Thread by @azhar_one

Long Thread over Khilafah History:

Today is the 99th anniversary of the single greatest disaster to befall the Ummah since the passing of the Messenger of Allah (saw). This disaster is none other than the destruction of the Khilafah on March 3rd, 1924.

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It is important to understand how it fell, and to remember and remind others of these details every year.

So here is a long and detailed summary of how the Khilafah was destroyed, starting a little over 150 years before WW1 with the Saudi tribe...

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establishing the Sunnah of treachery and betrayal:

- 1747 to 1757, the Saudi tribe rebels against the Ottoman Khilafah and annexes lands. Muhammad bin Saud takes in Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab and the Saudi-Wahhabi movement begins spreading,...

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treating other groups as deviant and "not authentic Islam." They attack the Ottoman Caliphate from within, taking the lands of Al-Dir'iyyah and Al-Ahsaa'. The movement goes into stagnation for 30 years for unknown reasons...

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- 1787, the Wahhabi movement resumes activity once again. Muhammed ibn Saud is dead (1765), and his son Abdul-Aziz is leading the tribe. He establishes an Emirate and a hereditary rule via a ceremony led by Muhammed ibn Abdul-Wahhab...

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- 1788, the Saudi Wahhabi movement sets up a large military raid against the Khilafah, seizing Kuwait. This was done as an attempt to remove the "Bid'ah" of other Madhhabs and to "purify" the Muslim lands.

- 1792, Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab dies.

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- 1811 to 1818, the Ottomans send their Wali (governor) from Egypt, Muhammad Ali, to deal with the Saudi Wahhabi attacks. Muhammad Ali defeats them, and takes Madinah back under Ottoman control (the Saudi tribe remains in exile until 1902,..

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where they finally strike at the Khilafah during its weakest days leading to the establishment of modern-day Saudi Arabia in 1932 under British approval).

- 1831, Muhammad Ali, after defeating the Wahhabi rebellion, turns around and betrays the Ottoman..

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Khilafah, agreeing to work with France, and attacks Al-Shaam. He occupies Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, and attempts to move towards Anatolia. The Ottomans send a large force against him. He is forced back to Egypt.

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- 1839, the Caliph Abdul-Mejid I, who was only 16 years old, is guided by Britain and France to introduce the Kalkhana as law, the first direct attempt to introduce man-made law into the Khilafah. It is rejected entirely.

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- 1842 to 1875, the Beirut Center is established. British collaborators work with Christian locals to instill nationalist and secular tendencies within the Arab world. Most associations failed, as they only appealed to non-Muslims....

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Success is found through Arab-exclusive associations, which spread the idea that the Turkish Ottomans were occupiers, calling them "Turks," and called for Arab nationalism as a new basis for unity.

- 1889 to 1907, the Istanbul Center is established,...

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where British and French collaborators set up the "Committee of Union and Progress," which later became known as "The Young Turks." This party originally started in Paris, France, where they were taught admiration and loyalty to the French revolution.

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- 1902, Abdul-Aziz, leader of the Saudi tribe, returned from exile in Kuwait to resume the conflict in the region, seizing Riyadh. This is the first of a series of attacks that ultimately lead to the creation of the state of Saudia in 1932 under British.

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- 1908, the Young Turks stage a coup and take control of the Ottoman Khilafah, becoming the "official party" of the state, leaving the Caliph as a figurehead similar to the Queen of England.

- 1913, the "Decentralization Committee" was formed,..

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splitting the administration of the Arabs from the Turks within the Khilafah, establishing the first-ever official nationalistic division within the state.

- 1914, the Khilafah is being torn from within by nationalistic and secular movements...

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British and French influences have a strong hand in these events.

**WW1 begins. The "official" cause of such a large-scale war is ambiguous**

- 1915, the British seize Gallipoli during the Dardanelles campaign, but end up at a deadlock..

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..and cannot progress further into Ottoman lands. They attempt to incite Jamal Pasha against the Ottoman Khilafah. He agrees with some conditions, including the preservation of the unity of the Khilafah,among other conditions. The British & French refuse.

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- Dec 15th 1915, British troops suddenly & for no apparent reason retreat from Gallipoli. Mustafa Kamal presents his report to the German general commander with a watch damaged by a bullet, and he is hailed a national hero for his "defeat" of the British.

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- 1916, Mustafa Kamal uses his new fame to influence the Ottoman State to withdraw from the war and sign a peace treaty with the British. He fails and is banished from political discussions for a year.

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- 1917, Baghdad falls to the British, and they march towards Mousil. This worries the Ottoman government. They appoint Mustafa Kamal to lead the defense force.

- 1918, Mustafa Kamal, continually attempting to convince the government to withdraw..

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from the war and surrender, devises a plan to hand Aleppo to the British. On September 19th 1918, he withdraws from the area, and retreats to the River Jordan and then continues all the way to Damascus. He recommends to the German High Commander..

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Liman von Sanders that they should abandon the whole of Syria. Sanders replies by refusing to take responsibility for such a thing, and Mustafa Kamal agrees to take full responsibility. They retreat.

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- October 1918, Al-Shaam falls under British and French control, as do many other areas. Anwar Pasha reluctantly agrees to a truce.

- October 30th 1918, the British refuse to discuss the peace treaty with Tal'at and Anwar Pasha,..

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because they claim that these men were responsible for plunging the Ottomans into war, and demand a new government be formed. This destabilizes the government further.

**November 1918, WW1 officially ends**

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- Dec 1918, the British begins to deal with the spoils of war. The Germans are dealt with according to international law. The Ottomans, on the other hand, were dealt with according to a secret plan that was formed in 1916 called the Sykes-Picot Agreement.

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This agreement stated that if the Triple Entente were to defeat the Ottomans in WW1, they would divide their lands according to these lines, similar to carving a turkey at a Thanksgiving dinner. Britain proceeded to implement this agreement..

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..in violation of international law, as they took the action unilaterally, before even signing the peace treaty, and without any input from the Allies or from the regions that were being carved out.

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*** Interesting facts regarding what took place during WW1: in 1915, the British promised the district of Antalya and the surrounding area along the Mediterranean to the Italians. One year later, in 1916, the British, the French, and the Russians..

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agreed to the Sykes-Picot Agreement. In 1917, the British promised Herzl and his Zionist movement the land of Palestine. All this took place before the war was even close to ending.

- 1918 to 1920, after a long period of a political vacuum,..

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..Mustafa Kamal gains significant control of the now-British-influenced government, and rallied nationalistic tendencies among the people in Turkey. He attempted to form an independent government in Ankara, but the Khilafah responded with a large force..

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that defeated him & wiped out his authority.

- 1920 to 1922, with Mustafa Kamal's life & authority about to end, suddenly the terms of the Treaty of Sèvres, which was signed at the end of WW1 with the British, was made public & announced all over Turkey.

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This turned the population against the Khilafah, as they were seen as traitors. This saved Mustafa Kamal's life, and gave him unrestricted access to every area of the government.

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- October 29th 1923, Mustafa Kamal gives a speech calling for a vote to abolish the Khilafah and turn Turkey into a republic. This vote was not expected, and only 40% of voting deputies were in attendance. The vote passed..

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and Mustafa Kamal was elected as the first president of Turkey. This was met with a huge uproar from the absent deputies, & the Muslims of the Ottoman Khilafah rallied around the Caliph Abdul-Mejid. This led to Mustafa Kamal having one of the protesting..

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deputies assassinated, and began to threaten any dissenting voices.

- March 1st 1924, Mustafa Kamal gives a speech about the necessity of destroying the Khilafah. He is met with fierce opposition and protests. He responded to the protests by saying..

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"We must at all costs safeguard the endangered republic and make her rise upon solid scientific bases. The Caliph and the legacies of the Ottoman Family must go, the dilapidated religious courts and their laws must be replaced by modern courts..

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and laws, and the clerics schools must concede their place to governmental secular schools."

- March 3rd 1924, despite the protests, the Greater National Assembly approves the abolishment of the Khilafah and the separation of Islamic law from the state..

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The Caliph Abdul-Mejid is given notice to leave, and the Khilafah is officially dissolved.

- July 24th 1924, the Treaty of Lausanne is made effective. Britain recognizes Turkey's independence, and evacuates Istanbul and the straits.

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Over a century of effort and scheming finally completed. The Khilafah is finally destroyed. The Muslim lands were then invaded, cut up, nation states were assigned to us, and puppet regimes were established to take over and..

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...to fake independence in order to maintain control of the masses, which remains the reality until our day today.

**End**

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