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ASEAN Free Trade Regime is Cancer for the Muslim
Ummah in Southeast Asia!
December 23rd, 2014 by kafi
News:
Muslim countries in Southeast Asia such as
Indonesia and Malaysia will face the
implementation of the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) on December 31, 2015 – as
a form of regional economic integration in the
region. Through this regional integration,
ASEAN will be transformed into a single market
and production base then become a free flow
of goods, services, investment, labor, and
capital. The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia are enthusiastic in preparing themselves to
welcome the implementation of AEC and continue to tether their hopes on this agreement.
ASEAN’s commitment to be a free market enhanced through the concept of an ASEAN
Community with its slogan: one vision, one identity, one community. Thus the ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC) became one of the pillars in the formation of the ASEAN
community beside the ASEAN Political­Security Community (APSC) and the ASEAN Socio­
Culture Community (ASCC).
Comment:
It is foolish and misleading if Muslim leaders in Indonesia and Malaysia set their economic
expectations on ASEAN Economic Community, moreover if they were ratified and then
implement it in their lands. This behavior asserts the dysfunction of their role as leaders and
statesmen, who prefer to facilitate international trade and foreign investment rather than
directly fulfill economic needs and the welfare of their people. Instead of prospering their
people, the freedom of investments and foreign dominance in the domestic market; clearly

2. 24/12/2014 Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia » Blog Archive » ASEAN Free Trade Regime is Cancer for the Muslim Ummah in Southeast Asia!
become the most effective instrument of imperialism, and endanger people economies. It
has long been proven that free trade is an instrument of imperialism of Western countries
against Muslim countries; such as this quote – US statesman Henry Clay pointed to the
necessity of the United States developing a defensive capability by quoting a British leader,
‘Nations knew, as well as [ourselves], what we meant by “free trade” was nothing more nor
less than, by means of the great advantage we enjoyed, to get a monopoly of all their
markets for our manufactures, and to prevent them, one and all, from ever becoming
manufacturing nations.’ This means the potential market and economic investment in
Southeast Asia will only be exploited by the economic giant countries, to become a recovery
tool for financial crisis which suffered by US and China today who really need real market
for their products.
The next aspect that we should examine is the destructive impacts. Not only poverty and
exploitation of the wealth, but this cancerous regime will also have great impact on the
destruction of society and Muslims family building. Because of this regime truly an admirer
of secularism and a devotee of economic growth that treats Muslim community no more like
economic engine as the market and cheap labor. While the matters of religion, morals,
dignity, social harmony of each component of society will obviously be ignored. Let’s learn
from their trail of breakage that carved in their own countries, they having economic
progress but suffering detriment civilization; rapid development is often accompanied by a
social crisis, the collapse of the family institution, widespread criminality, violence against
women and children, and high suicide rates, in addition to falling birth rates which are in
large part due to the massive involvement of women in the labor force.
The same syndrome sooner or later will be experienced by the Muslim societies in
Southeast Asia, if its leaders continue parroting the West and join implementing free trade
agreement that is clearly an imperialist regime as well as the cancer that eats away Muslim
community. O Muslim rulers, Remember the words of Allah:
‫ﺎ‬َ‫ﻣ‬َ‫ﻓ‬ ۖ ٰ‫َﻯ‬‫ﺩ‬ْ‫ﻬ‬ُ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ﻥ‬َ‫ﺃ‬ ‫ﱠ‬‫ﻻ‬ِ‫ﺇ‬ ‫ِﻱ‬ّ‫ﺩ‬ِ‫ﻬ‬َ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ﱠ‬‫ﻥ ﻻ‬‫ﱠ‬‫ﻣ‬َ‫ﺃ‬ َ‫ﻊ‬َ‫ﺑ‬‫ﱠ‬‫ﺗ‬ُ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ﻥ‬َ‫ﺃ‬ ‫ﱡ‬‫ﻕ‬َ‫ﺣ‬َ‫ﺃ‬ ِّ‫ﻕ‬َ‫ﺣ‬ْ‫ﻟ‬‫ﻰ ﺍ‬َ‫ﻟ‬ِ‫ﺇ‬ ‫ِﻱ‬‫ﺩ‬ْ‫ﻬ‬َ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ﻥ‬َ‫ﻣ‬َ‫ﻓ‬َ‫ﺃ‬ ۗ ِّ‫ﻕ‬َ‫ﺣ‬ْ‫ﻠ‬ِ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ِﻱ‬‫ﺩ‬ْ‫ﻬ‬َ‫ﻳ‬ ُ‫ﻪ‬‫ـ‬‫ﱠ‬‫ﻠ‬‫ ﺍﻟ‬ِ‫ﻝ‬ُ‫ﻗ‬ ۚ ِّ‫ﻕ‬َ‫ﺣ‬ْ‫ﻟ‬‫ﻰ ﺍ‬َ‫ﻟ‬ِ‫ﺇ‬ ‫ِﻱ‬‫ﺩ‬ْ‫ﻬ‬َ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ﻥ‬‫ﱠ‬‫ﻣ‬ ‫ُﻡ‬‫ﻛ‬ِ‫ﺋ‬‫َﺎ‬‫ﻛ‬َ‫ُﺭ‬‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻥ‬ِ‫ْ ﻣ‬‫ﻝ‬َ‫ﻫ‬ ْ‫ﻝ‬ُ‫ﻗ‬
‫ﻭﻥ‬ُ‫ﻣ‬ُ‫ﻛ‬ْ‫َﺣ‬‫ﺗ‬ َ‫ﻑ‬ْ‫ﻳ‬َ‫ﻛ‬ ْ‫ﻡ‬ُ‫ﻛ‬َ‫ﻟ‬
“Say ‘It is Allah who guides to the truth. Is then He Who guides to the truth more
worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided?
Then, what is the matter with you? How do you judge?” [TMQ Yunus: 35]
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Fika Komara
Member of Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
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