Egypt: The Brotherhood's Militia! Doing
Everything To Enable The Brotherhood To Rule Egypt
05 December 2012
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,
the youngest person to be appointed that position. He
holds a BA degree in Media studies from King Abdul
Aziz University in Jeddah, and has also completed his
Introductory courses towards a Master's degree from
George Washington University in Washington D.C. He is
based in London.
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