I have not read the article
of Gihad el-Haddad which he wrote in English days ago and sent to one of the biggest
American newspapers affirming that he is muslim brotherhood and that being so
does not mean he is a terrorist… but I read tens of comments who asked for
replying to such letter… away from how this article was smuggled outside the
prison and then sent to Washington, I have already written before about some of
the extremism aspects in Hassan el-Banna’s writings, here is part of what I wrote:
To Ibn Taymmiya, the
other non-Muslim is an enemy of Islam… and not believing in the proper religion…
actually he is considered a disbeliever who deserves to be treated as one… I mentioned
in a previous article some details of Ibn Taymmiya’s opinion, who is considered
the main source for ideologies of many groups claiming to represent Islam and falsely
claim it as a reference in their political and ideological discourses… I excerpted
some texts from the man’s Fatwas that were mentioned in the volumes of “Al-Fatawa
Al-Kubra” or the most important Fatwas which Sheikh Hassanien Makhlouf;
ex-Grand Mufti of Egypt, wrote its introduction.
In such regard, the sources
of what can be regarded as extremist opinions and disdaining the other party
are revealed… and as I said before in my last article, I believe that tackling
the origins and roots of this extremism is better and more convenient… in
addition, one can find some writings of el-Banna that are even exceeding the extremist
opinions of Ibn Taymmiya… especially in the matter of relations between people
inside the society.
The history of Hassan
el-Banna and his Dawaa is known and available for everyone to know…
also, the phases of development of muslim brotherhood group are known too… but I
think that many of those interested in detecting origins of the extremist ideology
and discipline – not only towards the other non-Muslim but towards the other
Muslim who is not one of them as well – have not read carefully the writings of
Hassan el-Banna and the literature related to his stances… in such writings,
there are certain contexts and sayings that are almost – in my opinion – a source
for every extremism and disdaining for the other party… and maybe more
extremist that what Sayed Qutb wrote.
For example, regarding
women, in el-Banna’s note directed to Muslim woman, the first written to the
sisters’ section in muslim brotherhood group, and which was published as an
article in Al-Manar magazine in the 1359 Hijri calendar, he said: “as to the
other fields of sciences which women do not need, they are useless… as women do
not need them and it is better they spend their time doing something useful…
women do not need to excel in different languages or specialized technical
studies… as they will know soon that home is their place and nothing else… and that
they need not to excel in studying rights or laws… it is only enough for them to
know what the common people know in such regard…”
Until he comes to the
point when he states his final opinion about women education saying: “we do not
want to stop at this limit… we do not want to do like those who keep
overloading women with what they do not need of studies… but we say: teach
women what they need and which is related to their mission and task that God
assigned to them; that is taking care of household and raising children”.
Now we come to another
point in el-Banna’s writings as we shall stop long before some points mentioned
in his note about Jihad as he mentioned samples from Hadith sayings
about Jihad… in no. 15 he said: “Abdel-Khair ibn Thabet ibn Qays ibn Shammas
narrated this Hadith after his father who in turn narrated it after his
father, Abdel Khair said: a woman called Um Khallad, came to prophet Muhammed –
Peace be upon him – She was wearing Niqqab. She asked about a son of
hers who was killed during fighting for the sake of Allah… some of prophet
Muhammed’s companions or Sahabah said to her: you came asking about your
son while you are wearing Niqqab? She said: I lost my son but I will not lose
my bashfulness… then prophet Muhammed said to her: your son has the reward of
two martyrs. She said: why? He said: because he was killed by the People of the
Book.
I have not checked the
veracity of this Hadith but Hassan el-Banna has added his own comment to
it literally saying: in this Hadith, there is a clue that fighting the
People of the Book is a must… and that God doubles the reward for the one who
fights them… as fighting is not only for the atheists but for everyone who is
not Muslim as well!
I believe the reader can
notice that the text of Hadith did not mention the name of the incursion
or battle where that martyr was killed… also meticulous people who know about Tafsir
and rules of Qiyas or Islamic jurisprudence may get confused when they
try to find a text or a clue in that Hadith which says that fighting the
People of the Book is a must… and that God doubles the reward for those who
fight them… and that fighting should be for all non-Muslims… adding to this
that if we extended this interpretation of Hadith of those “non-Muslims”,
then fighting will be against Muslims who do not apply to the conditions set by
muslim brotherhood group as necessary in order to be a true Muslim.
In a note titled “towards
light”, Mr. El-Banna directed his words to the king mentioning main points he
admits that “they need detailed extensive in-depth research by specialists”…
including some issues that we should pay attention to and then compare the
current attitudes of muslim brotherhood in light of those directions:
· Eliminating
parties and directing the nation’s political powers to one side.
· Reviving
the Islamic spirit in the government institutions so that all the employees can
feel they are asked to apply the directions of Islam.
· Watching
the personal behavior of the employees and not separating between the personal
and practical sides.
· All
the government work shall be evaluated according to the Islamic provisions and
teachings.
· Opposing
grooming and flirtatiousness and guiding women to how they should behave and
emphasizing this… especially the female teachers, pupils, doctors, students and
all their likes.
· Reconsidering
changing the girls’ education curricula and the necessity to distinguish
between these curricula and those of the boys in many education phases.
· Prohibiting
mixing between male students and female ones and considering the case when a
man is alone with another woman that is not his mother, sister, wife or
daughter a crime for which both of them shall be punished.
· Monitoring
theaters, cinemas and movies and scrutinizing in choosing the novels they
perform.
· Choosing
the songs according to the Islamic directions and keeping a close eye on this.
· Considering
Hisbah and punishing the one who was proved guilty of violating any of
Islam’s teachings like not fasting Ramadan, not holding prayers on purpose,
insulting religion or anything like this.
· Directing
the press and encouraging authors and writers to tackle the oriental Islamic
issues.
There are many issues el-Banna
mentioned that are indisputable… there are others that are not only disputable
but represent a source of terror as well… just because the muslim brotherhood
group he established sees that all what el-Banna says is unquestionable… to
them, his sayings can amount to be revered as the main sources of Islamic
jurisprudence.
I do not want to
continue as the space allowed here is not enough but I encourage all those
concerned about our current political interaction to carefully read and
understand the writings of Hassan el-Banna because in them, one can find the
origins or many extremist political ideologies.
As to this smuggling
thing, I have a lot to say about it next time.
Translated into English by: Dalia Elnaggar
Translated into English by: Dalia Elnaggar
This
article was published in Almasry alyoum newspaper on March 8, 2017.
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see the original article, go to:
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