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Wednesday, January 25, 1995
Many of the police force have fallen in martyrdom on numerous confrontations triggered by heinous crimes perpetrated by the cohorts of outlaws. The greatest number of the police force have fallen as a result of deception and not in direct confrontation circumstances, but rather during revenge campaigns waged against this national institution that wages the most honorable war in defense of Egypt's security and stability. Despite the ferocity of this deceitful campaign which aims at terrifying society and shattering the nation's endeavors, Egyptian security men continued to abide by the rule of law under the keen observation of Egypt's lofty and independent judiciary, which secures the validity of any measure taken by the police in respect for the constitution, law and legitimacy. Egypt did not follow the path of many other age-old democracies in the world by imposing strict emergency measures in a bid to consolidate security potentials in containing armed violence. It did not grant the security force immense authority and wide-scale competencies to hold people in custody indefinitely under any suspicion in order to avert any potential dangers, nor in dealing, with the utmost firmness and ferocity, with those who show the least sympathy with the outlawed groups. Egypt did not do anything of that sort, being keen on the sovereignty of law, rejecting any exceptional measures that might undermine the democratic system. The core and crux of this issue is that we are facing hired groups which made a profession and trade of their sinful acts. Therefore, it is the duty of the people to back the police in facing them and chasing them everywhere; those who made murder and intimidation their profession in return for a meager price and a cheap target. Nevertheless, the police opens wide doors for repentents to return to the right path after discarding their disgraceful conduct, and return to the home and as honest citizens to share in construction and progress. The target has always been for the police to rescue young men led by misguidance into fighting their own land and people; wreaking havoc on earth, killing, devastating and subverting without being aware that they are mere tools in a criminal scheme controlled by foreign agents hoping to halt the Egyptian people's march on the road to glory, construction and peace. Hundreds of those are already back on the right track, to openly reveal the depth of the misguidance they endured while still under the yoke of those hired groups, who make a living from violence and law-breaking. As a matter fact, the people's support to their police was a decisive turning point in confronting those groups. The mounting awareness in the Islamic and Arab worlds of the seriousness of the phenomenon of violence and terrorism ensures that such as destructive phenomenon, which tarnishes the image of Islam ad jeopardizes stability in many Islamic and Arab countries, can after all be contained. At the Casablanca conference, Egypt's message to its Islamic world has been, clearly and disinterestedly, aimed at awakening the Islamic nation, awareness of the dangers and harm engulfing the image of Islam as a result of heinous acts that contradict the tolerant nature of true religion. The outcome of that important conference was a general consensus on a code of good conduct that bars all member states from encouraging terrorism or using its groups. Would the intention prove good and would we all join hands to block the sources of terrorism? Or would we continue to suffer this reprehensible contradiction, in the conduct of some, between what they say and what they do? And in the Arab world, there is a growing call for a similar code of ethics that commits every Arab League member state to a firm stand against that phenomenon. We pin great hopes on a dedicated national effort that envisages salvaging our Arab World from the reality it is living in, in order to restore its solidarity and confidence in joint Arab action, become capable of facing the challenges leveled at it and secure the realization of a comprehensive and just peace where all can have equal rights. |
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