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| Monday, October 26, 2009 |
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I read what Mr. Efraim Inbar wrote in The Turkish Hurriyet Daily News titled: “An Open Letter to My Turkish Friends.” Mr. Inbar is professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University and the director of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Mr. Inbar wrote his message to his Turkish friends to warn them from the AK party’s plans to Islamize Turkey! Mr. Inbar accused the AK party of having relations with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, defending Hamas and sympathizing with Iran by hosting Ahmedinejad in 2008. For me, it’s clear that Mr. Inbar has some concerns over Turkey’s stance in support of “justice” and its absolute value. Turkey supported the just Palestinian case, Iraqi liberty and cases around the world related to justice and human rights. Supporting justice by the Turkish government that has embraced Israel more than once, especially after the repeated violations of human rights, which clearly emerged during the war in Gaza, and is confirmed by Goldstone’s Report that Turkey strongly supported discussing before the UN, should not be demonized. It’s also clear that Mr. Efraim is afraid of Turkey’s accession to the European Union, especially during the AK party’s rule. In that, the accession of Turkey – led by its respected government – to the EU will pose a threat to the credibility of the State of Israel’s occupation. He criticizes Turkey, especially because of Turkish support to establish a Palestinian state, and the integration of Hamas into the political process, and to remove the blockade imposed on Gaza Strip since June 2007, and above all, to hold Israel accountable for war crimes. The letter by Mr. Inbar affects Turkey’s internal affairs, but I want to say that the achievements of the AKP in Turkey has proven their worth and they deserve to continue in power in the country, at least into the next decade, until Turkey’s accession as a member of European Union. On talking about Iran, Mr. Inbar wants Turkey to abandon its neutral stance and as a perpetrator as a critical intermediary between Iran and Western countries. Maybe this is because this would support the Israeli point of view to start the war on Iran? On the other hand, Mr. Efraim trivialized the case of Ergenekon, (As he said: “it seems to play a role in intimidation of political opponents too”) and this is reflecting a frightening reality that many of the external parties would benefit from the fall of the Justice and Development party (AKP), and would welcome their fall, even by non-democratic methods or by a military coup, as in the Ergenekon case. The AKP, which has allowed more freedom and democracy in Turkish society, opened the door to real freedom of expression (by the testimony of the latest report of the European Union), reduced the Turkish debt to a minimum, and established many of the reforms in the infrastructure of Turkey, which has given Turkey back its regional and international position as an active player in Middle East politics, and not only as a bridge between East and West. And because I also know many friends in Turkey, including journalists, academics, economists, and even students, my message to them is that I’m sure that it is in the interest of the Turkish people to keep the AK party in power in the coming period, which undoubtedly will be – as expressed by Mr. Inbar – “a historic crossroads,” not only to the Turkish nation, but the entire world. Published @ Bikya Masr Labels: Arab world, islam, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestine, Turkey |
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| Saturday, October 17, 2009 |
| Rethinking Moderate Islam |
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Three months ago, I was coming back to Egypt from Turkey after a 10-day trip. My friend, Magdy Saad, and I were held in the airport for two days, and then I was transferred to the state security office in Mansoura, where I am from. After a week of detention and daily investigations, I was released, without them even blaming me for anything.
Shortly after, Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Executive Bureau and the Secretary-General of the Arab Doctors Union, was arrested with fake charges that have no judicial foundation. Aboul Fotouh is one of the few men who could clarify the ideology of refusing takfeer (claiming someone an apostate) and violence within the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1970s and 1980s.
Aboul Fotouh was the leader of the “reform trend” within the Muslim Brotherhood. He has reformist ideas related to women’s role in society, he supports women and Copts to be president and he is also one of the most acceptable faces in the MB in terms of youth and all colors of the political spectrum in Egypt.
Three days after Aboul Fotouh’s detention, state security arrested Dr. Ashraf Abdel Ghafar, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Egyptian Medical Association, at Cairo International Airport on his way to Turkey. Since then, he has been arbitrarily detained, tortured and has been unable to receive his necessary medical treatment, according to al-Karama Human Rights Center.
Okay, these incidents are all in a series of violations that were committed against moderate Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt. These arbitrary detentions are all evidence that the Egyptian regime won’t walk a step in the direction of democracy and respecting freedom of speech and human rights in the country.
I think we should talk to the Egyptian government and ask for reforms, because any reforms made by the Muslim Brotherhood will be a waste of time in such an autocratic regime. We all are asking the MB to make reforms and compromises, without considering the circumstances surrounding the Brotherhood itself.
The point here is that the Egyptian government does not allow moderate Islamist groups to work in a free and democratic atmosphere. This has opened the door for Wahhabis and Salafis (ultra-conservative Islamic sects) to fill the gap. We have now more radicals who don’t believe in women’s roles in society. We are meeting everyday more and more people who are refusing democracy and modern law. They are saying this due to their erring views of Islam.
Closing doors in the face of the Brotherhood in Egypt by banning them from using legal means to talk to the Egyptian people will open the same doors that enable people to receive wrong values from the Salafis and Wahhabis.
The Brotherhood got rid of the Qutbic (Sayyid Qutb-led ideology) ideas of takfeer by spreading ideas of the late Supreme Guide Hassan al-Houdaiby, who wrote the famous book “Preachers not Judges.” So, the only way in fighting the misconceptions of Islam is to open the door for moderates.
I believe that one of the most successful ways to get rid of extremism and violence in the modern Islamic culture is to allow the MB, as the largest moderate Islamist group, to spread their ideas freely in a democratic way. If this does not happen, we all will suffer from terrorism and extremism in Egypt and the entire world.
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| Wednesday, September 2, 2009 |
| Let's Kill Rifqa !!! |
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Hi All, This is Show Time, So .. Watch This Video then continue Reading. after watching Rifqa's appeal to save her, I think that - as a Muslim- my duty give me the right to reply Rifqa's words. First of all let's talk about what's happend - from my point of view and in brief-in a few points: 1- Rifqa is a small girl (13 years old) 2- Rifqa using Facebook since that and impressed by some organization which calls for christianity. 3- Rifqa converted into Christianity. 4- Rifqa now is 17 years ols, she left her home to live with the priest who called her for Christianity and his wife. 5- Rifqa's parents seeked her and wanted her to return home ! why?! she is their DAUGHTER !! 6- Rifqa appealed to save her from being killed by her father, she said that He will kill her in the nam of Honor killing!!
----------- So, let's talk about somethings related to Rifqa's case! I won't comment on the "Fake Tears" on her video, cause she is free to do what she wants ! but let's talk for a few seconds about Islam, and Honor killing! as a Muslim, I didn't hear about honor killing before Rifqa's incedent, So Rifqa doesn't have the ability to tel the truth about her parents and Islam, OR she really don't know about Islam. But many people heared about the punishment of Apostasy from Islam. I think that My English won't help me very much to clearify my point of view, but I will try . ِAllah says in Sura 2, verse 256: "There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower." . I think that the Verse is very clear, there is no compulsion, every one is totally free to believe or not. This is the bright proof that Islam doesn't force Muslims to keep their religion, but what about " حد الردة" or the punishment of the Apostasy. There are some links from IslamOnline.net in Arabic and English, I'll put some of them here: Ok then, I want to tell my opinion: I think that Rifqa is free to choose her religion and belief, and no one can force her to return to Islam and to keep her religion, This opposes the simple rule in Quran, "There is no compulsion in religion". but what about honor killing. I think that Honor killing is some thing from the darkness ages, here in Egypt, some people from Upper Egypt beleive in honor killing and kill their daughters and wives in the name of this "Honor Killing"!! but what is the relation between this and Islam? will I be fair enough if I had my over view about christ by seeing some deeds of some odd christians? I think that the answer is big NO. The second thing in Rifqa's case is the interaction from lawyers and civil scoiety in the US. The debate on Rifqa took a strange rout when the lawyer accused the parents of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, I believe that this charge will affect the judges decision, So, the fake charge will give the judges a fake background about the whole case, They may consider the case is MB case and deal with it as a national security case! I think that we should put the case in its proper context and see Rifqa and her parents in the scope of Humanitarian. Finally I want to change the Title into:" let's support Rifqa" and as a Muslim I support Rifqa in choosing her religion, and I call those who defend Rifqa without knowing any thing about Islam to read about it, and I call Muslims to deal with the case in a right way. Labels: America, islam, Muslim Brotherhood |
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| Sunday, January 4, 2009 |
| Just another Crime ! |
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Israel massacre civilians in Gaza market (HERE)
A must see video of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Tens of kids and women were killed for no reason by terrorist Israeli air strike.THIS IS ISRAEL .. THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN Labels: Arab world, islam, Palestine |
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| Tuesday, December 9, 2008 |
| MB Bloggers Could Be Washington's New Hope & My comment ! |
This is the Essay , My comment is below !
By JOSEPH MAYTON (Middle East Times)
Published: December 09, 2008
Washington has long looked for moderate Islamists in the Middle East. And while Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is often thrown into the same "extremists" basket as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, a growing trend within the Brotherhood's younger generation could hold the key to winning Muslim hearts and minds - at least that's what the young reformers hope.
Abdel Rahman Ayyash, 18, is one of them. He, along with a number of other Brotherhood reformers, has recently called for major changes within one of Egypt's oldest and most powerful opposition groups. Ayyash is quick to point out that America is "not the enemy," despite the frustration Arabs have been feeling for many years.
"I love American movies and my favorite actors are Charlise Theron and Brad Pitt," says Ayyash, who has established himself as one of the prominent young bloggers in the North African nation.
These reformer-bloggers – most of whom are under 30 – are calling for dramatic changes in Brotherhood policies, including removing the movement's slogan "Islam is the solution" from use, as it "creates divisions within Egyptian society."
Washington views Islamic organizations in the Middle East with great caution, but this generation of Islamist-bloggers could give the new incoming U.S. administration of Barack Obama flexibility in beginning a dialogue that could lead to real change.
Mustafa Naggar, another outspoken blogger, says that Washington has nothing to fear from the Brotherhood.
"We want democracy and freedom, just like anyone else, so America doesn't need to fear us. We are not violent and do not want to force our religion on people," he says.
Khalil al-Anani, an expert on the Muslim Brotherhood movement, says that while Ayyash, Naggar and many like-thinking young men within the movement are not among the majority, their presence is an opportunity for the new U.S. administration to try and reconcile with the moderate elements within the traditionally conservative Islamic organization.
Any breakthrough would bode well for any U.S. efforts made to reconcile with similar traditionally conservative Islamic organizations, Anani argues, and ultimately heal the perceived injuries felt by both the United States and the Islamic world.
But Anani sees an uphill struggle for the reformers.
"The problem is that despite how outspoken they are, we cannot assume all young people within the Brotherhood are reformers like this," Anani says. "For the dozens of young bloggers calling for changes in the Brotherhood, there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of others who remain stalwart in their conservatism."
But, the bloggers say, they are gaining steam and winning over the hearts and minds of Egyptians who formerly viewed the Brotherhood with much skepticism.
Among the myriad aspects of the Brotherhood the new generation would like to see changed is the rigidity of what they term "outdated" modes of discussion within the leadership.
Ayyash and reformer-blogger Abdel-Rahman Mansour, 21, argue that there needs to be much more openness within the organization in order for it to keep pace with Egyptian society which is demanding more transparency as a whole. They also say that all opposition groups need to work together to create real and viable political changes.
"More openness will create more ideas," Ayyash says, "and this has to be done openly so that all voices [within the Brotherhood] can have their say and not be turned away by the older leaders."
Mansour says he respects American traditions of freedom and hopes Egyptians will be able to learn from them. He believes that middle ground can be created that will allow for an Islamic party to come to power. But that power must be tempered within the confines of a strong constitution, he says, much like Turkey.
"I believe [that as a ruling party] the Brotherhood in Egypt could operate in a similar way to Turkey, where an Islamic party is in power, but is not implementing a conservative view of Sharia," he says.
"[Egypt] is not 100 percent Muslim and people have different ideas about what laws should be established. We cannot cause more people to get frustrated by [ourselves in] government, so I think a Turkish-style government would be a good idea."
Anani, the expert on the Muslim Brotherhood, thinks that Washington should seize the moment to reach out to the reformer-bloggers.
"The reformers and their belief in democratic ideals could be a precursor to changing the Islamic face of the Middle East," Anani says.
However, Dina Shehata, a political expert on Egypt's opposition parties, argues that U.S. influence has no place in internal Egyptian politics.
"I don't think this is the business of any American administration, young or old," Shehata says, "because this is a dynamic that must be determined internally, both within the Brotherhood and within Egyptian society."
She does concede, though, that the new Brotherhood generation does create an opportunity for new routes to be taken with Islamist organizations in the region, but that this must be done "with all young bloggers and activists" if it is going to have any affect.
Anani disagrees, arguing that it is an opportunity for the United States to change its perception of the Arab world and the bloggers offer a route that does not cozy up to Islamists.
"It is an opportunity for America to make inroads into an organization that has been stigmatized by Washington's foreign policy of late."
But Shehata and other observers in Egypt think that any reform movement within the Brotherhood is likely fizzle out and fail to achieve its goals.
Mansour and Ayyash and the dozens of other bloggers pushing for reforms say differently.
"We will succeed, because we have to if the Brotherhood is going to survive and move into the realm of honest political dialogue," Mansour says. "Egypt is ready for a change and so is the rest of the world; we are just pushing change along using our own means."
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First of all , Happy Eid,
As a blogger from Muslim Brotherhood and I was mentioned by name in this essay , I feel that I'm involved in something more than my ability !
Joseph .. the American journalist who has been in Egypt for the last three years said that We are as MB bloggers are the hope of America in ME .
Without doubt this means that all of us are hands of America in Egypt and Middle East, and that's a big mistake . we are blogging because of Reform and Democracy. When we feel that our blogging will make the opposite result , I think that stop blogging will be the right decision !
I'm talking about what Ms Dina Shehata mentioned in this article ," she argues that U.S. influence has no place in internal Egyptian politics."
Personally , I don't have any problem with our (AbdulRahman Mansour, Mostafa Alnaggar and me ) talking . My whole problem is with the context of speech , Joseph make me feel such a guilty person that is setting in opposition with MB, and this is not true .
In addition of that , I think that Mr.Khalil's vision is right to some extent, specially when he talked about the"Conservative" Majority and the "Reformer" minority, and the Uphill mission that reformers face and will face within their "struggle" to express their view points among MB.
I expect that MB members won't accept this article's message , most of them will see this article as a message to the United States :" You have a loyal followers here" . On the other hand , NDP's government and the regime in Egypt will consider our speech as some kind of Flatter to the U.S. and this may affect negatively on the originally-strained relations between MB and the Egyptian Regime.
Finally , I hope that we can make a difference within MB, and we will :)
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I don't like rad Pitt very much , but Tom Hanks is the MAN :D:D:D Labels: Egyptian Regime, Muslim Brotherhood |
| posted by AbdElRaHmaN Ayyash @ 10:40 AM |
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| Sunday, August 10, 2008 |
| China .. Egypt .. One coin !! |
Egypt applied for hosting the 2010 World cup .. the result was Big ZERO .. Zero votes for Egypt .
I think that's natural , The Corrupted Regime in Egypt was imagining that "FIFA" would accept Egypt by only some loud voice !
China applied for the Olympic Games , they accepted the Chinese Candidate, although his bad human rights history.
I just wanna say that , I'm - as an Egyptian Blogger - appeal all Sports organizations not to accept any Egyptian candidature to any event .
Egypt has a very shameful folder in human rights and civil rights .
Egyptian authorities detained the Blogger ( Mohammed Ref'at), without any reason but his political views.
Mohammed is a blogger from Muslim Brotherhood , he classified as a pragmatic activist, we all should try to help Mohammed, he accused of being activist on facebook !!!
so , they want us not to say a word, as the Chinese Regime.
My statues on FaceBook is "uncensored" to the Chinese Government and the Egyptian one !
in Egypt, Bloggers are being detained .
in China, They Are being Killed
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| posted by AbdElRaHmaN Ayyash @ 7:17 AM |
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| Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
| Geert Wilder's movie |
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I watched it now,
I just want to say a word.
this movie is a big fake, this is not our religion , the words in it are cut to give the opposite meening.
the movie has more than one expression that wasn't translated accurately from Arabic.
The weak directed movie sent hatred messages to all muslims, put terrorists and strugglers in the same basket.
I'm sorry to say that , Geert is a loser.
he gave us some pictures from EU demonstrations, from some new nazis, or some ( stupid ) muslims and generalization his judgement to all muslims.
We don't beleive in holocaust, but we heared Ehod Barac in the last month , when he said that he will make a real hollocaust in Gaza Strip !!!!
"Fitna" is another evidence about the misunderstanding and the great hole between Muslim World and the Western world, I'm sorry to generalization, Ok , we can say there are some extremists that wanted to distort Islam and the Muslim Peoples.
We - Muslims - must see a practical way to object this movie , in a peaceful and ((formal)) way .
last thing, I want those who read in English to read more about Mohammed PBUH and Islam , and the Muslim Civilization in the middle Era.
I'm sorry for bad spelling :$ .
thank you
Peace be Upon u.
AbdelRahman
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Update:
here is a response for Fitna Movie,
titled :"Almouftinoun"
I think it's great response .
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My Name Is : AbdelRahman AyYash
I'm From : cairo, Egypt
And : I am just a guy, that wanna see his home "Egypt" in a great position in the civilized world , wanna talk to the other views' believers to hear from them and to make them listen to me , I'll try to show good model of a young Egyptian Muslim guy , who is believing in Islam as the only solution to all problems we face......
أنا مجرد شاب ، عاوز اشوف بلدي مصر ، في أحسن مكان وسط العالم المتحضر ، عاوز اتكلم مع أصحاب الرؤى المختلفة ، و عاوز اسمع منهم ، و عاوز اعمل من نفسي مثال كويس لشاب مصري ، مؤمن ان الاسلام هو الحل لكل مشاكلنا .
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