My Message to the RIS: When it comes to Egypt, why do not practice what we preach by: Mohamed Kamel
My Message to the RIS: When it comes to Egypt, why do not practice what we preach
Dec 23, 2014
Br. Fouzan
Assalamo Alikom;
Hope that
this message reaches you, while you are in good health and Iman;
Mostly you
don’t know me, I am one of the people who supported
your project and enjoyed it since day one.
Your
project was acting as an eye opening for Canadian Muslims especially to those
of the second generation, bringing them closer to the mainstream society and
participating in all
society activities within the permitted Islamic principles and of the Islamic
Value of Freedom of Expression, respecting Human Rights and Democracy.
You moved
in this direction until last year, when your conference under the influence of ‘some’ took a strange stand in support of the Military Coup in Egypt. Support doesn’t mean that you chanted for it, but by being silent and silencing the
voice of rightness like Prof. Tarek Ramadan, is a support of the wrong doing by
the Military Coup.
My
Brother;
Not
practicing what we preach opens the door for these so called ‘Terrorist Groups’. How can you convince youth of
values but not practicing them. This is hypocrisy, I am sure that you are far
from it and I hope that Allah will guide you to the best.
What took
place in Egypt in July 2013 and what followed it is not a domestic political
struggle, it is a crime.
We can’t be silent facing atrocities
reported to the entire humanity through Human Right Watch, and Amnesty
International. Please review http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/egypt
Don’t you know of the killing of the
peaceful demonstrators that are taking place every day in Egypt! Don’t you know of the 40 thousand plus detainees illegitimacy in Egypt! Don’t you know that all this is being financed by the corruption, by a regime
that regaining power on human (Muslims) bodies.
Not
standing for rights and values is the road to self-destruction on earth and to
an unpleasant stand in front of Allah on the day of judgement.
RIS should
maintain a stand for ‘reviving’ and you can’t revive unless we are straight and direct, some Gulf States have direct
benefit from silencing Muslims and Revolutions, and these states have influence
and the Western Right-Wing share with them that goal and influence.
We have
the right to speak up and reject these atrocities.
I urge you
and your guest speakers to go back to the right pass and to practice what you
preach, and to not be
silent facing atrocities and violation of basic Human Rights.
I thought
of boycotting and campaigning against the RIS, your conference, but found that
this will be negative approaches, I will be there again as every year to listen
to our Scholars, with a hope that they are not going to be silent against these
atrocities.
As a
Canadian Muslim, Egyptian, activist, I will be there and will be happy to talk
to you and to your guest speakers and to people if possible about that.
My
Brother;
Please
stand among those who speak loudly against injustice, avoiding the road of the
devil, «Those
who are silent on rightness are muted devils”الساكت عن الحق شيطان أخرس
I am sure
that you will be among those who is inviting to all that is good, as Allah said
in Sorat Al-Imran verse 104 “Let there arise out of you a group of people
inviting to all that is good (Islâm), enjoining Al-Ma'rûf and
forbidding Al-Munkar. And it is they who are the successful.”
وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ
بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
(آل عمران: 104)
This
message will turn into an open letter in the next couple of days, with my
prayer to Allah to guide all of us to the right pass.
Your
Brother;
Mohamed
Sherif Kamel*
(514) 863-9202
*
Mohamed S. Kamel: is a Freelance writer, the editor of http://forafreeegypt.blogspot.com/, he is a professional engineer, a LEED
Green Associate and a recognized project manager professional (PMP), he is
Member of several civil society organizations, a co-founder, member of the
executive committee and a spokesperson of The Egyptian Revolutionary Council
(ERC), a co-founder of the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy (ECCD-CECD(,
Egyptian Worldwide for Democracy and Justice (EW4DJ), Canadian Egyptian for
Democracy (CEFD), National Association for Change in Egypt (Taghyeer – Canada),
Alternative Perspective Media (APM-RAM), , Quebec Antiwar movement “Échec à la Guerre”, Coalition for Justice and Peace in
Palestine “CJPP”, ex-president and co-founder of the Canadian Muslim Forum
(CMF-FCM), member of the board of trustee in the Canadian Muslim for Palestine
(CMP) and Community Center for Montreal Muslims (CCMM). He could be reached at public@mohamedkamel.com
and followed at @mskamel
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