The complexities of sectarianism and its relationship to wars and corruption

Ruba Mansour, George Banna:

  

كاريكاتير الصحف الإماراتية.. الإسلام السياسى يمول الإرهاب ضد مصر - اليوم السابع      The complex sectarianism was characterized by its love of violence, following the example of Ibn Abdullah and the status of one of the pillars of religion, namely jihad in its two forms, namely offensive jihad and defensive jihad, and others, There is no need to elaborate on the problem of jihad, because this religious pillar died after it corrupted people’s morals and proved its harm in every place and time, Its death proved the invalidity of the validity of one of the most important pillars of religion for every time and place.

Here is the quasi-state of the Iranian mullahs in its Bedouin religious garb, waging jihad for almost half a century, inventing justifications for its jihad and wars such as conspiracy, Zionism, disbelief, dangers, and so on. Half a century of continuous warfare represents a kind of addiction to fighting, and the addiction was a result of the sedimentation and entrenchment of hostility in souls,And there is no wonder in that because the Persians are Bedouin, and the Bedouin have lived off wars, conquest, and theft (they were historically called thieves), To legitimize theft, plunder, and war spoils, it was said in the hadith: Eat of what you have gained, it is lawful and pure!!! Therefore, Ibn Abdullah carried out two raids annually for the sake of the pure and permissible spoils of war, and not to spread the religion, as there was no “religion” at that early time, and spreading the religion is not done by raiding at all, as the religion is an intellectual value, and ideas are not spread by the sword, bound by the instinct or heritage of raiding and the fact that the spoils of war are pure and permissible (whoever dies without thinking of raiding has died on a branch of hypocrisy), Sheikh Al-Huwayni recently announced, before he passed away, his intention to carry out two raids annually to obtain material and human spoils of war, i.e., captives from Europe to sell in slave markets.

To justify the invasion and hostility, some accuse the outside world of conspiracy and threats, even though there was no conspiracy or external aggression against the Arabian Peninsula when Ibn Abdullah carried out the invasion, and the invasion was not truly for the sake of God, What need does the Almighty have for human invaders when He is capable of everything? Therefore, He did not need the Bedouin of the Peninsula to strive and fight for His sake!!!

The present was no different from the past, especially among nations that want to live in the past, The complex sectarianism was one of the reasons for the continuation of wars in this region, Since invasion was always permissible, the Bedouins became sectarian from head to toe, They became sectarian because the new religion considered the spoils of war permissible and pure, and the division of spoils according to the rule of four-fifths encouraged them to invade,Because of their living conditions, they were socially, mentally, and intellectually disabled and therefore qualified for the sectarian and factional alignment that guaranteed the practice of permissible invasion.

  The Assad regime established a sect of co-optation, gathering members of this new sect from Alawite mercenaries and mercenaries from other sects, This was done to enable them to exercise tyranny and corruption, living off a corrupt economy as an alternative to the economy of raids, which continued, in part, through looting, The Saddam regime did no different, especially in its final days, and those who came after Saddam adhered to sectarianism even more egregiously than Saddam himself, The al julani  movement was no exception, calling itself the Umayyad movement and adhering to the ideas of prominent sectarian figures like Ibn Taymiyyah, It gathered its henchmen from the dominant sect, which, in the last year, demonstrated that some members of the dominant sect are more aware than the   al julani  movement, Some segments of the dominant sect refuse to follow the al julani blatantly sectarian path, Furthermore, the   movement has failed to satisfy either its opponents or its partial supporters for several reasons, including increasing poverty and hunger due to the absence of a livelihood-production axis and the continued prevalence of corruption, Even worse than the corruption of the Assad regime, which has reduced the country’s capabilities, to the point that the Golan Heights are no longer able to provide food security for the people, and the Syrian individual has become one of the poorest people in the world.

Sectarianism practically means qualifying to impoverish people, starting with others. Under the complex Assadist sectarian authority, some were satiated, while under the al julani authority, everyone went hungry, As for the rest of the aspects of life, such as the issue of freedoms, justice, and the judiciary, we did not think that there was anything worse than Assadism, This assessment has proven to be wrong,,Assadism is very bad, but al  julanism is worse,,Saddamism was better than Assadism and better than al julanism   by degrees.

Sectarianism is not limited to impoverishment; it has also acquired a sophisticated capacity for engaging in infighting and committing massacres, This complex system is characterized not only by conflict but also by its control over everything, This complex sectarianism has its own gods, chants, militias, and mercenaries, such as tens of thousands of Uyghurs, Chechens, and those of similar sectarian affiliation. The al  julani group reigns supreme, stealing everyone’s resources and distributing a meager portion to its henchmen, Even salaries are tiered and ranked according to what is called “differential loyalty,” meaning that some feel that power belongs to them more than others, while others feel that power belongs to them less, The salary of a Uyghur or someone of similar sectarian affiliation to the aljulani  group differs from that of a Syrian, and the salary of someone from Idlib differs from that of someone from Aleppo, As for the army and security forces, hordes of generals spring up out of thin air, Suddenly, someone like Awad Amsha becomes a general, and Abu Qasra a marshal, And all of these men are insignificant compared to the real power brokers. Can any of us even begin to fathom the wealth of Maher and Hazem al-Sharaa? And how many more are there? The money was in their accounts in banks in the Turkish part of Cyprus. The Assad regime was greedy about stealing money, but the Golan Heights regime was even more greedy than the Assad regime!!!!

    Power itself is a “sect” that is closed in on itself and monopolizes everything and controls everything. It is a sectarian, closed political system that sits on top of all other sects, taking from them what it needs and giving what it wants of crumbs to the subjects, Regarding the subjects’ share, there are classes and ranks in the sect of power, and there are rules for defining the rank or class in the closed sect of power, including what is called “differential loyalty,” meaning that one of the sects, on whose chest the octopus of the sect of power sits, feels that the system belongs to it more than others, and another sect feels that the system belongs to it less than others.

  The authority has very modest conditions for joining it, and those who join are placed in a certain rank, for example, the third rank, which is placed in it for the sycophants and the subservient, then those who work in the security apparatus with distinctive brutality, here the rent becomes moderate, as for the princely rank, it is reserved for the elite and those who are religiously homogeneous, and the rent-seeking return here is exorbitant, as for the honorary rank, it is reserved for members of the ruling family – brother – son-in-law – cousin – etc. – who also meet the religious conditions, and the rent-seeking return here exceeds millions of dollars, How many billions does the transitional president own?

Political sectarianism in the region is estimated to be a century old, meaning it began after the end of World War I. However, religious sectarianism is even older, equaling the age of the religion to which these groups belong, This is a factual reality that cannot be denied or ignored, All of this has led and will continue to lead to further internal fragmentation, which the primitive al julani authority cannot avoid or address if it occurs, The primitive, ignorant al julani authority has poisoned the social atmosphere and replaced the national phase with the sectarian phase, This is precisely what Saddam Hussein and Assad did before their collapse. It is not easy to control the sectarian rhythm in a way that allows for social peace, as the social fragmentation has already occurred and will reverberate as a political or even military fragmentation!

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