Egypt in labour, when is its delivery?

March 12th, 2011

A revolution is defined as (1) an attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action, or/and (2) a great change in conditions, ways of working, beliefs, thinking, etc. that affects large numbers of people or/and (3) a complete circular movement around a point, especially of one planet around another or/and (4) a circular movement made by something fixed to a central point, for example in a car engine. Thus, in one or four definitions of a revolution it is associated with some aspects or characteristics that give her its proper meanings which are in a way or another different from a protest, an up-rise or a mere riot. Movement/motion and change are the most important aspects and characteristics of a revolution. In great successful revolutions the change and motion are sustainable, constant, consistent, comprehensive and radical as they involve all aspects and means of a lively society, ranging from its simple ways of living to its dialectic for the sake of definite and clear objectives that finally lead to the ultimate goal of progress, prosperity and welfare of man as an individual or a group, on earth not in heaven, in now-life not in hereinafter. In this spotlight of a revolution the situation of the Copts is highlighted with concentration on the causes and reasons that led to such a situation and suggestions that can help Egypt getting out of labour into delivery.

Copts are considered the biggest minority in the Middle East in General and in Egypt in particular and they have been suffering from discrimination practiced against them either by Muslim rulers or by Muslim mobs with some variations of the intensities of persecutions that have ranged from extermination to humiliation on basis of religion since Islamic conquer to Egypt up till now. Only since January 1st 2011 they have been subjected to four persecution events that have resulted in killing dozens of Copts and sabotaging their possessions with the aim of impoverishing and humiliating them in a way that eventually leads to their long-term obliteration. The event of the Saints Church resulted in 23 murdered victims and hundreds of casualties. Disregarding the doers or committers of the crime, the showy sympathies with the Copts were mere dandling that resulted in nothingness. Even all the Egyptian mass media did not try to analyze the causes of or reasons for the event, nor did they try to see into its ramifications. What makes matters worse is that secular Muslims are rarely given an area on Egyptian mass media to declare their deep insights and logical comments on what is happening concerning the relationship between Muslims and Copts. Almost a week later, a police sergeant got on the train at Samalout railway station and fired his gun to kill one Copt and injured other five; and the event was explained as individual, casual and random, and the man was diagnosed as psychopath. Nearly 40 days after the revolutionary events of January 25th, with the Military Highest Council in power, the Muslim mobs sabotaged the one church at Sool village, in Atfeeh, Helwan Governorate and insisted on the deportation of the Coptic villagers. The accident, according to the Egyptian mass media and Muslim clergymen, was attributed to a love story between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman. The worst of all was that when a Muslim clergyman declared in an interview on an Egyptian TV channel that practicing magic against Muslims inside the church accounted for all what happened to the Copts and their church at the village. Again, the army units were willfully delayed from reaching there to settle security and peace; the thing that gave the mobs the chance to demolish the church and burn down all its attached building. The reaction of the Copts to all this made them peacefully demonstrate in front of the Egyptian TV building and in Manshiet Naser at Elmokatem region where a large community of Copts reside and work as rubbish collectors. When Muslim mobs clashed with demonstrators, some army units arrived there. The army units not only overlooked the aggressions of the mobs encouraging them to go on their deeds but also they shot their fires against armless Coptic protesters, resulting in killing 13 Copts and wounding almost 100 Copts.

The anti-Coptic prejudices, actions, practices and aggressions are not newly born nor are they accidental. They are deeply rooted in the official and public establishments in the country. Lets us begin with education as it lays the basic bricks in the building of the citizen character. Apart from the most subjects and the way of exams that kill children inquisitive curiosities, creativities and innovations, teaching religions does not care about common morals but focuses on the differences that haughtily distinguish Muslims from others. During religious classes Coptic students are separated by getting them out of the classroom from their Muslim peers who remain in the class. This behavior, in itself, plants in the mentalities and psychologies of students a sense of superiority on the side of Muslim Children, and humiliation and alienation on the side of Coptic children. In addition, the anthologies of Islamic religious texts, weather from the Quran or the sayings of Islam prophet, entice children to have an aggressive attitude and bigotry against the other whomsoever the other is. Again what Muslim teachers concentrate on during religion classes is the dealing with the state as infidel and their belongings and loyalties should be to Islam not to the homeland. Thus Muslim children are brought up on duality and tropism where patriotism is considered a taboo unless it serves Islam as a religion. In this case, the country (state) is considered a spoil of war where a Muslim citizen allows himself to conduct with it as a plunder; and this explains the huge amount of corruptions that penetrated the physic of the state to the marrow. This happens in the state schools, the worst happens in Elazahar educational stages whether essential, secondary or higher, also funded by the state. In public higher Education, students know what to do. It is time now to apply what they have learned at the primary, preparatory and secondary stages. With almost no Coptic members in the public higher education staff, and with all the diverse trends of religious fanaticism in most of the Egyptian universities, there is no place even for secular enlightened Muslim professors to declare their ideas or thinking, because these enlightened professors will be either dismissed or will be accused of atheism; and Late Dr. Hamid Nasr Abu Zied is an example for this.

The Egyptian Constitution with its contradiction is tailored to monarchism, a shape of Caliphate state which most of Muslims, if not all, want to realize; and in a previous article it was pointed out how the Egyptian Constitution paralyzes the government from achieving justice, democracy, equality or any phase of a modern state. And it is enough to say that Article 2 aborts and annihilates any other articles concerning all types of freedom, equality or justice. All free and liberal advanced countries are built on clear, defined and straightforward trends to illuminate the way to universal goals of human rights, democracy, justice, equality and freedom, hence progress. Eventually, the Egyptian constitution promotes prejudice, inequality, injustice, repression and corruption which are a natural outcome of such a constitution. An example of such corruption that has infiltrated into the highest law-guard establishment "judicial power" was so clear that a judge refused to apply the article in the penalty law as it apparently contradicts the Islamic Jurisprudence.

A concrete cause of this sectarian crisis is the Egyptian mass media especially TV which devotes most of its time to deepen the feeling of Islamic prejudice and haughtiness and to alienate the others. Just to prove this, an example is given here; despite the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, and despite the strong relationships between Egypt and the USA, and despite the American and European huge aids to Egypt in almost all fields, the Egyptian TV with all its channels has consecrated hatred, envy and jealousy to Americans and to Israelis as well as to non-Muslims. As for the attitude of the Egyptian mass media, especially TV, towards Copts: it has succeeded in passing the idea that Copts are second-degree citizens and in giving the impression that the Islamic tolerance and generosity are great enough to allow them just to live among Muslims in an Islamic state. In addition to the Egyptian public TV channels which spread all this prejudice, bigotry, bias, hatred, jealousy and envy, there are a lot of Islamic private TV channels which openly and frankly promote and perpetuate such attitudes towards Copts in particular and Christians in general.
Another cause of this sectarian problem is the mosques with their preachers, whose prayers are nothing but insults to non-Muslims and prayers for their god to destroy, devastate, ruin, sabotage, demolish the Islam enemies, and to orphan their children and widow their women. All this means nothing except having mentally and psychologically distorted and psychopathic character who cannot find peace, security, safety or kindness even if that person is among relatives in a place where he represents the majority. Nothing is expected from such pupils, student, graduates and congregations but a chance to perform what they pray for. One Muslim clergyman was preaching that all Muslims are ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the Arabic definition article "AL = the" mentioned in article two in the Egyptian constitution "Islamic jurisprudence is the principal source of legislation."

Thus, the world and the others have turned into a place of war and enemies to generations and generations of Muslim Egyptians who are ready to fight, murder, kill, terrify, destroy and sabotage anything they feel opposing or contradicting with their religion.

Where is the revolution from all this? If it is really a revolution, everything must be changed, and the most important change must occur in our way of thinking. If the revolution cannot change all this, it will be a mere circular movement made by something fixed to a central point; the thing that can result in the loss of all the efforts and bloodshed of our youth in the Liberation Square from January 25th to February 11th 2011. If the youths of January 25th events were aiming at change towards better life and if they were aiming at obliterating corruption, they would know what to do as they promised if their demands were not met, they would find their way to Liberation Square. And they needn t be reminded that their first demand was to down the whole system or regime. The constitution was the base of the system and the regime. If the constitution is not canceled for the sake of a new one, then the system and the regime will be the same because the present constitution forces any system or any regime built on it to be corrupted. Before any elections take place, general principles of the constitution should be publicly declared and explained so that people know what is going to be done and what are the roots of their constitution. Then a constitution committee should be formed to include all the spectra of law experts, erudite scholars, philosophers and thinkers to write down the new constitution free of bigotry, bias, prejudice where all citizens are equal disregarding religion, color, race or anything that can discriminate between citizens. The Egyptian mass media, including TV and press, should have a clear policy publicly declared and should abide to this policy, yet the policy is not immutable. Equal opportunities on public mass media should be given to all political parties so that every party can declare and explain their programs and how can they achieve their programs. Parties should not exploit religions to propagandize their political programs as this is considered some sort of belittling and disparaging religions as religions become a tool and a slave to serve political purposes.

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