Dar Al Hayat – The “Brotherhoodization” of the Arab World
No one benefits from the recurrent arrests which the Muslim Brotherhood is subject to in Egypt, the latest being what took place a few days ago in Mit Ghamr, except the Brotherhood itself. Indeed, this kind of persecution is renowned for strengthening the core of ideological parties, as well as the arsenal of means they use to deal with the government, according to an opinion prevalent in partisan circles.
Moreover, harassment from here and annoyance from there against the largest opposition party in Egypt are things that will not, in the eyes of the Brotherhood and its supporters, lead to restricting their activity, but rather will contribute to improving their image for common citizens who observe the deterioration of the government and its apparatus, as legislative and presidential elections draw near in Egypt. Harassment in the past did not prevent a “deal” from being reached between the Brotherhood and the government, one that ensures for the Islamic organization a fixed share of seats in the People’s Assembly, according to the latest press interview by the Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Mahdi Akef.
Beyond the political hunts that indirectly benefit the hunted, one can speak of a type of “political” practice spread by the Brotherhood in Egypt over the past two decades and popularized by their counterparts and peers throughout the Arab world. And if the list of “issues” raised by Brotherhood MPs before the Egyptian Parliament – most of which are concerned with the personal or public affairs of artists, as well as with journalistic and literary writings and with dubious fatwas – is ever transgressed, this is indicative not only of the narrow-mindedness of the Brotherhood and of its efforts to forcibly impose its values on society, but also of the inability to understand the broader meaning of politics.
via Dar Al Hayat – The “Brotherhoodization” of the Arab World.
