“And fulfill Allah’s agreement when you have made an agreement and don’t violate your oaths after they have been established and you have made Allah your guardian (therein).” (Surah An-Nahl 16: 91)
Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (RA) says that Rasulullah (SAW) said: “Four traits whoever possesses them is a hypocrite and whoever possesses some of them has an element of hypocrisy until he leaves it: the one who when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks his promise, when he disputes he transgresses and when he makes an agreement he violates it.” (Muslim and Bukhari)
There was a specific deal , a specific agreement between most of the political powers , parties and movements about today for the sake of the revolution , for the sake of unity and the future of this country. This agreement was like a new hope for our revolution , a push for our quest to democratic Egypt but some people have not realized or fully understood what we want.
Some forces and powers mainly from Salafists or broke the agreement. Of course the dilemma here is that unlike the Muslim brotherhood or the Islamic group the Salafi movement in Egypt is not united , it is made up of different groups and movements. The Salafi movements are new to politics , in fact knowing their beliefs and history in time of Mubarak it is awkward to see some involved in politics this way. Needless to say they are so obedient to the SCAF , to the field Marshal Tantawy who is insisting in all his speech so far “just like SCAF” that the upcoming republic , the upcoming state will be “ A CIVILIAN State” !!
I do not know from where the Salafi sheikhs got this idea that Egypt will adopt a religious state or from where they thought that the military will let them have it , I will not even speak about the rest of the Egyptian population.
Ironically some sources are saying that our Spy chief Mourad Mowafi will meet allegedly Hilary Clinton in Washington to discuss the democratic transition in Egypt. We must take in consideration that what is taking place currently at Tahrir square can be a message from the SCAF to the West especially to the States using the old Islamist boogyman to scare them from the consequences of having a real democratic life in Egypt. Some protesters currently are holding the photos of Omar Abdel Rahman and Osama Bin Laden.
What I see in front of me is a show off for powers in the street, the Salafists are showing off their size in the street , they are showing how many people they can mobilize in the street. According to several sources the Salafi groups began to mobilize their followers from all over the country to Tahrir square starting from yesterday in buses. Today there is huge number of number of buses outside the square. The Salafi channels and Salafi Facebook pages and websites were mobilizing through out the week. “Strangely nobody speaks about the funding of such channels as they do about the funding of April 6th movement , it is fair that if we are going to discuss the foreign funding in NGOs , political groups and parties to bring in to the TV channels and newspapers because actually they are more dangerous on the society than anything”
The Muslim brotherhood group and its party seemed to be absent from the scene , it is all about the Salafists so far and their controversial slogans. 28 parties and movements have declared this afternoon that they withdrew from the agreement reached last Wednesday. The Revolution Youth Coalition has declared that they are going to continue in the sit in after the departure of the Salafists. The Salafists announced they will leave at 6 PM.
I will not speak about the position of the famous Salafi sheikhs before the revolution and how they looked to the January 25th protests. But from what I see from conversations between Salafists and other protesters at the square is that we still do not know each other at all.There are a lot of lies and misconceptions from both sides especially the Salafists and how they look to the Supra-constitutional principles. These people ignore the fact that many political powers calling for the Supra-Constitutional principles consider the 2nd article of the constitution among the Supra-Constitutional principles along with the Egyptian Arabic Islamic identity of this great. Nobody even bothered to read the Supra-constitutional principles proposed by different parties and potential presidential candidates.
It is good that we see the Egyptian powers like that , I am not concerned or freaked but I am just sad because I know this whole scene is being used politically for other proposes , indeed we are like pawns used. Some people see that we are re-living 1954 fiasco while others think we are re-living the 1970s when Sadat gave freedom to the Islamic powers to fight the leftists powers. I believe we are living a new scenario and insh Allah we will not lose but we will win in the end because we are honest and we seek justice.
Tonight there will be a media frenzy in the TV channels without doubt along with newspapers. Mubarak’s orphans are so happy and are reminding the people on Facebook on how Mubarak and the State security stopped those Salafists who raised the Saudi Flag in the heart of Cairo. The liberals and leftists are freaking out.
God protect the nation and revolution.
Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (RA) says that Rasulullah (SAW) said: “Four traits whoever possesses them is a hypocrite and whoever possesses some of them has an element of hypocrisy until he leaves it: the one who when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks his promise, when he disputes he transgresses and when he makes an agreement he violates it.” (Muslim and Bukhari)
There was a specific deal , a specific agreement between most of the political powers , parties and movements about today for the sake of the revolution , for the sake of unity and the future of this country. This agreement was like a new hope for our revolution , a push for our quest to democratic Egypt but some people have not realized or fully understood what we want.
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| The Square today by Mahmoud Gamal El Din |
I do not know from where the Salafi sheikhs got this idea that Egypt will adopt a religious state or from where they thought that the military will let them have it , I will not even speak about the rest of the Egyptian population.
Ironically some sources are saying that our Spy chief Mourad Mowafi will meet allegedly Hilary Clinton in Washington to discuss the democratic transition in Egypt. We must take in consideration that what is taking place currently at Tahrir square can be a message from the SCAF to the West especially to the States using the old Islamist boogyman to scare them from the consequences of having a real democratic life in Egypt. Some protesters currently are holding the photos of Omar Abdel Rahman and Osama Bin Laden.
The Muslim brotherhood group and its party seemed to be absent from the scene , it is all about the Salafists so far and their controversial slogans. 28 parties and movements have declared this afternoon that they withdrew from the agreement reached last Wednesday. The Revolution Youth Coalition has declared that they are going to continue in the sit in after the departure of the Salafists. The Salafists announced they will leave at 6 PM.
I will not speak about the position of the famous Salafi sheikhs before the revolution and how they looked to the January 25th protests. But from what I see from conversations between Salafists and other protesters at the square is that we still do not know each other at all.There are a lot of lies and misconceptions from both sides especially the Salafists and how they look to the Supra-constitutional principles. These people ignore the fact that many political powers calling for the Supra-Constitutional principles consider the 2nd article of the constitution among the Supra-Constitutional principles along with the Egyptian Arabic Islamic identity of this great. Nobody even bothered to read the Supra-constitutional principles proposed by different parties and potential presidential candidates.
It is good that we see the Egyptian powers like that , I am not concerned or freaked but I am just sad because I know this whole scene is being used politically for other proposes , indeed we are like pawns used. Some people see that we are re-living 1954 fiasco while others think we are re-living the 1970s when Sadat gave freedom to the Islamic powers to fight the leftists powers. I believe we are living a new scenario and insh Allah we will not lose but we will win in the end because we are honest and we seek justice.
Tonight there will be a media frenzy in the TV channels without doubt along with newspapers. Mubarak’s orphans are so happy and are reminding the people on Facebook on how Mubarak and the State security stopped those Salafists who raised the Saudi Flag in the heart of Cairo. The liberals and leftists are freaking out.
God protect the nation and revolution.