The Muslim Brotherhood and the Distortion of Consciousness

Ibrahim Habani

As per usual, every time the truth seems to be approaching the doors of State institutions, the remnants of the Muslim Brotherhood regime proceed to act as they always have: They shut the door from the inside, turn off the lights, and issue a hasty statement declaring that justice threatens Sovereignty —as if Sovereignty, in its essence, is about protecting lies, not protecting the people.

Today, we are witnessing a paradox that even the most outlandish novelist would struggle to conjure.

The party accused of committing violations in regards to El Fasher events accepts the involvement of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, whilst the State that claims to represent legitimacy is the one rejecting the Mission.

This paradox alone is enough to rewrite a thousand pages concerning the history of the distortion of consciousness, a matter, the Islamic Movement has perfected over the past thirty years.

The government, or what remains of the State that the Islamic Movement clings to with its claws, is well aware that the International Fact-Finding Mission is not a threat to Sovereignty, but rather a threat to the narrative.

Caught between Sovereignty and the narrative, it chose to salvage the narrative, because the State’s Sovereignty was lost a long time ago, to be specific, on the day the terrorist organization seized the State as spoils of war, not as a responsibility.

Furthermore, the Islamic Movement is adept at manufacturing fear. Every day, it presents the people with a new dish of ready-made narratives: One day its a global conspiracy, on another, its a foreign enemy, or an existential war, and so on. Yet, it fails spectaculously in daring to face an impartial commission of inquiry.

If it were confident in any of its media pronouncements, it would have opened the doors of the territories it controls in the fragmented Sudan to the Fletcher Commission and become the strongest advocate for the investigation.

However, those who reject an investigation don’t fear justice; they fear the truth. This isn’t the first time. The Islamic Movement itself created, legitimized, and glorified the Rapid Support Forces for ten years, then later tried to convince the public that the legitimate son had become an illegitimate child with no lineage.

No matter how the slogans change, the truth remains recorded in the minutes of the Islamist parliament and in the speeches of Omar Al-Bashir himself.

At this juncture, the manipulation of public opinion has reached its final stage. The fascist regime is no longer capable of inventing new lies; events have moved faster than its imagination, and the victims are too numerous to be covered by the statements of this so-called “War of Dignity.”

The Sudanese people don’t need anyone to explain this paradox to them; it’s enough for them to see who accepts the investigation committee and who evades it.

Putting forth diligent efforts to evade the investigation isn’t a political stance; it’s an unspoken admission that something frightens those within the State institutions more than those outside.

And at some point, when the din of war subsides and reason returns to the country, everyone will discover that the greatest battle wasn’t between two armed sides, but between truth and the distortion of consciousness.

Nevertheless, truth will prevail, it always does, no matter how long it takes.