মিসর ও ইসলাম

ইসরাইল ধ্বংসের বিনিময়ে যদি মিসরের এক কোটি লোক শহীদ হয়, তাও সই। বলেছে মিসরীয় এক লেখক ও সাংবাদিক। 

এদিকে স্থানীয় এক ইসলামবাজ স্পষ্টভাবে জানিয়ে দিয়েছে, গণতন্ত্রের ভিত্তি ধর্মবিরোধিতার ওপরে স্থাপিত, এবং মিসরে সমান অধিকার পাবার অধিকার খ্রিষ্টানদের নেই। 

যথাক্রমে দুই মিনিট ও তিন মিনিটের দু'টি ভিডিও দেখুন। ভিডিও ট্র্যান্সক্রিপ্টও দেয়া আছে।

প্রথমটি আল-হেকমা টিভিতে ৪ সেপ্টেম্বর প্রচারিত:

Muhammad Abbas: If the Egyptian army were capable of wiping Israel out, I wish it would. I demand that the army do the most that it can, but these are not the appropriate circumstances. We do not yet have the necessary array of systems, politicians, and intellectuals, who represent the nation and fear for it. Today, everybody is trying to get the army into trouble. I am afraid that the army will get into trouble. Oh army, do what you can. If you are capable of killing 70 of them in retaliation for each of our martyrs – do so. I demand that the army do its best, but it should not go too far, so that they do not destroy us. Remember the defeat of 1967.

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I wish we had the ability to take revenge. If we do, we should destroy them completely, and not leave a single one of them alive. Anyone who immigrated to Israel without the legal authorization of the Muslims must return to his country or be annihilated. "And the stone shall say: There is a Jew behind me"… But I fear that our enthusiasm might be detrimental to us. I have been against Israel all the way, and I am certain that it will come to an end. Indeed, it will. If you tell me that 10 million Egyptians will be martyred in return for the destruction of Israel – I am all for it. but having 10 million Egyptians martyrs, and then having Israel occupy Sinai and Cairo – absolutely not. We must plan properly.

আল-জাজিরায় ৫ অগাস্টে প্রচারিত:

Wagdi Ghoneim: I do not acknowledge all these terms: secular, liberal, whatever… On thing I know: A Muslim loves and exalts his religion, and he wants to be ruled by Islam, because he is a Muslim. Let's look at a simple example. Doesn't a soccer fan love his team and want it to win the league, as well as the cup, the European Cup, the World Cup, and the African Cup? I have yet to see someone who hates his own religion. 

Someone who hates his own religion is a heretic. Someone who tells you that he doesn't want Islam is a heretic. If he tells you he doesn't love Islam, he is a heretic. If he tells you that God does not rule us, he is a heretic. If he tells you that we do not need Islam today, he is a heretic. 

Interviewer; I understand from this that you are accusing the liberal and secular movements in Egypt of heresy. 

Wagdi Ghoneim: What? 

Interviewer: Are you accusing the secular and liberal movements of heresy? 

Wagdi Ghoneim: I'm telling you that I do not acknowledge zublublarism, secularism, or mulukhiya. All I know is that Islam rules, and a Muslim should instate the law of Allah. 

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Look, there should be a distinction between Truth and Falsehood, between Paradise and the Hellfire, between faith and disbelief, between a Muslim and an infidel. 

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There is no such thing as democracy. Democracy is founded on principles of heresy. The ten principles of democracy constitute utter heresy: the freedom of religion, the freedom of belief – we have a punishment for apostasy – the rule of the people by the people and not by Allah, the capital belongs to the people. 

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In Egypt, there are 80 million citizens, only five million of whom are Crusaders – if you feel like it, you can say that there are seven million. Fine, I don't care. They are a minority. A minority in a Muslim country has a certain status. Don’t say everyone is equal. Don't tell me that every citizen enjoys equal and complete rights. Says who?! How can you possibly draw a parallel between the majority and a minority? 

Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that there are 7 million of them – and by God, there are less… There are 70 million of us! So how can you talk to me about equal rights? Whenever I build a mosque, he deserves to build a church?! Says who? I've never seen a Christian pray outside his church because it's too crowded. Look how we Muslims have to pray in the streets. I swear by God that the Christians get more rights than us.