Will Egypt Ever Heal?

 
 

Will Egypt Ever Heal?

I have witnessed more hate and 'blood thirst' in Egypt in less than a week than what I have witnessed in 30 years of living in Egypt. The hate and blood thirst that Egyptian should have had directed at their oppressors and abusers for 30 years plus, all piled up against each other, and mostly with support from the institutions and media that sustained and protected the past oppressors and abuser - and even under the same leadership of the past abusers in many cases.

How can so many smart people give up their brains and even their souls willingly and joyously to the same people and institutions that actively and forcefully brain-washed and enslaved them for 6 decades?
 

How can you cheer and incite further the same criminals and bullies that took advantage of you for so long just because they are picking on someone else now?
 

Can whole so many people be so gullible? Or are they simply that evil?

On both sides of the big rift I had friends that I would have trusted with my life a couple of months ago. I would be naive to feel like that anymore. Will I ever heal??

 

Latest Egyptian Government Innovation: Security Forces Members on 'Demonstraors Hunting Trips'!

Another Egyptian innovation in how security forces enforce peace: in T-shirts and sneakers (with the lowly soldier guarding your safety), while you are shooting at demonstrators.

Looks and feels like a hunting trip or rest and recreation for the guy in green, who is probably an officer.( he does not have the body type of the typical government paid thugs, the shirt and shoes look fancy and clean; and the sunglasses! That is a job to die for - pun definitely intended.

And with civilian -clothed security forces shooting demonstrators, how is it possible to believe the security forces and government controlled media when they publish photos of 'civilian-clothed individuals with weapons' and claim they are 'violent and armed' demonstrators?


WAKE UP PEOPLE. Can anyone still believe that the police felt in danger? If you feel in danger, do you face the bullets in your nice evening walk cloths? 
 
And if the security forces dress like that, does anyone really still believe pictures of "demonstrators carrying weapons" when all they see is government-circulated photos of people in civilian cloth carrying weapons - just like this one? crop out the uniformed soldier and you see a typical 'demonstrator carrying weapon' picture. WAKE UP PEOPLE.
The picture below is from the BBC website at this link. 

'?Quranic Verses: Could They Be Used in Arguments of Non-Religious Nature

A good and thoughtful friend of mine expressed concerns regarding the use of Quranic verses in many of the opinion disputes and arguments these days. He definitely has legitimate concerns that worry me too. But I only partially agreed with him as I see some legitimate uses as well. I may be trying to split hairs, especially in the middle of the opinion and verbal war going on these days about the situation in Egypt, but I think I still have a point to share. And here it is:
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I agree with you totally on most of your statements. But I have only a partial, or qualified; agreement with your final sentence regarding avoiding the use of Quranic verses.
Of the Quranic verses, there are verses that could be abused: for example, using verses to hint that one group is the group of the believers (or God's favorite) or that the other is not. That is God's judgement. Another example is using verses that God used to express His, the Almighty, judgement of communities or individuals in the past or on the Day of Judgment is a transgression against God.
BUT, and it is a big but, Quranic verses are also the most effective reminder of the moral principles or fairness, justice, the need for coherence in making moral judgements (i.e., avoiding double standards, or AL-tatfeef التطفيف), the need to rethink our stances and opinions in view of what we thinks is right (Al-Taqua التقوى), or of the need to testify to the truth according to conscience and not desires (Al-hawa الهوى), and even the need to avoid excessive anger and to practice tolerance and encourage coexistence. Using these verses as a reminder of our moral responsibility is A MAJOR goal and use of the Quran: it is a REMINDER to those that think of it as a reference for morality.

Injustice: can it (or should it) be forgiven - الظلم: هل يمكن أبدا غفرانه

I read this today, and I loved it.

"اللهم قد وهبت لك من ظلمني، فاستوهبني ممن ظلمتُه"

In English, my best rendition of this profound statement would be:

"Oh God: I grant You the right to forgive whoever committed injustice unto me.  Help me get the forgiveness from the hearts of those I committed injustice to".

I am not there yet, not even close.
Injustices still hurt for the few seconds that their memories pass through my head - even after many years have passed.
I am not even sure I will ever be at that point of forgiveness.
I am not talking about mistakes and simple errors in judgment. I am talking about injustice.
How would one forgive premeditated infliction of injustice just because someone had the power to inflict it without fear of retribution or accountability?
How would injustice be forgotten when it was committed deliberately with disregard of the victims existence, and with no purpose other than gaining above and beyond the bounds of need, comfort and luxury of the ones that committed it.
I cannot simply ignore that the worst of all criminals are described in the Quran as those that committed injustice (الظالمون)

"إِنَّمَا السَّبِيلُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ النَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُم عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ"

KAH