How the Islamic Movement became a global Terrorist organization !?

 Al-Jameel Al-Fadil

I am rather pleased that the United States has decided to designate the Sudanese Islamic Movement as a “Terrorist Organization.”

I am even more pleased that this designation was based on the grave violations committed by the Movement against innocent civilians through its well-known militias, sometimes referred to as “Al-Baraa Ibn Malik” Brigade or Corps. The aforementioned violations included brutal acts of violence that went far beyond extrajudicial executions, in which a significant number of people were callously killed based on mere suspicions, in the states of Al-Jazeera, Sennar, Khartoum, and the region of Kordofan.

These executions were, in reality, selective and discriminatory, targeting the Sudanese citizens residing in those areas based on their ethnicity or origin, and to some extent, their political affiliation and stance.

In any case, this fact alone was sufficient to grant Washington the appropriate justification for including the Sudanese Islamic Movement on the list of global terrorist organizations.

Nevertheless, this act of designation brought back memories of a video clip that documented the moment an elderly sheikh was slaughtered in the village of “Al-Urayqat Al-Lahawiyin” in Sennar state. His white robe was stained with his blood, which gushed from his body as a knife cut his throat, creating a fountain of blood. On one side of his chest, a patterned woman’s dress “toub” lay, and he raised his index finger in the final seconds of his life, declaring his faith to the Lord. I was so shocked by the scene that I almost believed his blood was dripping from my phone, as i attempted to touch it again and again between my fingers.

And in the distance, the image of that seventy-year-old man, Al-Tayeb Ubaidullah, came to mind. For he was slaughtered, his throat cut, and his head severed in the city of “Umm Ruwaba,” moreover, his blood stained the pristine robe he was wearing before traveling down to water the sands of that city.

All of the aforementioned incidents were taking place, Americans, throughout the three years of this war, despite the existence of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who, on the very day the 70-year-old man was slaughtered, expressed grave concern over reports of summary executions of civilians in northern Khartoum, perpetrated by elements of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its allied militias.

Türk merely stated: “The deliberate acts of killing civilians or persons who have not taken part in hostilities, or have ceased to take part in the latter, constitutes a war crime.”

A simultaneous statement issued by the UN Human Rights Office also reported that verified information indicated that at least (18 people), including a woman, had been killed in seven separate incidents perpetrated by fighters and militias affiliated with the Sudanese Army since the Armed Forces regained control of Bahri on January 25th.

The same statement noted that “a significant number of the victims of the aforementioned incidents, which occurred in the vicinity of Al-Jaili Oil Refinery, are from Darfur or Kordofan.”

According to Turk, these reports of extrajudicial killings, following similar incidents in Al-Jazeera state, are “extremely disturbing,” prompting him to stress that “these killings must not be normalized.”

The important point is that the Islamic Movement has succeeded in making the Sudanese blood the cheapest commodity, unleashing a bloodthirsty, Islamist monster that seeks to quench its thirst only with the blood of Sudanese people. As whenever one of them approaches, the monster shouts in their face: “Let our blood flow, or let their blood flow, or let all blood flow.”

A CNN report depicted the situation on the very day the Sudanese Army managed to regain control over Wad Medani as follows:

In the dark, bloody night of Al-Jazeera, the water groans under the weight of floating corpses, as if every drop in these canals is a mother’s tear, a child’s cry cut short, and a father’s whimper as he plunges into the darkness searching for a face that is no more.

In the village of Dar es Salaam: A mother clutches the hem of a burnt garment “toub,” her eyes like unquenchable embers. She watches her four children being snatched from her arms like withered leaves in the wind of death. She hears their cries fading away:

“They said: We will kill everyone. We will leave no one alive.”

The mother continues: “They shot my children. They slaughtered one of them with a broken bottle, then they burned our houses before my very eyes.”

Another Maryam shared:

“They entered our house, then said: No one from the Blue Nile will survive. They took them away on motorcycles. I heard they were executed by firing squad. Then our walls were burned. I survived, but my soul died with them.”

In one of the villages, a man recounted to the American channel in a broken voice:

“I saw them throw three bodies into the canal right in front of me. I walked around Al-Jazeera and saw several of the Canabiburning.” He added, in similar words, ‘They are burning us because our skin color is different, because our origins are different, because our very existence has become a crime.’

In the area of Beka, they threw others into the water alive.

Al-Burhan stood in the same spot under the Beka bridge, giving a speech, smiling, declaring his victory, whilst beneath his feet floated the blood of children and mothers, as if victory is built on the skulls of such innocent victims.

The United Nations shared that: “What took place here basically amounts to targeted genocide, or ethnic cleansing, or at the very least, a war crime.” Words as heavy as mountains.

It seems that this American decision to designate the Muslim Brotherhood is far from being just a decision, its an answer, albeit a belated one, to the pleas of the people who have waited for nearly 37 years for a sense of justice that will restore the value of life, human dignity, and the unity of the nation.