In some certain moments, one cannot
stay silent about describing things and phenomena as they should be… even if
some thought he is breaching etiquette rules and considered it unacceptable
rudeness.
Only at this moment, when our
country is assassinated and martyrs’ blood goes in vain… when you see the
murderer killing his victims and then come a group of people defending the
murderer and standing in the way of applying justice… only then, there is
nothing more rude or filthier than those who stab the country in the heart and
mess with justice.
Let us all read the holy bible in
the New Testament, chapter 23 of Mathew Gospel, verses 13 to 36:
(But woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men:
for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go
in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the
greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him
twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides,
which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever
shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for
whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And,
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by
the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind: for whether is
greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore
shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso
shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him
that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters
of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to
leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a
camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the
outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion
and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed
appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all
uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the
sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our
fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the
prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children
of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and
some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in
your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come
all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel
unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple
and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest
them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would
not!).
Now we come to the holy Quran and read
in the chapter of Al-Qalam about those who lied about the truth and resisted
righteousness: “So you will see and they will see. Which of you is the
afflicted [by a devil]. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone
astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided. Then do
not obey the deniers. They wish that you would soften [in your position], so
they would soften [toward you]. And do not obey every worthless habitual
swearer. [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip - A preventer of
good, transgressing and sinful, Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate
pretender.” Verses 5 to 13.
The bible spoke of the blind guides;
the scribes and hypocrite Pharisees because they shut up the kingdom of heaven
against men… it also spoke of those who could strain at a gnat,
and swallow a camel… again, it spoke of the blood that was shed and that there
will be a day when those who shed it and others who collaborated with them shall
pay the price for it…
It’s as if the holy bible is describing
our current moment right now… as we can see people capable of swallowing a
camel while they are straining a gnat… what I understood is that those people
can let go and ignore crimes and ask others to do the same thing… while in
other cases, they don’t let go and stand firmly against what is much more less
and trivial… it’s exactly what we have witnessed regarding those who want to
postpone applying justice, even if temporarily, over murderers and in the same
time, they don’t cease to shout and yell over other cases that are less
important… like those so-called political activists or NGOs’ representatives.
However, we will not lie or cheat…
we will not stay silent for any reason even if for the sake of old days and
friendship… we will keep standing firmly against all who collaborate with
terrorists enabling them to commit their crimes and escape punishment and paying
the price… the New Testament and Quran were clear when they described such
group – those who deny facts and cover up the truth to escape justice – in the
worst names.
In the bible, they were depicted as
snakes; generations of vipers who want to escape the damnation of hell… and in
Quran, they were described as worthless habitual swearers, scorners, going
about with malicious gossip, preventers of good, transgressing, sinful, cruel,
and illegitimate pretenders… for those who want to know more about the
definition of those words, they can seek dictionaries… although, I doubt anyone
of them can look up a single word in any dictionary.
Human rights have become an
important issue… however, we have to set limits first… and we can start from a certain
point by answering the question: are these rights separable?... don’t all
people have the same rights?... do anyone has the right to be active in a certain
field and take his financial reward from the public money then later we find
him taking sides with a certain party, having double standards... ignoring some
cases and shedding light over others?
And is it acceptable that those
interested in public work make profits from public work and have no job or
source of income to earn their living?... isn’t it time for real human rights’
struggles aiming at defending Egyptian children who cannot find clean water,
have a cup of milk or who have nothing to wear over their bodies but ragged
clothes?... we have an endless list of people who need help in Egypt; women, youth,
old men, slum areas’ residents…
Don’t all those needy people need
help from those who appointed themselves inspectors of human rights in
Egypt?... those so-called inspectors who always travel to the European capitals
to get updated with the latest fashion in human rights... I believe they should
pay more attention to those needy people like they do pay attention to their
old partners of muslim brotherhood, Al-Wasat party and their likes.
You “polite” ladies and gentlemen “angry
of my rudeness”… this is part of a whole as the space available here is not
enough to say more.
This article was published in Al
Ahram newspaper on June 18, 2015.
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