Dear Mr Haroon Siddiqui,
Most articles and editorials of the Western press
play on the same chord , reiterating
what is frequently broadcasted on the
Qatari channel (Al Jazira) and CNN.
Reading your
editorial I hoped to find a
different vision in your article, and a deeper understanding of the Egyptian in
particular and Islamic reality in
general . And since we have met frequently during the conferences of International PEN organization to which
you and I belong, and are influenced by its ideas and propagate its principles, allow me to comment on your
article expressing another point of view
blocked by Western media though adopted
by the vast majority of the Egyptian people who marched in the largest
peaceful march in history on June 30 .Their
unanimous demand was to topple the ex president and the rule of the Muslim
Brotherhood.
With deep respect I will respond briefly to some of the points made in
your article on August 18 .
As
prominent writer keen to obtain facts from
the original resources, I assume that you are familiar with some of the literature of the Muslim
Brotherhood and their ideas. You have certainly read the history
of the group and their violence that led to the assassinations of a number of
politicians prior to 23rd of July revolution ,and finally their attempt to assassinat Naser . This
manner in dealing with adversaries
appeared clear during the election campaign for the presidency, where they
threatened to burn Egypt unless their candidate is elected and carried out
after deposing Morsi.
It
is true that Egyptian police and its hired thugs
used to target women protesters, not only hijabis/niqabis, but all women. After February 2013 unveild women in particular were assaulted ,
because MB reject the existence of women in such places as demonstration , so it is more logic that they are the ones who were attacking girls
and women in order to intimidate them from politics and force them to return
home .
You
say : In the post-Mubarak era, the army initiated virginity tests. The practice
was defended by Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, now the de facto head of state.
Indeed,
the army statement was to justify the
scandalous rejected act on the
pretext of protecting the officers of any allegations of raping of the female
detainees. This justification was denounce d by women activists the , and the officer in charge was tried for the
dirty work and was imprisoned. He was not Al Sissy at all !
You
said : the fault line has historic antecedents in colonized countries where a
thin layer of westernized establishment was created to lord over the majority.
Actually a vast majority of poor uneducated
citizens are adversary to the MB and reject their practices . They were given the chance to rule the
country by a majority which feared the return of the ex-regime .A whole year
elapsed while people thirsty for reform and anxious to have a change of policy
impatiently waited . Morsi and his men were busy distributing posts among
themselves ,while the economic crisis was deepening and problems were piling up
and crime rates, unemployment and school drop-out doubled.
Morsi was adviced by the other parties
to hold early elections or to respond to
the demands of the people and change some of the ministers who have failed to
achieve any progress but he was adamant and disregarded the growing anger among
people .
You
say that Egyptians have no past experience of democracy . In fact
democracy started in Egypt with the first Constitution in 1870 . Since then the Egyptians looked forward
to achieve genuine democracy, which has already been attained in some years,
but successive governments declined to go forward and repressed it . I hope
that the Muslim Brotherhood theory of democracy the has emerged is no longer possible to ignore their
aggression and their desire to monopolize
power and their brutality against opponants.Unfortunately all of that is
overlooked and ignored by Western Media which concentrates solely on the reactions of the Security
Forces .
What
ousted Morsi was not a military coup , but the desire of 30 million people who
marched repeatedly on June 30 and after . The Military performed the
role assigned to it in the Constitution, to protect the people, internally and
externally . Most Media and westerm press ignore the fact
that the Interim government is headed by a judge ( the ex president of the
Constitutional Court ) and a cabinet of non military technocrats. They vowed to
practice a roadmap starting with a compatible Constitution . A committee of
fifty members of various trends, parties and heads of syndicates and trade
unions is currently working on its termination
.
What
you call" Long-entrenched power brokers (the army, the security services,
the judiciary, the bureaucracy, the crony capitalists, the Mubarak-era
politicians)" proves that the majority of Egyptians refuse to accept the
Islamists , who win elections by Threats and intimidation .They threatened people of going to hell if they vote for the "infidel"
Secularists , and bought votes of the poor by little food supplies .
The liberals did not concede defeat, because
it has been proven that Morsi Won the presidency by falsifying the result
. They have not and will never join the old guard simply
because they have initiated the revolution against it , and they do not accept
to hand power back to the military despite the
overwhelming popularity of major general
Sisi . Let me reassure you , friend , that Egyptian liberals are not naive ,
and they do not prefer army rule , simply because the Army is not ruling and will
not rule !!.
Finally
you remembered the unconscionable” random attacks on
Coptic and other churches . You certainly know that Copts have
been targeted by Moslem Brotherhoods and Islamists' groups since decades , and
many of them were asked to leave their homes ! . Let me remind you of the brutal crimes of the MB against
innocent unarmed citizens , and their torching and their Arsons all over the
country and subversion of hundreds of
government institutions and buildings .You should worry deeply for Egyptian
civilians being cut down if the MB had stayed ruling the state.
The
sympathy with fanatical religious
currents by the West, who is blind to their brutal crimes and their bloody history
is what encourages them to persist in their crimes.Indeed, the conflict in
Egypt today is between the dream of establishing a civil secular progressive
state , and the illusion of returning the Islamic caliphate .
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