May 20, 2011
Special Dispatch No. 3851
Islamist Candidate for Egyptian Presidency: Israel's End Is Near
In an article titled "Israel's End Is Near," Dr. Muhammad Moro, an Islamist
candidate for the Egyptian presidency, claimed that the path to world
freedom was the destruction of Israel, as it was the spearhead of global
imperialism. He said it was the national and religious duty of Palestinians,
Arabs, Muslims, and freedom seekers the world over to march peacefully in
their millions to Israel's borders in order to liberate Palestine.
Moro represents the National Union for Preserving the Revolution party,
which is still in the process of formation, and which bills him as an
Islamist alternative to the other candidates, such as former Arab League
secretary-general 'Amr Moussa and Al-Ghad party leader Dr. Ayman Nour. He is
considered close to the Muslim Brotherhood, his father having been a member
of the organization. Moro was arrested a number of times under the Sadat and
Mubarak regimes, and in the past maintained friendly relations with Fathi
Shaqaqi, founder of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization.
<http://www.memri.org/report/en/print5300.htm#_edn1> [1] He is editor of
Al-Mukhtar Al-Islami magazine and a columnist for the Egyptian dailyAl-Yawm
Al-Saba'.
Following are excerpts from his article:
<http://www.memri.org/report/en/print5300.htm#_edn2> [2]
"I was the first to call for the liberation of Palestine through peaceful
marches of millions to the borders of occupied Palestine from Egypt,
Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon bringing together millions of Palestinian
refugees, tens of millions of Arabs, and hundreds of millions of Muslims, in
addition to those freedom seekers the world over who believe that the path
to world freedom is the destruction of Israel, as it is the spearhead of the
international imperialism headed by the U.S.
"It is the duty of the Palestinian refugees [to participate in these
marches] and their right to fight for them. Vis-à-vis the Arabs, too, this
is a national and religious duty, and it is a religious duty vis-à-vis [all]
Muslims. I have already called [for such marches] in a number of articles
titled 'Formula for the Liberation of Palestine,' which were published on a
[particular] website at least two years ago and broadly cited on dozens of
[other] websites...
"[These marches] are in line with the implication of the honorable verses:
'And We had made known to the children of Israel in the Book: Most certainly
you will make mischief in the land twice, and most certainly you will behave
with great insolence. So when the promise for the first of the two came, We
sent over you Our servants, of mighty prowess, so they ravaged the houses,
and it was a promise to be accomplished... [Koran 17:4-5]'
"I still believe that we are at the stage of the first promise, as Israel
has yet [to demonstrate] mischief and insolence. Israel was insolent during
the days of our master Suleiman [King Solomon], may he rest in peace, but
this [insolence] was not accompanied by mischief. Therefore, [Israel's
current] mischief and insolence are the first of their kind in the history
of the children of Israel.
"The verses speak of the end of this mischief and insolence through
ravaging, which is to say the marching of millions in demonstrations and
processions, something that has been [thus far] prevented by the tyrannical
Arab governments, who stopped the masses from approaching [Israel's
borders].
"Now that the popular Arab revolutions have succeeded through peaceful
protests by millions, [such marches] are very possible. If millions proceed
peacefully toward Palestine, it will send a message to the children of
Israel in Palestine that they have no future. This will result in [the
Jews'] emigration from Palestine, and the more marches of millions there
are, the closer [we will be] to entering Palestine peacefully, liberating
it, and realizing the honorable Koranic prophecy.
"I am absolutely sure that Allah's promise is real; that the honorable Koran
will remain an eternal example until Judgment Day; and that Palestine will
soon be liberated, Allah willing. On this occasion, I call upon all the
Islamic movements fighting against the corrupt governments or the
governments that serve as [foreign] agents to relinquish violence, except
against foreign invaders, and to take up the path that has proven just, the
path of peaceful struggle by means of marches of millions. Moreover, I call
on the leaders of Al-Qaeda as well as its members not to carry out any
violent actions against the Arab or Muslim peoples, or even against the
European or American peoples, but to bear what the Americans did to the hero
and martyr Osama bin Laden as the path of peaceful struggle has gained
international and popular legitimacy, and we must not harm it but follow
this same path which has proven just..."
Endnotes:
<http://www.memri.org/report/en/print5300.htm#_ednref1> [1] Islamtoday.net,
April 28, 2011.
<http://www.memri.org/report/en/print5300.htm#_ednref2> [2] Islamtoday.net,
May 16, 2011.
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