by Tariq Alhomayed
Like the Nazis in Germany, Hezbollah in Lebanon and
Khomeinism in Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt used their militia
despite the fact that the Brotherhood themselves are the ruling party.
They are the ones who are in power and in charge of all security
authorities; however they used their militia to confront the Egyptian
opposition in the street. This tells us that the Brotherhood not just
want to capture all powers in Egypt, but control the country as a whole,
along the lines of the Khomeinist revolution in Iran.
The
Brotherhood’s militia is not just military, but this also includes the
media, business sector, and more. They are all doing everything in their
power today to enable the Brotherhood to rule Egypt, and this is
something that is not just taking place in Egypt itself, but we can also
see their activities in the Gulf region in defense of the Brotherhood’s
coup in Egypt. We have never seen such a defense as this from the
Brotherhood regarding Egyptian – Gulf issues, whether against Saddam
Hussein, or even during Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait and his
threats towards Saudi Arabia. I write this article as Islamist groups,
in a clear game of splitting roles with the Brotherhood, are besieging
Media City in Egypt’s 6th of October City, calling for the purification
of the media! If the Brotherhood want to purify the media and the
judiciary and the business sector and even their political opponents –
which is something that the president himself hinted at – then what
remains of the image of civil society in Egypt?
As we said last
week, Egypt and the Egyptians are fighting a battle for all the Arabs,
and this is the battle over the state against those who want to hijack
it. We previously warned, as did the intellectuals, that when each
party has its own militia, media outlets and even its own flag, then
what remains for the state itself? This is a terrifying issue that
threatens the destruction of our Arab states, one after another,
transforming them into failed states, as a result of the disruption of
the economy, the breakdown of security and destabilization.
Unfortunately, all the logical rhetoric regarding the prestige of the
state, significance of stability and importance of not infringing social
peace – which the Brotherhood supporters previously dismissed and made
jokes about – whether in Egypt or the Gulf, is now being repeated by
these same Brotherhood supporters today. This is after they previously
described this as the “logic” of the “remnants” [of the former regime]
and those who wants to defend Mubarak!
The reality of the
situation is that the Egyptian President today is walking in the
footsteps of Mubarak in his dealings with the new Egyptian revolution
against the Brotherhood. He is unaware of the seriousness of what is
happening in the Egyptian street, whilst he is also issuing lengthy and
escalatory speeches which are also too late in their response to the
people’s demands. More dangerous than all this is the fact that the
Brotherhood used their militia despite the fact that they are the ones
in power and in charge of all security authorities today; this is the
crux of the matter. This means that the Brotherhood do not truly
believe in the rotation of power, the ballot box, the quest for
consensus or balance [of power], which are the principles of the
political process. Any party that uses a militia to suppress the
opposition cannot truly believe in the role of the state, or respect its
institutions, or want to preserve social peace. The Muslim
Brotherhood’s militia in Egypt is a lesson to all Arab states that are
keen on the concept of the state and preserving its institutions; when
each party has its own media, flag and militia, we must be aware that we
are facing an evil that must be guarded against, and the first disaster
that this will create is the destruction of the state. There must be
no Sultan higher than the authority of the state, regardless of what
name this is under. Anybody who fails to see the danger of this must
carefully consider what happened in Lebanon, Iraq, Gaza, Sudan, Iran,
Yemen and finally, unfortunately, the Brotherhood’s militia in Egypt!
Tariq Alhomayed is the Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat
Source: http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=2&id=32092
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