I know that humans are more important than rocks as
stated in God’s doctrine… that is what we were told in the Holy Quran: “They
ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting
therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allah and
disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the
expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allah. And
fitnah is greater than killing“, verse 217 of al-Baqara Chapter.
Therefore, I am one of those who believe that the
Zionist crime taking place right now in threatening Al-Aqsa mosque, changing
its nature, or working to knock it down is not only targeted at Al-Aqsa mosque…
in my opinion, thinking in this way helps the Zionists complete their full
crime against the Palestinian people and against all the human legacy opposing
racism, aggression, and occupation.
Now, one definitely wonders: why has the Zionist state
taken this step of targeting Al-Aqsa mosque in this timing in specific when the
public image of currents of political Islam started to fade and falsehood of
their ideology unfolded… including those who claimed to represent enlightened political
Islam… also when an international, regional, and Arab cooperation began to stand
against the Islamist terrorism and fight it as we see right now?
Why in this timing in specific has the Zionist state fueled
this issue in particular that leads to reviving the Islamist argument saying
that Al-Aqsa mosque – first Qibla to which Muslims used to turn at prayers, second
holiest mosque, and place where Prophet Muhammed, peace be upon him, set off on
his Night Journey of Isra and Mi’raj – is in danger?
I believe the answer is clear… we can start by saying
that the Zionist state was not away from the establishment and reinforcing of
that current so that the Arab nation and countries can fall into the mire of
sectarian, doctrinal, and religious strife or Fitna… such a gloomy and
deep mire where nations and peoples before fell into and kept fighting for
hundreds of years until they wasted their energy and squandered their resources
as known from history.
We can also relate this to what those Islamist
terrorist groups became after the strikes they received in Egypt on the hands
of the Egyptian army and police and due to the vigilance of its people… or in
other Arab countries that stood alone or through international coalitions
against this terrorism… and so a rescue scheme had to be drawn up for those
groups so that they can remarket their ideology once again under the pretext
saying: stop targeting the Islamic groups and go fight the Zionist state that
does what it does to the holy Aqsa.
The answer could also be that the Zionist state means
to embarrass Egypt in specific and put its regime and government in a difficult
situation as what would be said and publicized for politically and in media is that
the regime in Egypt has to take a decisive practical stance against the Israeli
actions and must not just condemn them or call for restraint… and of course
this practical stance requires giving the chance for the terrorist groups in
Sinai to do what they can against the Zionist state… and that the Egyptian government
should not only postpone any disagreement with the Islamist group Hamas, but also
support it in every possible way including supplying it with arms so that it
can take action against the Zionists and, in doing so, reduce the pressure over
Al-Aqsa mosque.
There could be other more accurate interpretations
than what I go for… but what I want to say here is that we – as civil powers in
the Egyptian street in specific and the Arab one in general – should once again
handle the conflict as it should be; a conflict between the right of
independence and liberation against aggression and occupation… a conflict
between the will of people seeking development and welfare and rejecting
violence and war… against an aggressive colonial racist settlement movement which
managed through aggression to occupy lands that do not belong to it and to seek
support from its international colonial back in order to practice more
aggression and keep flouting the humanitarian norms, international laws, and
tens of resolutions of the United Nations (UN) and international organizations.
We have to catch our breath after being exhausted in
engaging with political Islam currents and terrorist criminals… we were also
consumed out of discussing issues it is time now to put an end to and take
lessons from… atop of these issues is the political movement in Egypt since the
1919 revolution to July, 1952 revolution… and from July, 1952 to January, 2011
revolution… as going into arguments over disputed matters will do no good and
will only increase the gap between constituents of the Egyptian mentality.
After catching our breath and having a careful look
over the region’s map, we will find that the Zionist aggression is getting
stronger… it has also found support in the mire of sectarian, doctrinal, and
religious conflict we fell into… such support made the Zionist enemy stronger
and allowed it to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants, however it wants
fearing no Islamic or Arab reaction.
I believe we should relate what is happening to
Al-Aqsa mosque to the essence upon which the Arab-Zionist conflict is based; a
conflict between national liberation and racist settlement colonialism… including
the intention of that colonialism to eradicate the cultural and civilization fundamental
constituents of the country it occupies… since this conflict was and shall not
be religious or doctrinal in any way.
Translated into English by: Dalia Elnaggar
This article was published in
Almasry alyoum newspaper on July 26, 2017.
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