I believe I have to start by writing this introduction
saying that the horrible terrorism in Sinai is an outcome of Mubarak’s regime
where tyranny, corruption, exploiting capital along with accepting to have
muslim brotherhood and adopting their ideology as an ethical cover for that corrupt
coalition united and resulted in the cultural deterioration and collapse we
have now, since it’s impossible for those terrorists who commit what they
commit with enormous capabilities and human, financial and arming support that
is almost unlimited, to continue doing so without having a solid ground to
stand on either regarding the place or time.
Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that news reporting the
situation in Sinai after Ar-Rawda massacre are placed next to a piece of news
about a not-understood, unjustifiable and wrongful stance by Switzerland
regarding giving back Egypt’s money looted by Mubarak’s regime represented in
those whose names are published in the newspapers of Almasry alyoum and
Ash-Shorouq on Monday Nov. 27, 2017 as follows: “Hosni Mubarak, Suzan Thabet,
Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak, Haidi Rasekh, Ahmed Ez, Khadiga Ahmed Kamel
Yassin, Alaa Muhammed Fawzi Ali Salama, Shahinaz el-Naggar, Ahmed Ahmed Ez,
Zohair Garana, Muhammed Ibrahim Suliman, Habib el-Adli and Magdi Rasekh.”
As if coincidence wants to remind us of the causal
relationship between corruption and terrorism and silence all ex-servants of
that regime who thought that they regained their power just for having their
photos, names and words published as if it’s a clearance certificate for the
whole regime. In fact, if any of those had a tiny amount of feeling loyal to
his country or feeling shame, he would have taken the initiative and paid back
the looted money deposited abroad, at least to support the June, 30 revolution
that brought Egypt back to the right course and is still facing the terrible
disasters Mubarak’s regime left behind.
I believe we must move on from this phase of pain and
wailing that our enemy wants us to dwell in for him to gloat over our country
and us, to the phase of contemplating and working hard in our full capacity in
order to achieve a comprehensive confrontation against terrorism on the levels
of ideology, funding, planning and conspiring.
Therefore, it’s not likely that we get confused
between two cases. The first of them is the sleeping and armed terrorist cells
that regard the whole nation as non-believers and adopt such thing as an
ideology and follow thought and fiqhi fundamentals that randomly impose prohibition
and give license for killing without distinguishing, also license for
destruction not caring about the consequences. Such case requires merciless uprooting
no matter the price paid is. In similar less-important case in terms of impact
and losses, if a poultry or cattle farm, for example, was hit by an epidemic
disease spreading in the place’s floor, walls, pots and other things, then
there is no alternative to getting rid of the whole flock, closing the place,
disinfecting it with pesticides, and sometimes using quicklime that results in
great thermal energy that kills any living creatures even if microscopic. Also
in cases of infections inflicted on fruit gardens and forests, there is no other
way to save the non-infected areas but with uprooting the sick trees, burning
the surely-infected parts and mincing the rest into sawdust.
So one can imagine the case when we have an epidemic
disease holding machine guns, bombs and RPG rockets, believing in suicidal
attacks and having no human, ideological, fiqhi or doctrinal deterrent
ceasing it from destroying worship places, schools, houses, public government premises
or killing people whether kids, children, young, adult, old and very old men
and women having no hesitation and feeling no mercy.
As to the second of the two cases, it’s the cultural
and social reality that contains what makes it a favourable environment for carrying
the genes of terrorism, such genes that have a certain clear composition
including, first, the fake outer-appearance religiosity that limits the tenor
of Islam and believing into mere outer practices like wearing short Galabiyas, having
shaggy beards and shaved moustaches, wearing Niqab, exaggerating in Hijab
along with the absence of understanding the true purposes of worship and Sharia.
Second is the complete ignorance that exceeds alphabetical illiteracy to the
social, political and cultural illiteracy. Hence willingness to hate the other
party different in religion and doctrine emerges and reaches to ripping the
national fabric apart that helps “cancerize” other members in the society in
order for this disease to continue existing. Third, absence of national
affiliation and principles of common collective consciousness and falling in
the trap of flouting all social cultural controls in individual behavior by
some people who limit themselves to the standard of Halal and Haram
alone to regulate their conduct not taking the standards of law or right and
wrong into their consideration.
For this reason, the most important pillar supporting social
structure was destroyed; I hear mean the pillar of social equality along with
social solidarity, as those who violate regulations and laws of construction
regarding allowed heights, areas and specifications adopt the standard of Halal
and Haram regardless of the law and ethics. Usually, they are those of the fake
outer-appearance religiosity not thinking of the impact of their crime over the
whole society, in specific the social equality and social solidarity as they
overprice and lay down strict conditions. As a result, young men and women
cannot afford a decent housing or a stable life.
We tackle this second case with the ways that many
people keep defining their political, cultural and ideological aspects. I believe
such tackling remains with little effect as long as “sewerage” of salafist outer-appearance
religiosity keeps discharging in the society and severely affecting and
contaminating the mentality likely to receive enlightenment and modernization.
Finally, I’d like to say that there must be an all-out
strike on the armed terrorism, meaning a merciless strike leaving nothing
behind and speaking out against injustice.
Translated into English by: Dalia Elnaggar
This article was published in
Al Ahram newspaper on November 30, 2017.
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