by MEMRI
Naisa said that colonialism is a "cure" for the Arabs’ backwardness, since it teaches them how to use the toilet and brings them electricity and medicine.
Syrian
writer Nidhal Naisa was interviewed on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) on
July 14, 2020. Naisa said that the Arab Spring was merely an "Islamist
enterprise" that caused nothing but destruction in the Arab countries.
He said that the regimes in the Arab countries are incapable of managing
their own affairs and supplying their citizens with education, health,
food, and other basic needs, and he elaborated that today, the Arabs are
nostalgic for the times of the colonialists, who he said came to the
Middle East in order to bring advancements to the people. He went on to
say that people in the region still regard human rights and equality
with disdain, and that the Muslim Brotherhood-backed revolutions have
advanced the opposite of these values. In addition, Naisa said that
colonialism is a "cure" for the Arabs’ backwardness, since it teaches
them how to use the toilet and brings them electricity and medicine. He
added that for people in Arab countries, luxuries like cooking gas,
electricity, and water are merely a dream. For more about Nidhal Naisa,
see MEMRI TV Clips No. 1448 and No. 2482.
Nidhal Naisa: "Everybody
is talking about colonialism and what is going on in this region now.
What is going on is an extension of colonialism that came from the
Arabian Peninsula..."
Host: "Nidhal,
Nidhal, cut to the chase! Talk about the colonialism that we are
experiencing now. What does the Arabian Peninsula have to do with it?
Please, go ahead."
Naisa: "There is no colonialism now. All of this can be traced back to the Arab and Islamic colonialism..."
Host: "Nidhal, Nidhal, Nidhal, Nidhal, Nidhal... Either you talk about the Arab Spring or I will move on to another guest."
Naisa: "There
is no such thing as 'the Arab Spring.' It is an Arab Frost, an Arab
Hell, an Arab Winter, an Arab Destruction. This 'Arab Spring' was an
Islamist enterprise.
"It was a
transition from the destructive Pan-Arab enterprise to the even more
destructive Islamic enterprise. The return to the Islamic Caliphate, the
transition from the Pan-Arab state to the Arab Empire..."
Host: "Let's stick to the issue of colonialism. Why did colonialism return?"
Naisa: "There
is no colonialism. It is because these [Arab] peoples are incapable of
governing themselves, and of running these states and societies. We
witnessed the destruction and devastation in these countries at the
hands of these regimes and these peoples that are unable to organize
their lives and provide their basic needs. The education system is in
ruins, and so is the health system, all the services are in ruins,
everything is in ruins. We reminisce about the colonialists who came
[here] and speak about them in a very nostalgic way and with a lot of
respect... The Western colonialists came here to advance these backward,
slumbering, subservient, and enslaved peoples that never experienced
the taste of freedom, that did not have [an independent] country, and
that did not know what civil [rights] are.
"To this very
day, nobody knows what civil [rights] are. To this very day, these
peoples regard human rights, justice and equality between men and women
with disdain. How are you going to advance these peoples? With
revolutions or whatever? The rebels that the Muslim Brotherhood is
talking about are against human rights, humanism, justice, and equality,
and they support discrimination, sectarianism, slavery, reactionism,
and all the types of ideological and cultural savagery that we know.
What revolutions are you talking about? What Arab Spring are you talking
about? Colonialism is a cure for your [backwardness]. It teaches you
how to go to the toilet, and bring you light, electricity, services, and
medicine. Hosni Mubarak, the President of the biggest Arab country that
you mentioned - when he became ill, he went to Germany for medical
treatment. He did not build a hospital in his own country. What kind of
regimes are these? What kind of countries are unable to provide bread
for their people?"
MEMRI
Source: https://www.memri.org/tv/syria-nidhal-naisa-colonialism-cure-arab-backwardness-arab-spring-islamist-enterprise-caused-only-destruction
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