Sign of Hope and Change in Egypt

Former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammad El Baradi is a sign of hope and change, and his arrival in politics shows the awakening of Egypt. It can be assessed from the fact that thousands of people, despite of warning by security forces, broke the circle of fear and accorded a warm welcome to Mohammad El Baradi at the airport.

The Egyptian people gathered there were not professional politicians; rather, they were men and women from every walk of life. Among them were Christians as well as veiled women. According to a political writer Fehmi Hawedi, El Baradi's reception is a reaction to the autocratic democracy of Egypt.

The Egyptian people are not welcoming him as a politician, rather, because he is not Hosni Mubarak or Jamal Abdul Nassir. President Hosni Mubarak has welcomed the candidature of Mohammad El Baradi for the President ship; although it is being heard in the political quarters of Egypt, that son of Hosni Mubarak is being prepared as new President.

Despair and Deprivation
An end to the rule of President Hosni Mubarak apparently seems difficult, but for the first time, after three decades of his rule, Mohammad El Baradi has emerged as a strong presidential candidate. The Egyptian people, fed up due to monotony, want a change and if given a chance to freely decide, they can bring in a new President.

A leader of Akhwan-ul-Muslameen, Mohammad Habib, referring to the constitutional complexities impeding El Baradi's way, said that according to Egyptian constitution, it is mandatory for a presidential candidate that he should be head of a political party for at least one year and that party should be in existence for a minimum of five years.

On contrary, an independent presidential candidate requires support of at least 250 members of both houses of parliament and municipal councils. President Hosni Mubarak has a strong hold over all those places, at them moment, even then the Egyptian people are taking Mohammad El Baradi as a savior, who can perhaps liberate them from present scenario of hopelessness, despair and deprivation.
Beginning Friction
Friction between Islamic and non-Islamic forces is evident in other Muslim countries too, including Pakistan and Turkey. No one can dare to oppose Islam openly in Pakistan. Political leader here is compelled to refer to Islam because of public trends, but most of the political leaders from treasury and opposition benches follow Islam seldom. Remnants of secular Kamal Ata Turk and Asmat Anono, are finding it hard to tolerate the pro Islam government of Prime Minister Tayyab Ordagan, which came into power after a long time.

Tayyab Ordagan government was established with the support of people, but non religious elements in Judiciary and Army are burning midnight oil in conspiring to bring it to an end. A few days ago, 52 retired and serving officers of Turk Army have been arrested for conspiring against government of Tayyab Ordagan. They were planning to get into power by means of military coup, after proving the failure of government, through carrying out bomb blasts in the mosques.

Supports Secular System
It is made clear here, that secular Turk Army has dethroned four political governments in last 50 years, and is conspiring against incumbent government also. They don't want that Turkey, once a Muslim country, which became a directionless secular country of Europe when their supreme commander Mustafa Kamal Ata Turk ended the Khilafat-e-Usmani from Turkey, to revert to Islam.

Unluckily, the Judiciary of Turkey also, supports the secular system. Anti-Islamic forces fear that Islamic culture can rejuvenate from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt and Turkey, if after the withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan, a pro-Islam government is formed there and a real Islamic system is enforced in Pakistan. It seems impossible now, to stop the rising wave of awakening in the people of Muslim world.