If we asked the Muslim Brotherhood about the definition of secularism, most of their answers would revolve around permissiveness, atheism, and fighting religion, etc. Perhaps 1% of them would answer in the following approximate way:

“Secularism means, by definition, the separation of religious institutions from politics, It works to prevent the government or state from forcing any person to adopt or embrace a particular belief, religion, or tradition for subjective, non-objective reasons, Secularism also guarantees the right not to embrace a particular religion and not to adopt an official state religion, This term indicates that human activities and decisions, especially political ones, should not be subject to the influence of religious institutions.”

Talking in detail about the history of secularism and the emergence of the idea or methodology as a result of the conflict with the clergy in Europe is not necessary in detail, In short, the clergy considered heaven and earth to be one, as it is in heaven, so it is on earth! The laws of heaven are the laws of earth, and the authority of earth originates from heaven, despite the fact that Jesus of Nazareth,  , clearly distinguished heaven from earth, as he metaphorically said that his kingdom was not on earth.

The important thing is this region and this era specifically, Here, a heritage and values ​​that are a mixture of pre-Islamic and post-Islamic traditions prevail, Most people in this region are believers in Muhammad in different ways, Regarding the effects of secularism on the Arab world, the Brotherhood and their groups say that this effect has been extremely bad for believers in their religion and their worldly affairs, Why? Because secularism rejects governance according to what God has revealed, and seeks to exclude Sharia from all administrative and political spheres, then replace divine revelation with man-made laws, Here, the believers understood what secularism truly wants, but in return, they are deceiving and evading, and have recently claimed their desire to establish a civil state,When asked about the characteristics of this civil state, they sometimes do not answer, and at other times they attribute the civil state to the “Constitution of Medina.” However, they do not want the civil state of John Locke, nor do they want the civil state of Rousseau. They want the state of the Awakening, that is, a Sunni version of the Iranian mullahs’ state, Recently, a tail was added to this civil state, as it became a civil state with a religious reference, How is that possible?

Most of them reject secularism, because in their view secularism distorts Arab history and portrays it as barbaric, and considers the conquests as colonial occupations, This is absolutely true, as secularism studies history objectively and nothing compels secular thought to falsify history, Secularism does not sanctify individuals, and there is no place in secularism for anything that is beyond criticism, discussion, and development, So, when Al-Hajjaj or Al-Qa’qa’ is a criminal highwayman, secularism will consider him a criminal highwayman, and it is not said about a criminal, “May God be pleased with him ” Secularism considers what are called prophets to be human beings, and it is obligatory to criticize the mistake, whether it is human, divine, or satanic.

The terrible accusation was that secularism corrupts education! And how does secularism corrupt education? It corrupts education by instilling rationality within the curriculum, by working to eliminate religious instruction in schools, by presenting religion as if it does not contradict secularism, because there is no relationship between religion and secularism, and by belittling the grades of religious education and making these grades ineffective in evaluating the student. Yes, this is what secularism wanted, and this is what the person yearning for progress and liberation from the shackles of the unseen wants. Excellent is that secularism that wants to achieve all of that!!

They claim that the crime of secularism lies in its work to “dissolve the differences between the bearers of the true message, who are the believers, and the people of distortion, alteration, and atheism, melting everyone into the crucible of one nation and making them all equal in appearance, even though in reality, the people of disbelief, atheism, immorality, and disobedience are given preference over the people of monotheism, obedience, and faith. Under this ideology, the People of the Book, the dhimmis, the believers, and others are all equal before the law,No one has an advantage over another except by the degree of their adherence to the secular approach, But is the believer equal to the disbeliever? Under this ideology, mixed marriage becomes perfectly acceptable and without objection, and likewise, there is no secular objection to a People of the Book or any other group of disbelievers ruling the country, Yes, secularism wants equality for all before the law,Secularism rejects excommunication, Secularism wants civil marriage as is the case throughout the world, And where is the wrong in all of that?”

Accusing secularism of spreading immorality and chaos is nothing new, A woman who wears ordinary clothes without a hijab or niqab is considered “naked like a goat ” Secularism rejects restrictions and impositions on dress, considering clothing a personal matter that is no one else’s business, Furthermore, the imposition of the hijab(vile) by religious authorities is something secularism rejects, Those among the Muslim Brotherhood who want to stone adulteresses will face the harshest penalties under secular laws, or more recently, the necessary rehabilitation to humanize them. The media, especially social media, is very bothersome to the Muslim Brotherhood, as it spreads blasphemy day and night and allows attacks on religious symbols, Therefore, it must be banned and made consistent with Sharia, which dislikes music, stone sculpture, images, and drawings, and detests visual arts, theater, and cinema, In short, the state of the people should be like that of the Kandahar herd, In Kandahar, angels enter every house where there are no pictures or statues, especially dogs, in the affluent homes of Kandahar, Secularism does not want Kandahar, Secularism wants to encourage art such as theater, cinema, painting, sculpture and music, Secularism does not care about angels refusing to enter a house on whose wall a picture is hung, Secularism does not care about angels or the God of angels.

One of the evils of secularism was to stifle the call to faith by fighting religious books and allowing the printing of misguided and deviant books that cast doubt on the faith, and then giving free rein to deviant secularists to publish their heretical books, Secularism respects thought, whatever its source and subject,Look at Europe and the freedom of thought there, This is how secularism wants to practice respect for thought, And whoever respects thought as Europe does is capable of saving the country from the affliction of the ignorant Brotherhood source.

Another accusation… Secularism denies the obligation of jihad in the path of God!!! Yes, secularism does not recognize the concept of jihad in the path of God, but only working for the country, the people, and humanity, Secularism calls for patriotism and for the citizen’s belonging to his homeland, and does not recognize the homeland of religion and denies discrimination against citizens according to their sectarian affiliation, Secularism also calls for citizenship, which the Brotherhood considers a false unifier, as the true unifier is religion, while secularism considers mysticism and sectarianism to be among the greatest factors of division and discord, Yes, secularism does not expect sects and sectarianism to unite, because sectarianism does not unite, but rather divides.

The Muslim  Brotherhood considers legislation and governance to be the domain of God, and no human being has the right to rule except with His permission, This is what secularism categorically rejects, Legislation and governance are in the hands of man and for the sake of man, God’s sovereignty is exclusively in His heavenly kingdom, and not as it is in heaven as it is on earth! Human beings are the ones who establish comprehensive laws for all aspects of human life, both individual and social, In the monotheistic view, the four branches of government have no right to challenge any divine law, Secularism recognizes no source of law other than humanity itself; humanity formulates the laws that suit it and lead to its progress and the achievement of social justice, A cursory glance at Kandahar reveals that, according to the Muslim Brotherhood, this city represents Socrates’ ideal city, or more accurately, the panacea for the ills of backward nations. The situation is different for the sheikhs, Sheikh Al-Huwayni prefers Berlin hospitals when he falls ill, while the miracle worker and author of encyclopedias on scientific miracles, Dr. Zaghloul Al-Najjar, prefers an American hospital to camel urine treatment centers, Camel urine is meant for camels, not for Zaghloul Al-Najjar, may God sanctify his secret!