Journalist Sayed Ali on al-Qaeda's threats to kill Abdelrehim Aly: He alone defends true Islam more than some institutions

In his column in Al-Ahram newspaper, the journalist Sayed Ali announced on October 27, 2007 his solidarity with journalist Abdelrehim Aly against the threats by al-Qaeda and wrote, “I think that the writer Abdelrehim Aly is defending true Islam more than some institutions, but his problem is that he does not belong to a group!”

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The Lebanese tried the solution through mediation with money, bullying and sectarianism, and things got complicated. Now they have to listen to Egypt's wise voice.... at least because it has no interest with any party.

* As long as there are students who achieve 100% in high school, why don't we have scholars who achieve 1% of what they achieve abroad?

* There are people who are madder than dogs, yet no fatwas have been issued regarding them.

* Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize not only for the environment, but as compensation for the presidency that Bush stole from him seven years ago.

* What is not discussed by those belonging to political Islam is that al-Qaeda killed a hundred times as many as the Americans.

* I think that the writer Abdelrehim Aly alone defends the true Islam more than some institutions, but his problem is that he does not belong to a group!

* Political Salafism in Egyptian parties is much more dangerous than religious Salafism.

* Drama is the only commodity that has breached all taboos to establish the Arab common market.

* Demonstrations and strikes are not a sign of tension, but rather a reflection of the political movement and a legitimate vent to expedite the implementation of decentralization.

* Student elections are KG, and politics, if the university deprives students of legal practice under its watch, they will practice it away from it.

* I am afraid that some will demand the application of all limits if we apply the limit on slandering chaste women, but the most important question is: Is this politics or religion?

* The boring Ramadan series have ended, and the series of the Lebanese presidency is still extended despite the expiration of the heroes’ expiration date.

* The economic problem is summed up in Osama Anwar Okasha’s masterpiece “Al-Masrawiya” in that the village began as an agricultural one and ended as a tourist one.

* In the Brotherhood's first serious test as a party, they failed in the first year of politics.

* Between November 1947 and next November, there will be sixty years of missed opportunities between rejection of the Palestinian state and beggary of a homeland.

* The summit of patriotic and nationalistic swaying is that someone understands any justifications for the Turkish invasion of Iraq.

* When your mouth does not have the capacity to swallow a large morsel, break it up and swallow it slowly. This is Israel's strategy in the region.ش