Amal Nagm

My Email to Mrs Christiane Amanpour Regarding Muslim God Warriors series

Dear Mrs Christiane Amanpour,

I have watched your report about God Warriors, and I paid special attention to the segment about Muslim God Warriors, I really admire the amount of finest efforts that you and your team put in this report.

Let me introduce myself first; I'm an Egyptian Muslim Web Designer woman, living and working In Egypt.
This is some of my observation and Comment on this report.

First Hijab is something that all the Muslim women have to wear it is not out of modesty, and it is not a sign of humiliation or man domination, and not every woman wear Hijab in Egypt or any part of the world is an Extremist.

When you were talking about the women of Egypt you did not mention anything about how much Egyptian Women accomplished in society and in all the Arab world by working not just in Egypt but in almost every Arab Country, and that we work in every aspect of live and all of this has come from our Islamic believe, and the majority of Egyptian Men and Women are Moderates.

And it is not true that the association of "Muslim Brotherhood" has the majority in Egypt political or otherwise , most of the people who supported them in the last election did that to make the government feel they frustration from Economic situation not because the people believe or convinced of the association believes and philosophy.

In the Jewish Warriors segment you have interviewed both the Extremist and Moderates but in Egypt Segment you have only shown the Extremist point of view and that come across like this is the opinion of the majority of the Egyptian, and again the majority of Egyptian Men and Women are Moderates,
For centuries Jewish, Christen and Muslim lived together in harmony in Egypt this come from Egypt nature.

You have talked about the Influence of Egyptians Extremist on Osama Ben laden, but you did not mention how all of Egypt Suffer from their actions and how many people have they killed in Egypt.
And you didn't mention any thing about the finest Efforts made by Egyptians men and women in enriching the essence of every aspect of human life not only in the Arab Countries by in the world for thousand of years.

You have used the term "Jihadest" on the Muslim Extremist, but this is a misuse of the word "Jihad"
"Jihad" is derived from the word "Juhd" which means exerting one's utmost efforts, which are divided into two forms,
The first is the effort made by one's soul and the second is the effort made in fighting a just and righteous war. The first strenuous effort that is made is titled the Greater Jihad, by which one endeavors to repel all evil, to be brought into the grace of God. The other form of Jihad is known as the Lesser Jihad, and it means fighting a just and righteous war.
A righteous, just war according to the laws of Islam is a war of defense, the aim of which is to repel the enemy's attack or assault, and the following Qur'anic verses permit Muslims to fight the enemy who attacks them: "To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged". [22/39] Also:
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits, for God does not love transgressors". [2/190] This Qur'anic verse proves that despite the permission to fight in self-defense, the Muslim was warned not to go beyond defending themselves to the extent of transgression. The following Qur'anic verse permits the Muslims to attack those who attack them: "If then anyone transgresses the prohibition against you transgress likewise against him", [2/194].

And therefore you cannot call Muslim Extremist a "Jihadest"
For more on this subject, please see:
"Facts about Islam Questions and Answers" By Prof. Dr.Mahmoud Zakzouk
Published on the (Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs) the official web site
http://islamic-council.org/lib/FACTS-E-PDF/p5-123.pdf
http://www.islamic-council.com/

Again I want to thank you for your time and effort.
Best regards.
Amal Nagm
9/1/2007 9:33 AM