The late innovative
Muhammed Mustagab used to have idiomatic jokes – if one can say – for example
he used to describe the one who claims knowing the truth while he is a total ignorant
as the man who always hits the heart of the truth… then he keeps silent for a
moment and then adds: “… with a stroke”… and I always used to laugh with my
little brother when he used to mock those who fail in the school but claim they
did it by their own will saying: “he failed with great success”.
In my opinion,
there are some who hit the heart of the truth in the same way in their political
visions and ideological claims… but I believe they will “fail with great
success”.
The last trend in
this is what I saw on Facebook as they call for electing a certain presidential
candidate with the aim of promoting the civil state… I believe there is no one in
the field of political public work in general or the intellectual field in specific
can stifle an ideology or call of anyone even if he opposes such ideology or
idea… however, that does not mean we do not discuss ideas and apply all calls
for unbiased scrutiny to examine their reactions and effects on the rest of
aspects, atop of this is the national existence itself.
To refresh your
memory, I would like to quickly remind you that the beginning of the seventies
witnessed the very start of what we now call fragmentation and dismantle which
has become a living reality stabbing us all in the back… during that time, we
had a president who called himself the “pious president” meaning by contrast
that his predecessor was not one.
After this,
things changed after October, 1973 when the roles of soldiers and officers of
our army of different ranks, also of Christians and Muslims were ignored… also the
role of weapons, technical progress, training, innovation, courage, planning,
African and Arab support… also support from the Soviet Union… all that was
ignored in order to focus on the claim that the victory achieved was because we
were socialist atheists before but now we became devout believers in open
economy!
At the mid-seventies,
a new variable was present in the field of intellect and culture and political work
domain… that variable came with the reconciliation between Sadat and muslim
brotherhood… when “ad-Dawaa” magazine and a headquarter for muslim brotherhood
were open alongside the appearance of the Murshid’s name in public… all
that was done with verbal approval from the head of the state without any
published or written official decisions…
With the
existence of this new variable, a new agenda started… that agenda was based on
the “conflicting duplicities” which are supposed to be with the aim of
enriching Egyptian civilization, cultural and intellectual diversity… and maybe
some of us participated either by speaking or listening to debates and seminars
around “science… and faith”… “religion… and science”… etc. in addition to many
other titles that occupied most, if not all, of the intellectual domain of the
society.
At the same time,
that reflected on the social and economic circumstances… and the crunch of
unbridled Infitah or open-economy policy started under the claim that
any interference in capital and investment freedom is a retreat to the state of
atheism and defeat… with Infitah came capital investment corporations or
“employing money” companies with Islamic slogans like “Ar-Rayan[1]…
a door of heaven”… bushy long beards grew… and savings of millions of Egyptians
went into the thieves’ safes under the name of God’s religion and his prophet’s
doctrine… many died out of anguish and others got paralyzed for losing their
money in those companies.
At that time,
that logic of opposing duplicities was the gate where destruction came in and
the fiendish plan to dismantle Egypt started… not only Egypt, but the whole
region.
Later, we entered
into a worse phase where discrimination between Christian and Muslim started…
then Orthodox Christian in opposing to others Catholic and Protestant…
moreover, they even invented a second Orthodox church and called it “the
Athanasius church”… and had a headquarter for it in Al-Mokattam with a man
called Maximus on top of it.
On the other
side, we had Sunna and Shiaa… in Sunna, we had Gumhoor, Asha’ari,
Salafis and Sufis… and inside each of those we had other sub-categories like Hizbi
Salafi, Jihadi Salafi… Gama’a Islamiya… etc.
It is not yet
over… furthermore, we have heard recently some talking about Nubia, its
language and culture; not in the context that the Egyptian community is diverse
and such diversity enriches and augments the greatness of its civilization… but
actually such talking over Nubia was toward more dismantle… we also heard from
many Egyptians living in Sinai… in north and south… how they are Bedouins and have
other non-national loyalties…
And now a new
ring in the chain is starting… I believe it is one of the most dangerous phases…
this time is about dismantling our Egyptian cultural intellectual political
social existence into civilian and military… because the issue will not be
about the costume one wears… but it exceeded this already into the very core of
people’s thought, culture and stances… and the term of “slaves of military” was
coined… although no one coined a term describing terrorist muslim brotherhood,
their followers and all their likes.
We are about to
have a new dismantle that does not do with religion, thought, doctrine and race…
but one that will hit our country in the heart… as I may be regarded as a
civilian due to my profession and outfit but I am categorized in the military
side since I do believe in the important role of the Egyptian army throughout
ages and until Egypt can secure itself against danger… I also believe that
Egypt’s sons of military men are not less patriot, committed, cultured or
knowledgeable than other Egyptian citizens… moreover, I believe that the
Egyptian army has been for decades a place where all diverse elements of Egyptian
composition unite.
Upon all this, supporting
Hamdeen Sabbahi; not for his political orientation, or his presidential
program, or even his outlook… but just because he is civilian… in doing so, we
are entering another phase of the plan aiming at fragmenting Egypt and
dismantling it… for those who want to know, such call for electing Sabbahi
started from Kanada.
Translated into
English by: Dalia Elnaggar
This article was published in Al Ahram newspaper on April 24, 2014.
To see the original article, go to:
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[1]
The family name of the owners of the biggest corporation of money investment who
made propaganda for being pious Muslims investing money according to laws of
religion.
