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On April 13, 2025, the "Nahar Al-Da'wah [River of Preaching]" Telegram channel, which is affiliated with London-based Egyptian Al-Qaeda ideologue Hani Al-Siba'i, reposted a summary of a lecture titled "The Republic of Militar-istan and Egypt's Army of Mischief," accusing the government of Egypt of antagonizing Muslims and secularizing public life. Al-Siba'i called on Muslims to liberate Egypt, arguing that the country is a land of Islam and will remain as such.[1]
"Egypt Will Never Enjoy Security As Long As President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi And His Military Clique Are In Power"
Al-Siba'i began the lecture, which was also shared on the cleric's website "Risalat Widd"[2] and his personal account on X (formerly Twitter),[3] by saying that Egypt will never enjoy security as long as President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi and his military clique are in power, protecting the edifices of secularism and allowing all sorts of assaults on Islam and Muslims. The Egyptian army, he stated, is an army of mischief that occupies Egypt, and which turned it into a den of malice, treason, and immorality.
According to Al-Siba'i, exposing the military junta and its henchmen: the judiciary, media, imams, priests, and all the misguided who blindly who follow every loudmouth, is "a religious necessity," noting that Egypt's military does not fight for the sake of Allah, but rather for the sake of America and the enemies of Islam.
"Does it support and befriend the believers? Or does it support and cozy up to the nonbelievers? This army, since its founding, has been hostile to Islam and stands against the empowerment of Islamic shari'a," he added.
"The Egyptian Army Besieges Muslims In Egypt, Libya, Palestine, Syria, And Elsewhere"
He further explained that the military has always been hostile to Muslims: "It fights them, kills them, and conspires against them! It is an army that befriends and supports the believers, protects their interests, and besieges Muslims in Egypt, Libya, Palestine, Syria, and elsewhere."
Citing a Quran verse to corroborate the religious designation of an army that allies with non-Islamic parties against Muslims, the cleric states that it is manifestly clear that the Egyptian army fights for causes other than Islam, and it therefore meets the divine command to the believers to fight it.
"Liberate Your Country From The Army Of Mischief"
He calls on the people of Egypt to disassociate from the "criminal sect" of the army and the police, saying that the name of Egypt under the rule of the military has become synonymous with atheism, polytheism, hypocrisy, and debauchery, and urges them to act to change the form of government in Egypt.
"Oh Muslims in Egypt, liberate your country from the army of mischief! Liberate your country from militarism! Egypt is not the land of the military. It is the bastion of Islam and will remain so... Hold your head high, you are a Muslim. Islam is supreme and nothing is superior to it. Say it loudly and do not hesitate."
"It is either Islam, or the military," he declares.
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