infrastructure development, agriculture, industry and
technology. Meanwhile, foreign trade is controlled entirely by the state and is aimed at
strengthening political stability in the country, the da’wah of Islam, and the domestic economy.

3. The Khilafah places the main basis of its economic policy upon meeting people’s
needs. The Khilafah will implement the Islamic economic system that ensures the fulfillment of
all basic (primary) needs of every individual in society and enables them to acquire luxuries. In
the book of al-Amwaal of Abu Ubaidah, it is told that Khalifah Umar ibn Al-Khattab once told his
employees in charge of distributing sadaqah: “If you do give, make it sufficient,” then said
again, “Give alms to them repeatedly even though one of them had a hundred camels.”
Mashallah! As the ruler of the state, he implemented the Islamic economic policy which
guarantees the fulfillment of the primary needs of the people. He also funded the marriage of
Muslims who could not afford to get married, paid their debts, and provided financial support to
farmers to cultivate their lands. Similarly, the future Khilafah will not only ensure people have
their needs met but also make them self-sufficient through grants or interest-free loans to farm
their land or provide capital for their business.

4. The Khilafah glorifies and protects women and their role of motherhood. Islam is an
ideology that places the protection of the honor of women as a priority. They are viewed as a
dignity that must be protected and financially maintained and NOT seen as cheap labor. The
Khilafah will therefore preserve the honor of women and WILL NEVER make them as an
international trade commodity. In the life of the Khilafah state, employment is just an option for
the woman, and NOT something forced upon her due to the demands of economic hardship. If
she wants, she may work. If she does not want to work, she is not pressured to do so. In the
Khilafah, this option can be taken freely by women, because Islam guarantees the basic needs
of women through obliging the husband or father to provide for their family, or obliging a male
relative to financially maintain their female relatives when they have no husband or father, or
they exist but cannot provide sufficiently. In addition, the Khilafah State financially supports
vulnerable women who do not have anyone to ensure their economic security such as the poor
widows, according to the words of Allah (swt),

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‫َﻟ‬
‫ﺳ‬
‫ﺗ‬
‫َ ﻋ ْ ِ ﻟﮫ رزﻗﱠ ِ ﺳوﺗﱠ ﺑ ﻣﻌ‬
((‫وَ ْ ُوَُِﮭن وﻛ ُﮭنْْروف ﻻ ﱠفْ ِﻻ وَﮭﺎ ُﺿﺎر و اٌ ََﺎ وﻻ ﻣوٌُ َده وَ ْو ارث‬
ِ َ ‫َﻠﻰ اﻟﻣوﻟ دُُْ َ ْ ُ ِﺎﻟ ُ َِ َﻠ َﻔس إ ُ َ ﻻ َ ََِوﻟد ھ َ ُوَِوِ َﻠﻰ‬
َ ‫ﻟ‬
َ
ِ‫ُﻛُ ﻧٌﱠ ْﻌ َ ﺗ ﱠ ِدة ﺑِ َ ْ ﻟ د ﻟﮫ ﺑَِ ﻋ اﻟ‬
َ
َ
َ
ْٰ
‫))ﻣﺛلِك‬
َُ
‫ِ َﻟ‬
‫ذ‬
“…the father of the child shall bear the cost of the mother’s food and clothing on a
reasonable basis. No person shall have a burden laid on him greater than he can bear.
No mother shall be treated unfairly on account of her child, nor father on account of
his child. And on the (father’s) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent
on the father).” [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 233]
Besides that, women in the eyes of Islam have an extremely critical role as the mothers who
give birth to and educate the future generation. In the hands of women the best generation
or khairu ummah that Allah (swt) has mentioned in the Qur’an will be formed,
َ ‫ﻛﻧ‬
ْ ‫ُﻧ‬
‫ُْ ﺧﯾرﱠ ﺔَْ ِﻠََُِ ﺑﺎﻟ ُ ِ وَََن اﻟﻣِ وﺗؤﻣﻧ ِِ َْ َُْﻛﺗﺎ َ َ ﺧﯾر ا ﻟ ْۚﮫ‬
‫َْ ﻋ ْﻛَ ِ َ ﱠ وﻟ َ أ ھ ِ ب ﻟﻛ ْ ْ ﻣﻧ‬
‫ﻟ‬
‫ْﺗ َ أٍ ِ ْ ﻟ ﻧ ُ ِ ﻣﻌ َ ﺗﻧ‬
‫ﺗﺄ‬
‫أ‬
((ُِ‫ُمُْﻣُﺧرﺟتﱠﺎسْﻣرونْْروف ْﮭون ِْ َرُ ُون ﺑﺎَۗو آﻣنْل اََِﺎن ًَﮭم‬
ُ َ
َ
َ
َ‫ُ ؤﻣﻧَ ْﺛرُْﻔ ﺳﻘ‬
‫ْﻣ ُون وَُم َﺎُون‬
‫ْ َ أﻛ‬
ِ ‫))اﻟ ِ َُ ھ اﻟ‬
“You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is
right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. If only the People of the Scripture
had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most
of them are defiantly disobedient.” [TMQ Ali Imran: 110]
This Ummah desperately needs a leader who will bring them out from the darkness into the
light. And we need mothers who will generate those great leaders. Millions of mothers today
who face economic exploitation throughout the Muslim world will have an entirely different story
under the shade of the Khilafah which is a highly credible system that has a time-tested
approach in dealing with poverty, creating brilliant generations of youth, and maintaining the
honor of women.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Fika Komara

Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
16 Safar 1435
2013/12/19

Baca juga :

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1. Hizb ut Tahrir will host an International Women’s Conference: “The Khilafah: Protecting
Women from Poverty and Enslavement”
2. Press Release: Capitalism Has Dehumanized Indonesian Women Workers
3. Female Muslims Decry Marginalization in Indonesia Meeting
4. Capitalism’s Exploitation of Millions of Vulnerable People as Domestic Workers
5. The Voice of the Ummah against the Miss World 2013: Ignored By the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Capitalist Elites


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