Introduction:
In May 2006, I was working as a Public Prosecutor[1] for the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and I was interviewing detainees in the down townCairo demonstrations. At the time political activists from all backgrounds held massive protests united under the banner of the judges club demanding political reform and judicial independence.
Over several non-consecutive nights I interviewed people with no clear political agendas, their only conception of politics was to over through the current regime.
I must confess my reassurance when my views of the “
change for change” groups were confirmed.
[2] I interviewed innocent bystanders, people who got arrested whilst trying to catch trains, walking down the streets of downtownCairo, or your typical curious Egyptian who had nothing better to do but to go and watch the exciting confrontation between activists and the riots police. I also interviewed a few Islamists.
Of all activists, they (Islamists) exclusively entertained a political agenda. The interviewee (member of a radical Islamic movement) answered my questions by confirming his intentions to change the regime by force (Islamic revolution). It was evident that his belief value system drew a binary between a society and a government of apostates and an otherwise proper Islamic state/community. To me it was quite clear that this “Religious Binary” is an inter-Islamic conflict situation.
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[1] Public Prosecutors inEgypt undertake, in addition to the Public Action, the work of investigating judges.
[2] Their mediocre political message/agenda.
Tags: Islamic Ideology, Lawyers