A symposium on “Murder of Democracy in Egypt” was organised recently by the Faculty of Theology, AMU, Aligarh, in which a large number of teachers, scholars and students participated. Prof. Dr. M. Saud Alam Qasmi, Dean, Faculty of Theology, AMU, and Convenor of the symposium, gave the inaugural speech in which he condemned the brutal massacre of civilians by the Egyptian armed forces. He also criticised the unlawful dismissal of the elected government of Dr. Mohamed Morsi. He urged that democracy and justice must be restored without any delay. He said that the Muslim world should come out openly to favour democratic voices of the Brotherhood leaders and followers.
Prof. Mohsin Usmani, Ex. Dean Faculty of Languages of the EFL University, Hyderabad, explained the democratic struggle of Muslim Brotherhood for decades, adding that they were always suppressed by repressive regimes. He said that Al-Sisi is following the policy of the United States to dislodge any government democratically formed by the Followers of Islam.
Dr. Arshi Khan, Department of Political Science, AMU said that the US and the West are not interested in Democracy for Muslim countries as their agenda is to create failed states in Muslim territories. He said that the CIA is deeply involved in alliance with Mossad to create unstable and insecure Egypt like Iraq.
Dr. Aftab Alam, Secretary, AMUTA said that Muslim countries are silent over the killings in Egypt.
Prof. Ali Mohammad Naqvi, Chairman, Shia Theology, AMU, said that the international community should come forward with strong protest against so many killings of Muslims in one day which did not happen even by the regime of Shah in Iran.
Dr. Shakeel Samdani, Faculty of Law, AMU, said that the West speaks of democracy, freedom and human rights but prefers dictators particularly in Muslim countries. Military intervention has caused the violation of democratic principles and the UN Charter.
Prof. Razaullah Khan, Ex. President, AMUTA, Prof. Abdul Qayyum, Ex. President, AMUTA and Dr. Zahid, also condemned the massacre by the military regime.
Prof. lshtiaq Ahmad Zilli, Director, Shibly Academy, Azamgarh, said in his presidential remarks that the Muslim Brotherhood has been sacrificing its activists for many decades for the purpose of restoration of the will of the people and they would finally succeed in their efforts for making Egypt a democratic and peaceful country. He said their sacrifices would enlighten democratic forces in Gulf countries.
At the end of the session, the extraordinary House unanimously adopted some Resolutions.
One of the resolutions said that ‘the democratic demands of the Islamic Brotherhood were suppressed by several regimes aligned with the erstwhile Soviet Union and the United States’.
Another resolution deplored that the democratically elected peaceful government was kept thoroughly disturbed for one year and then it was unconstitutionally taken over by the military forces led by Al-Sisi.
A resolution also condemned the suppression of peaceful democratic demonstrations and massacre of thousands of the civilians in Egypt in addition to high number of serious injuries, illegal detentions and tortures of civilians.
One resolution condemned the illegal arrest and detention of President Mohamed Morsi and other leaders.
The House also reaffirmed that peace can be achieved through the promotion of democracy, security and human rights.
It acknowledged that the formation of state and government must manifest the will and interests of the people, and called for the immediate resignation of the government in power who supported Al-Sisi coup d’etat against Dr. Morsi.
In yet another resolution the House demanded immediate release of Dr. Mohamed Morsi and other leaders as well as illegally detained Egyptian civilians, and called for immediate lifting of National Emergency in Egypt.
The House demanded that the international community should establish criminal trial court against Al-Sisi, other coup leaders and personnel involved in the massacre, and urged the Government of India, the United Nations, European Union, Russia and China to take appropriate measures at the international level to protect the lives and rights of the people in Egypt in addition to paving the way for free and fair elections over there at the earliest.