Egyptians Forcibly Disappeared After Demanding Security Reject Gaza Siege
(Translated)
News:
Two young men disappeared after a video spread of them storming the State Security Police Department at the Al-Maasara Police Station in Helwan, south of Cairo, where they placed security personnel in a cell. The motive behind this action was to protest the officers' failure to help the people of Gaza. (Middle East Eye)
Comment:
In the video that was posted on Telegram, two young men, Mohsen Mustafa (27 years old) and his cousin Ahmed Sharif Ahmed Abdel Wahab (23 years old), appeared storming a police station and detaining security personnel in a cell. The two men were telling the officers that if they were asked to arrest protesters who were protesting for the people of Gaza, they would arrest them, saying, "They [the rulers] are using you because you do not refuse orders. You never refuse orders! You do not use your minds." They continued their protest, saying: "Our brothers and sisters in Gaza, and we want to open the crossing. What should we do?" (X platform)
This courage, in the face of the regime, face to face, is true heroism! As the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Support your brother, whether he is an oppressor or is oppressed." They said: O Messenger of Allah, we support him when he is oppressed, but how do we support him when he is an oppressor? He said: "By preventing him from oppression."
They defended their brothers and sisters who are being oppressed day and night. They did their best to prevent regime officers from participating in the repression. They questioned them and listened to them, unafraid of any consequences for their actions. They rose up knowing that the regime they were facing is known for torturing and killing anyone who steps out of line. But that did not deter them from doing everything they could for their brothers. We ask God to accept their deeds, may this position be a source of light on the Day when witnesses stand.
O sincere officers in Egypt: We know that there are sincere officers among you, who joined the army or security forces to fulfill your duty before God. We know that you do not want to be unjust! So reflect on the words of Mohsen and Ahmed! You are being exploited to serve an agenda. You are nothing more than a tool used by the disbelievers and the treacherous regime to implement the agenda of the West, use your minds, think and ask yourselves, when the day comes when all the witnesses stand to testify before God Almighty, what is your position? What will you answer your Creator when He asks you about what you did for your brothers and sisters sitting on the other side of the artificial border, who are dying of starvation?! While you can not only bring aid, but you can also liberate Gaza and all of Palestine! Stand up to these regimes, do not take orders from them, but from the one who will implement the rulings of God Almighty, the Caliph.
O sincere officers: Say enough... do the noblest kinds of Jihad and stand up to the regimes! The Prophet ﷺ said: "The best Jihad is a word of truth in front of a tyrannical ruler."
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
Khadija Hafeez