Like any extremist religious group, Muslim Brotherhood group believes that it owns absolute truth. To confirm this belief, it uses God's power as a pretext to deceive that everything that holds God's name is related to the group as well and thus shall be a "meter" for all things. This group was a mystery, but this mystery soon reveals past incidents of terrorism that are still taking place in the present. Since these facts are recorded in the memories and diaries of members of this same group themselves, we present them, without comment, or even desire to judge them, due to the conviction that judgment, first and foremost, will be determined by the world and history's conscience.
A Declared Terrorism: The Brotherhood's eighth Supreme Guide, Dr. Muhammad Badea, was keen in every occasion to stress that the group did not use violence in the past except in the face of the Zionists on the land of Palestine and the English occupation forces on Egypt's lands, stressing that the group would not use violence in the future only against enemies of Islam.
However, these slogans were uncovered, when future came, as it appeared that enemies of Islam, as seen by the Supreme Guide, are his fellow Egyptians. Since the Egyptian people imposed their will in the 30th June 2013 Revolution by refusing his and his group's rule, he kept on threatening them with killing, and soon this threatening turned into bloodshed in the streets, burning and looting religious (Christian and Islamic) worship places, destroying and plundering the state's institutions (including universities, courts, museums, etc.), multiple assassinations of army and police officers, bombs in the streets and above trees that kill the lives of innocent people who do not know for what crime they are punished by the Brotherhood.
Terrorism is then the collective punishment decided by the Brotherhood group yesterday in order to exist, and today, after June 30, to rule. It is as if the Brotherhood is destined for the Egyptians. Either it rules them, or kills them. There is no other choice.
The group was killed by itself hand by the hands of the others, when it allowed the Takfiris to shed the forbidden blood in the name of "religion." The victim is a whole society whose blood was shed, throughout 88 years which is the age of the group. In addition, its thoughts were poisoned, and when it wanted to be cleansed from these ideas, the group considered it "among enemies of God".
The facts of what has happened in the past and present will remain a witness to a group claiming peace, but it holds the weapon. It promises, but it betrays and breaks the promise where the interest is, its own interest not the interest of Islam. It speaks in the name of religion, but at the first sign, it denies religion, as this group was born to kill, and it is not expected to warn for itself by anything other than killing.
We Must Work Hard: "Terrorists are two types: terrorists for enemies of Allah, who are the most kind-hearted and sensitive persons, and terrorists are for the loved ones of Allah, who are the most cruel, brutal and atrocious ones", said Mahmoud El-Sabbagh, one of the leaders of the group's Secret Apparatus in his book entitled "The Truth of Secret Apparatus"(1).
This "concept" formed the basis for the group to defend its terrorism and its secret apparatus. They sometimes repeat that it was established to face the British and the Zionists, and at other times they expand the circle and say that it was created to target the enemies of God. The problem remains in determining who are "enemies of God", where the Brotherhood decides, in most situations, that "enemies of God" are "enemies of the group".
The Secret Apparatus was formed after the Muslim Brotherhood group was massively grown during Al Wafd government (1942-1944) and became a million-strong force, exploiting its undeclared agreement with the ruling party, allowing it to operate freely all over the country, provided that it does not resort to violence.
In an attempt by the group to maintain its organizational expansion at that time, Hassan El-Banna introduced the "family system" in its organizational structure, a type of cell with no more than five members in each cell. During this period, it appears that the Brotherhood's founder formed the "special organization", which is known outside the group as the "Secret Apparatus", but there is no precise date for the formation of this organization. What is indicative of inaccuracy in determining when the Secret Apparatus was established that members of the Brotherhood themselves set the date of establishing this apparatus between 1930 and 1947, which indicates its complete secrecy and confidentiality (2). Some point out that El-Banna defined the functions of this as "waging war against British colonialism, fighting those who oppose the group and deterring them and reviving the obligation of jihad". This means that El-Banna had for the first time considered creating an institutional formation that would confront those who defy the group and deter them"(3).
The Secret Apparatus consisted of three basic divisions: civil formation, the army formation and the police formation. The apparatus was attached with specialized formations such as the armament apparatus and the news apparatus. The latter functioned as an intelligence apparatus for the group (4). Many historians consider the establishment of the "Secret Apparatus" as a logical and natural development of Hassan El-Banna's thought. In the message of the fifth conference in (1938), El-Banna clearly answers the question: "Is the Brotherhood intends to use force to achieve their objectives and reach their goal?" by replying: "Muslim Brotherhood must be strong and must act in strength"(5). Thus, the apparatus began to commit killing, as the Supreme Guide wanted, brutally. **** To be continued ,,, 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Footnotes: (1) Mahmoud El-Sabbagh: "The Truth of the Secret Apparatus", Dar al-I'tasam, First Edition 1989, p. (2) Dr. Faisal Darraj - Jamal Barout: "Islamic Parties, Movements and Groups", 1, p. 78, second edition 2000, Arab Center for Strategic Studies. (3) Dr. Faisal Darraj - Jamal Barout: Op. Cit 1, p. 78. (4) Refat Al-Saeed: "Hassan El-Banna: When, How and Why?" P. 193, Egyptian Public Book Authority. (5) Elsayed Yusuf: "Muslim Brotherhood: Is it an Islamic Awakening?", part 3, p. 9, Mahrousa Center, first edition 1994. 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Egyptian Journalist and Member of Parliament, Dr. Abdel Rehim Ali is an expert on Islamist Movements and political Islam. This essay is adapted from his upcoming book "The Impossible State: Muslim Brotherhood and Polity," which will be published later this month.
