Secret files of the Brotherhood (Episode 7)

Published on December 29, 2013 on the website of the Arab Center for Studies and Research

Al-Sabbagh admits that Sayed Fayez decided to assassinate al-Noqrashi.

He adds other confessions about the group's responsibility for the assassination of Salim Zaki.

Al-Banna sends a letter to the king, in which he likens him to God, Glory be to Him, and says to him: "We take refuge in your honorable throne". 

Al-Banna describes Noqrashi in his letter to the king as 'foolish' in managing the affairs of the state.

After two days, he cries in the presence of his agent, describing him as 'wise' and 'broad-minded'.

For the first time in an Egyptian newspaper:

Al-Banna's speech to King Fouad

The memo of the Undersecretary of the Interior about his meeting with al-Banna

Al-Sabbagh's account of the reasons for killing al-Noqrashi Yasha:

To be fair, we will not rely on a single voice from within the special apparatus (the military wing of the Brotherhood) to confirm that the Brotherhood carried out the assassination, despite al-Banna and a number of Brotherhood leaders denying responsibility for the assassination so far.

We will quote what one of the senior leaders of the Special Apparatus said and the main figure in the well-known jeep case, Mahmoud al-Sabbagh, who mentions the full details of the assassination in his book, which was prefaced by Mustafa Mashhour in 1986, 'The reality of the Special Apparatus and its role in the call of the Muslim Brotherhood' – First edition – Dar al-E'tisam – Page 312.

Killing of Noqrashi Pasha

Under this title, al-Sabbagh says the following on page 450: 

We cannot consider the killing of al-Noqrashi Pasha a political assassination incident. It is rather a pure suicide operation carried out by one of the heroes of the Muslim Brotherhood. (Why had al-Banna insisted then that the Brotherhood had nothing to do with the killing of Noqrashi? Some of their leaders still insist on that) 

Noqrashi Pasha's blatant betrayal appeared in Palestine when he contributed to handing it over to the Jews and then declaring war on the only Muslim sect that inflicts painful blows on the Jews, as witnessed by the officers of the Egyptian armed forces previously.

As we will tell in detail in the next chapter, God willing, he disbanded their group, arrested their leaders, confiscated their property, and prohibited the establishment of an invitation in Egypt that calls for these virtuous principles forever. This was a blatant betrayal that could not be justified or excused, making it religiously binding to kill this traitor. His killing also turned into an obligation for every Muslim male and female (Look at how the Brotherhood decides who is traitor and who is patriotic. It then issues a ruling on this person and executes it without the slightest trial).

The company of martyred officer Company of martyred officer Ahmed Fouad for killing of Noqrashi Pasha

Under this title, al-Sabbagh cites the following: 

Martyr Sayyid Fayez was the official responsible for the Special Organization for Cairo after the arrest of all those above him in leadership, including men of the public call and the men of the Special Organization. So Fayez became the one responsible for protecting the invitation in these abnormal circumstances. He has the right to make ijtihad.

Fayez mulled the decision to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood and the circumstances surrounding it in the field and inside Egypt. He felt that he was ruled by a government that fought Islam and Muslims. So he decided to engage with it in a guerrilla war over the land of Egypt.

(The strange thing is that Fayez was later killed by the same organization he led with an explosive candy box, and thus God made him feel what he made others feel. God's mill grinds slow but sure.

We continue with al-Sabbagh, where he states the following: 

Fayez could not escape bearing this responsibility. All the Brothers of the general invitation are detained, and the General Guide cannot meet the Brothers because of being under the close watch of policemen all the time. There is no way to contact him or take instructions from him. Fayez started his battles with the head of betrayal - Mahmud Fahmy al-Noqrashi.

He formed a squadron with Mohamed Malik Squadron, Shafiq Anas, Atef Attia Helmy, officer Ahmed Fouad, Abdel Maguid Ahmad Hassan and Mahmud Kamel to kill Noqrashi Pasha and break the head of tyranny. He assigned the leadership of this company to the martyred officer Ahmed Fouad.

They drew up the plan as it appeared in the investigations of this case (we have referred to it in the previous episodes), and Abdel Maguid Ahmed Hassan succeeded in killing Noqrashi Pasha in his den and among his officers and soldiers, as he entered the elevator of the Ministry of the Interior.

Al-Banna and the killing of Noqrashi

Most of the writings of Brotherhood leaders on the killing of Noqrashi Pasha at the hands of the Brotherhood gang called, falsely and slanderously, Muslims indicated, from a hidden side, that al-Banna was unaware of the decision to assassinate Noqrashi, bearing in mind that Sayed Fayez, the main planner of the incident, is the Naguib al-Banna's disciple who brought him to put an end to what al-Banna called the chaos of the Special Organization during the era of Abdel Rahman al-Sindi.

Despite the fact that all the writings of the Brotherhood confirmed that Fayez had never taken a decision without al-Banna’s knowledge, let alone the decision to assassinate the prime minister of Egypt. 

We say despite all that, there are still Brotherhood leaders who argue that al-Banna was not aware of the group's decision to kill Noqrashi Pasha. Here we must refer to two main documents that may take a different view of whether al-Banna made the decision or someone else did it.

The first is the text of al-Banna's letter to the King in which he incited the palace against Noqrashi Pasha on December 6, 1948. The king referred the letter to Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha, the chief of the royal court, who in turn referred it to Noqrashi Pasha. 

Letter's text:

The letter that Hassan al-Banna sent to the king to incite him against Noqrashi

His Majesty's Court - Secret No. 1666

His Majesty King Farouk I, King of the Nile Valley, may God protect him,

I praise to you God, who there is no god but Him, and I pray and greet prophet Muhammad, the seal of prophets, and the leader of all pious people, and I salute your glorious majesty with the greeting of Islam.

Your Majesty,

We were deprived of jihad in Palestine or were about to be deprived of it, not because of weaknesses in our army, weaknesses in our people, the lack of enough people, or ignorance about our duty, but because the of the hesitant policy that governs the war and the intervention of the Prime Minister (in reference to Noqrashi Pasha) in the affairs of fighting and his reluctance to confront situations with what they require – among other factors that we have no control over. 

The Governor-General was alone in working in Sudan where he implemented Britain's drawn policy and its known separatist plans, and began to deal blow to Egypt after blow and implement his program step by step. The Egyptian government extended to him in this and encouraged him to continue with its negative policy, while he was stubborn in his aggression until he prevented the lawyers' mission from performing its duty and announced through his men that Egypt is one thing and Sudan is another. All this is happening and the Egyptian government has not done anything yet.

The whole world now, Your Majesty, boils its cauldrons with great events and great sermons. There appears in the horizons a new affair every day that will never strengthen Noqrashi Pasha's state to take on the burdens of disposing of it in a manner that preserves the dignity of Egypt and preserves the rights of the glorious great valley, integrity and purity of hand (a clear recognition from al-Banna of the integrity and purity of al-Naqrashi Pasha). But this is not enough alone to face these successive floods of the events of time and the deceptions of temptation.

In the midst of this abyss of grave incidents related to the nation's present, future and entity at the core, Noqrashi Pasha declares a blatant and unjust war on the Muslim Brotherhood, disbanding by military order some of its entities. He detained the group's secretary-general and the members of its committee by this same authority without charges or investigation. He ordered the ministries and various departments to expel the employees who contact the group, even if they participate in the land and social service departments by phone or telegraph, to remote places and deep abysses. These harsh images, which carry the meaning of revenge and accusation, hurt the hearts, excite souls, and offend them in the eyes of their superiors and subordinates alike.

The General Supervisor issued his order to suspend the Brotherhood's daily newspaper for an indefinite period on the pretext that it had no value or evidence for it. Rather, if the situation were correct, the newspaper would have taken the censors most seriously for their positions on it, their intransigence with it and their failure to listen to its successive complaints.

The decision to dissolve the committee and the government's warning to everyone who contacted it with woe, perdition and great matters are frequent on mouths and lips.

Finally, the Prime Minister is trying to accuse the Brotherhood of the recent incidents, which were nothing but an echo of this aggression from the ruler in Sudan and the jihad of our Sudanese brothers in the south of the valley and laying on it the consequences of this sad incident, the incident of the killing of the capital's general, which the Muslim Brotherhood was the first to regret and suffer from. As he, may God have mercy on him, was known for his sympathy for the movement, his defense of its committee, his good attitude in the hours of adversity by its side, with wisdom in work and kindness in behavior (note al-Banna’s words about the man and what al-Sabbagh admitted above of the brothers’ responsibility for the accident, and God suffices us and is the best agent).

He is trying to invoke this intrusive war with investigations that have not ended yet and in which the accused has not been known who is innocent until now, even though the Ministry of the Interior, 

In its official communications, he has violated the order of the prosecution and preceded the court’s speech and accused the innocent.

Your Majesty,

Allow me to dare in this honorable place, and say that the Muslim Brotherhood in the Nile Valley is the purest group on Earth (note the description). Purity of its soul, good conduct, and devotion to God, the homeland, and the one seated on the throne (note the flattery) are manifested in all its struggle for an invitation that does not go out of what pure Islam has drawn. By virtue of its faith, its method, its system, and the spread of its invitation everywhere, at home and abroad, the Brotherhood is the best force on which those who want goodness in this country. 

If the government wants to fight the Brotherhood and insists on this, even on the surface of the matter for a while, with the military authorities in its hands and the official power it possesses, this will not serve the interest of anybody, but rather this will be the end of the real renaissance of this country and the killing of the rest of the spirit of sincerity, seriousness, integrity and purity in it. The results of this position in such circumstances are neither guaranteed nor known. I do not know for whose account the Prime Minister is responsible for this task and bears this huge responsibility before God and before the people and in the unforgettable and merciless history.

Your Majesty,

The Muslim Brotherhood, in the name of all the people of the Nile Valley, seeks refuge in your throne (note the language), which is the best refuge. It seeks refuge in your kindness, and it is the best forbidding. You have the blessing of support and success, and peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you.

Sincerely, 

Hassan al-Banna

General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood

We will not comment much on this document, which was mentioned in full by Professor Huda Shamil Abaza, in her wonderful book on Noqrashi Pasha - first edition - Dar al-Shorouk. 

The document explains itself and reveals the extent of al-Banna's foolishness on Noqrashi and his quest to remove him from power by any means.

Abdel Rahman Bey Ammar's note

We come to the second document and quote it from the same book by Dr. Huda Shamil Abaza (although we have a copy of the two documents), which is the memo of Abdel Rahman Bey Ammar, undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior to Noqrashi Pasha, which includes a report on his meeting with Hassan al-Banna on 8 December 1948, two days after his letter to the king (Read it with wonder and amazement, to see how cunning and deceitful the man is, who is far from the morals of Islam).

"Tonight, Sheikh Hassan al-Banna came to the Ministry of the Interior and asked to meet us under the pretext of revealing important matters to us that he would like to report immediately to His Excellency the Honorable Prime Minister. 

He said he wants to conclude to the Prime Minister that he has completely relied on leaving political affairs and limiting the group’s activity to religious affairs, as was the case at the beginning of the establishment of the Muslim Brotherhood, and that he wishes with all his heart to cooperate closely with him in supporting the government in all matters and that he was responsible for directing his men. He also expressed regret for the crimes committed by people he believed to have infiltrated the Muslim Brotherhood. He continued by praising Noqrashi Pasha, saying that he was certain of his integrity and his keenness to serve his country and his justice in all matters. He said if he was able to meet the Prime Minister after two years had passed in which they did not meet because of the slander raised by the whistleblowers (he did not consider himself one of the whistleblowers since his message to the king had not yet dried up) he would have convinced him that it is not in the interest of the government or the nation that the Muslim Brotherhood would collapse, describing Noqrashi Pasha as being keen on serving the best interests of the country.

Then he said that if the government is destined to go through with what it intended to dissolve the group, then he confirms that he and his men will not make a gesture that disturbs peace, as only a crazy person would do such an act. He stressed that if the government cooperated with him, he would guarantee the country comprehensive security (see how al-Banna offers his services to the Minister of the Interior and Noqrashi Pasha).

He concluded his speech by saying that he is ready to return the Muslim Brotherhood to its bases away from politics and parties and that the group is available to serve the religion and spread its teachings. 

He said he wished he could seclude himself in his home and read and compose an impressive life of honor.

Then he wept bitterly and said that he would return to his headquarters awaiting state instructions, wishing the Prime Minister success.

Deputy of the Interior Ministry 

December 8, 1948

See you in the next episode.