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History sometimes finds its way to narrate the hidden and reveal the covered, and the former member of the Islamic Group in Egypt, Muhammad Krum, spoke during a documentary presented by “Al-Arabiya Channel” under the name “Adel Imam… Egyptian Memory” about his assignment from Abboud Al-Zumar while he was in prison to assassinate Adel Imam . The plan was to assassinate the Mufti of Egypt, Sayed Tantawi, and it was changed to assassinate the creative artist, Adel Imam.
According to Al-Arabiya.net, Krum, who was taking advantage of his visit to his imprisoned father and receiving orders from the leaders behind bars, said that the Islamic Group issued a fatwa declaring Adel Imam apostate, indicating that the plan began with monitoring the leader in the vicinity of the pyramid theater, which was witnessing a play. &”Body Guard&” He added, “After monitoring him for a while and knowing his dates, he is shot in front of the theater,” stressing that the group considered that Adel Imam crossed all red lines after the movie “The Terrorist”.
A new story told about the dark years of the history of Egypt and the Arab countries in the face of fundamentalism and terrorism. The assassinations were a realistic reality, without exaggeration or intimidation. The witnesses were the lives that were lost and the blood that was spilled, and dozens of names in Egypt, Algeria and other Arab countries, and there were assassinations that took place such as The assassination of Faraj Fouda and others that were planned and revealed, such as Naguib Mahfouz, and others that were planned and not implemented, and no one knew about them at the time, such as Adel Imam, and this is in Egypt alone, and some Arab countries witnessed cells of terrorist organizations whose mission was to assassinate intellectuals, writers and artists.
The threat of assassination was not a joke in any way, and the takfir fatwas issued by extremist jurists are the starting point from which terrorist organizations and cells move to implement, and young people who did not live through those stages do not realize that these threats and plans were making some carry their souls on their palms in the face of fundamentalism and terrorism Actually and practically. Throughout the decades of confrontation, intellectuals, writers, and artists were diverse in their positions on fundamentalism and terrorism. Some of them approached these groups, looked for common ground with them, and consciously exaggerated them to gain from them, whether financially or populistly. Ages and with all orientations because they are without bones, and some of them are opposed to power in the face of opposition, and it rides on every wave that spreads in society like some remnants of the “left” enthusiasts who do not understand its deep proposals, and cling to what resembles what they understand from it on its superficiality as general and enthusiastic slogans. Of these, and they are naturally the least, men who are steadfast in their ideas, deep in their vision, strict in their confrontation, and sincere patriots in their stances, and these are the ones who paid heavy taxes with their lives, reputation, or security, but they are the ones who benefited the people and made the difference and entered history.
Political Islam groups knew the advantages of terrorism and fundamentalism and dealt with them, and they knew – as well – their real opponents very well, and their terrorist wings dominated them by killing, assassination and targeting, with fatwas, speeches, articles and campaigns, and among these was the great artist Adel Imam.
The documentary “Al-Arabiya” talks about the biography of a true patriotic artist, not a committed artist as is the well-known “leftist” expression. Patriotism – what a paradox – in a recent time was an accusation synonymous with hypocrisy or flattery and was not, as it is today, a source of pride before it was. It is obligatory, and Adel Imam was creative in his avoidance of the conflicting intellectual and political currents and his bias towards the homeland. Finally, unlike others, Adel Imam’s battle with fundamentalism and terrorism was honest, clear and unambiguous, and he won because the homelands win in the end.
Saudi writer
