Uprising 2011

With the revolutions in the Muslim world in full swing and now spreading from North Africa to the Middle East Western nations are attempting to hijack the Ummah's demand for change and labelling the protests as demands for democracy, freedom and Western values. It should be remembered that those informing us of what the ummah demand are the very same countries that constructed the architecture the ummah is working to remove.

The forced resignation of Hosni Mubarak has been received with jubilation across Egypt and the world at large. After eighteen continuous days of struggle and sacrifice, people are rightfully celebrating the deposition of a brutal dictator.

Mubarak is probably feeling a little alone and deserted now. Unfortunately for him, he won’t even find anyone to empathise with him, except perhaps those few wretched souls like Ben Ali and Musharraf  who themselves were dictators and agents for foreign powers only to be ditched like old rags once they became a liability on their imperial masters in Washington and London.Responses to Mubarak’s resignation have come thick and fast. One cannot help but note however a clear difference between the reactions of people on the ground and those of world leaders. The sincere positive sentiments of the people – the result of a popular uprising against oppression they can identify with – stands in stark contrast to the palpable posturing of government officials around the world, with the American administration leading the way.

The world waited with much anticipation as various rumours leaked out that Hosni Mubarak would be stepping down as president of Egypt after 30 years of brutal rule. On the evening of the 10th February 2011 Mubarak appeared on state TV with much arrogance that he would not be stepping down until the September elections and that his country needed a decorated soldier to see through reforms which have all come to be known as the ‘transition’ period.

On the evening of 11th February Omer Suleiman who Mubarak only recently appointed as his vice president announced that Mubarak has in effect been removed in a bloodless coup through the army, who now possessed all the regimes powers. After more than two weeks of protests and demonstrations against the tyrant Mubarak, who the New York Times described as ‘an ally of the United States who has been instrumental in implementing American policy in the region for decades, Hosni Mubarak became the latest ruler in a long list of traitors who have been placed in the dustbin of history. Like the traitors before him, he will get what he deserves when he meets his creator.

Surveys show the silent ‘majority’ of Muslims want Islam yet the western media persists in trying to portray the uprisings as pro-democracy.

“…democracy is more than elections”(1).

Tzipi Livni – Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, February 24, 2011.

Brave protestors are still on the streets struggling against many of the tyrannical Arab regimes. The world continues to watch the efforts of once-ordinary people who finally shook off their fear of their dictatorial regimes and chose dignity instead.