About others and their right to simply be !!

Ibrahim Matar 

I seldom wonder, where do the supporters of the Sudanese Army and the terrorist Al-Baraa Ibn Malik Brigades -from the Northern elites- get this illusory moral authority over others? Whether-the others referenced- are opponents who categorically reject the return of the Islamic Movement and the dissolved (NCP) to power, or supporters of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan Founding Alliance (Tasees)!! Who seated them at the judges’ bench, and others in the dock? What makes those who support Al-Baraa’s murderous ISIS members more patriotic than those who support the Rapid Support Forces right to protect themselves from the insane slaughter of ISIS-affiliates? Who confiscated the right of the aforementioned others to simply be others? Or is it the same old supremacist sentiments that made Sudan a hotbed of civil wars for the majority of the years following its independence?

The simple act of attempting to answer the aforementioned questions allows you a clear picture of the fuel that incessantly feeds the April War. It’s not Turkish drones, Iranian weapons, or Qatari funding. Rather, it’s the resentment and racism that have been the primary catalyst for the war’s continuation for more than two years. The Brotherhood has exploited the resentments of those complicit in an ancient grievance, one that some want to perpetuate and endure, even through fabricated narratives and contrived facts. Unfortunately, they have succeeded in diverting the attention of a significant number of the so-called elite, who are experiencing the worst era of their decadence and vertical fall, from discussing postmodern philosophy and thought, to seeking refuge in their tribes and clans —affiliations that began in the earliest days of humankind’s association with societies. Intellectuals, leftists, radical communists, and revolutionaries were present at the sit-in square, however, it turns out that some were originally “spies” within the various revolutionary bodies, and even within the Parties themselves, as they have managed to become traitorous heroes of the April War. 

Amin Sa’ad, head of the Field Committee of the Military’s General Command HQ Sit-in, appeared in person, wearing khaki (military uniform) and holding his rifle, meeting with the Brotherhood of the Devils. Some viewed his photos on social media in a state of shock, aroused by the April War. Nonetheless, speaking of Amin Sa’ad, he was the deputy chairman of the Hashd Party. Siddiq Abu Fawaz, the pilot who was fired from Tarco Aviation Company for being too drunk during work hours. The Brotherhood reinstated him to his job as a tribute to his years of spying on the National Consensus Forces (NCF) coalition through his Party, which was created by the Brotherhood’s Security Apparatus and he was awarded the Chairman position. 

Amin Sa’ad resided at the Communist Party (SCP) headquarters, closely attached to Siddiq Youssef, a member of the Party’s Political Bureau and Central Committee, like a bracelet on a wrist, without anyone knowing the reason or justification for such sentiment. Moreover, the Sudanese Communist Party’s security at the time was merely “a hut that looked like a house,” as Wardi sings, hence, it was easy for the intelligence spy to infiltrate the office and home of Siddiq Youssef. As the letter had just dismissed his longtime security chief, Hatem Qattan, on charges of collaborating with the Brotherhood’s Intelligence Service. Amin Sa’ad found the Party to be “Mawlid, and the man in charge was present, and satisfied,” after the Security Service’s spies had managed to completely seize control of the Party’s Central Committee and Political Bureau.

When Siddiq Youssef’s laptop was stolen, containing secret organizational information —which the (NCP) Security Service wanted to obtain— no one suspected the man sitting next to him morning and night in the office and home, recounting long stories of his interrogations during his repeated arrests, which reached an average of once a month. What later became known as the “cold arrests,” to which the Brotherhood’s Intelligence Service subjected its cadres from time to time. However, as soon as the April War broke out, Amin Sa’ad made an appearance, brandishing a rifle, declaring his allegiance to the Brotherhood’s Al-Bara’ Ibn Malik Brigades. Which begs the question, what makes this traitorous spy a hero, and those who oppose him traitors? Is it not possible to respect and tolerate this other person’s point of view without accusing them of treason? Or is there something more to the story?

My theater artist friend would probably ask angrily, “What are you trying to say?” whenever he sensed an intention to deny an existing reality, or a denial of a proven truth in the speech of someone with whom he was engaging in arguments and debate. Hence, in an address to those who acknowledge beheadings, slitting stomachs open, arrests, and ethnic executions with cowardly silence and timid condemnations, what are you trying to say? What is the human value in supporting the terrorist Al-Baraa Ibn Malik Brigades, which places you above the killers themselves, from a human perspective? Not to mention -the others- who have rejected the return of ISIS to power! What makes you morally qualified to issue judgments? And you who claim to be nationalists and committed to the unity of Sudan, have you not heard that this is a war on communities, from the highest peak of the Port Sudan authority, when Al-Burhan stated word for word: “We will fight against everyone who dares to support this militia, from Armed Movements to communities.”…? Can’tyou comprehend the blatant targeting of specific communities during this war? Haven’t you heard of the “Strange Faces Law”? And as for you, who claim to be revolutionaries and supporters of the December Revolution, have you not heard the “Priest” state that: “There is no more glory for the tires, glory only be to the rifle”…? “What are you trying to say?” As you chance a look around, you are only met with a few miserable attempts at philosophizing Al-Burhan’s speech, searching for something to deceive people with by trying to read between the lines, despite the clarity of what is written above the lines. May Allah’s curse be upon the oppressors (wrongdoers).