The premier - and official - Egyptian daily newspaper, Al-Ahram, considers the very existence of Israel to be an “occupation” from the outset. It also sees the American liberation of Iraq from the grip of Saddam Hussein as another “bitter reality”, and Afghani dreams of peace as having “evaporated”.
In a November 27 editorial, the Egyptian newspaper reflected on the state of the Muslim peoples at the end of the month of Ramadan - a period of introspection in the Moslem calendar. “The Muslim nation is now living a bitter reality due to the occupation of Iraq,” the editorial declared, “which is undermining the country’s sovereignty, ruining its security and shows no promise of coming to an end any time soon. Another occupation, that of Palestine, has lasted more than 55 years and is resulting in unimaginable suffering for the Palestinian people. In Afghanistan, the dreams of peace and stability have evaporated.”
The Muslim nation, the Al-Ahram editors wrote, is facing a battle against “foreign efforts... directed towards erasing Islamic identity under the pretext of keeping pace with time and development, and some do not hesitate to interfere in the national affairs of Muslim countries. This has also coincided with an unjust campaign against Islam, which was determined to accuse Muslims of terrorism.”
Echoing the Al-Ahram publication’s view of the US as the enemy in Iraq, another important Egyptian newspaper, Al-Gomhouria, stated in its own earlier (November 24) editorial that “Iraqi resistance, however, is the most effective route for Iraqis to follow. That is the way the people always win.”
Although not from an Egyptian spokesperson, more words of praise for the Iraqi “resistance” were published last Friday in the Egyptian magazine Al-Mussawar. In that edition of the publication, Syria’s prime minister Naji Al-Otari was reported as having stated, “Despite all accusations that they are terrorists, these are Iraqi citizens who are fighting the occupation.”
In a November 27 editorial, the Egyptian newspaper reflected on the state of the Muslim peoples at the end of the month of Ramadan - a period of introspection in the Moslem calendar. “The Muslim nation is now living a bitter reality due to the occupation of Iraq,” the editorial declared, “which is undermining the country’s sovereignty, ruining its security and shows no promise of coming to an end any time soon. Another occupation, that of Palestine, has lasted more than 55 years and is resulting in unimaginable suffering for the Palestinian people. In Afghanistan, the dreams of peace and stability have evaporated.”
The Muslim nation, the Al-Ahram editors wrote, is facing a battle against “foreign efforts... directed towards erasing Islamic identity under the pretext of keeping pace with time and development, and some do not hesitate to interfere in the national affairs of Muslim countries. This has also coincided with an unjust campaign against Islam, which was determined to accuse Muslims of terrorism.”
Echoing the Al-Ahram publication’s view of the US as the enemy in Iraq, another important Egyptian newspaper, Al-Gomhouria, stated in its own earlier (November 24) editorial that “Iraqi resistance, however, is the most effective route for Iraqis to follow. That is the way the people always win.”
Although not from an Egyptian spokesperson, more words of praise for the Iraqi “resistance” were published last Friday in the Egyptian magazine Al-Mussawar. In that edition of the publication, Syria’s prime minister Naji Al-Otari was reported as having stated, “Despite all accusations that they are terrorists, these are Iraqi citizens who are fighting the occupation.”