Jew World Order

Press TV has conducted an interview with the Muslim Brotherhood representative in the UK, Mohamed Ghanem to further discuss the issue.

The video also offers opinions of another guest: human rights activist, Noor Noor from the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

The following is a rough transcript of the interview.

Press TV: Do you agree with that [What the other guest of the program said] Mohamed Ghanem? And do not you think that the people working at the state televisions, to begin with, should actually go through a reprisal? Because if they are true to the revolution then they should not be really working there.

Ghanem: Bismillah al-rahman al-rahim [ In the name of Allah, the most gracious, most merciful], I would like first to comment to the overall situation. What is happening in Egypt is very important and very good for the Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood], for Egypt, for the whole region.

It gives more clear [clearer] picture to the political machine and it tells us who plays in the political theater in Egypt and gives us the rate between the different ideology and the different political thinking and this is not all and with relation to the media and how the media affects the mood in the ballot boxes that together with the legislation.

We have seen in the last week or the last two weeks, a huge debate between the parliament, the lawyer, to see how the Egyptian institution has been empty and a huge vacuum and loopholes in the juristic system in Egypt.

That experience will benefit us as Ikhwan, will benefit every political party and the political situation. It will enrich the political activity in Egypt.

But for the media, we do not know who is using what, [we do not know whether] Ahmed Shafiq [is] using the media or the media is pushing Ahmed Shafiq as their representative to protect the position which they have gained and their privilege under the Mubarak regime. That is very clear….

Press TV: How is it then that they are bias reporting as indicated from our guest, Noor Noor, in favor of Ahmed Shafiq? I mean it is evident it has been cited, do you disagree with that?

Ghanem: I agree completely with him that the official media or the state media still acts as pre-Revolution and they, it’s become very clear by supporting Ahmed Shafiq clearly, even they have to lie and put a lot of lies which is against their dignity for their professional[ism] to support him against Mohamed Moursi or Dr. Mohamed Moursi.

Press TV: Why is that, that they are favoring Shafiq? Is it in order to smear campaign the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Moursi? Or is it that behind the scenes they have to answer for example alleging that the SCAF [Supreme Council of Armed Forces] or the ruling military junta is behind this?

Ghanem: Well, I would like to exclude the Military at the moment because when you involve it, it becomes very complicated but simply if you can say those people used to benefit from Mubarak, they are loyal to Mubarak. If you consider an income between 100, 000 Pounds a month and 10, 000 Pounds you can see why those people are holding on Shafiq in hope to bring back the Mubarak regime to keep the privilege they enjoyed before.

Press TV: Mohamed Ghanem, we have to also mention that it is not just the media because also there is prints and there is also radio but in general looking at the private-owned whether it is media, radio or prints. It is also said that wealthy people own these organizations and they are the ones who are more in line with the pro-Mubarak forces because that is how they made their money. Do you agree with that?

Ghanem: Well I agree with part of it but more of that as well, there is no legislation, there is no organization of the media. I know there is a channel, particularly called al-Faraeen which is owned by, some, one person and he sits in there like he is sitting in a café and he accuses people and actually talks rubbish and people listen to him maybe because there is no choice.

Because the choice is limited in Egypt for a variety of good media and that period is full of political and legality and deep analyses. Some people tried to escape from all such rubbish from the media but at the end it has still been affected by what it said and these loopholes and the vacuum of legislation should be filled and that is a good message for the people who are going to do the new constitution.

They should use that experience and countdown all these loopholes and try to make a good constitution for Egypt which will cover this area and balance the relation between the juristic body and the parliament and the media.

Those triangles should be balanced quite well, constitutionally; otherwise we will see this system is not going to work.

Press TV: Mohamed Ghanem your reaction to Noor Noor saying that this is not against the Islamists, as he mentioned, and that this is a stance to support the military. Even though before you said you do not want to talk too much about the military but in reaction to our guest Noor Noor on what he said?

Ghanem:Well, the Islamists, if there is such thing, which we mean by the Muslim who is working, they have to learn that politically differs from ideologically. Maybe we see the majority of Egyptians as Muslims but they are still entitled and active differently than Ikhwan for example, than Salafis, than Jihadis.

There in the political scene is a freedom of taking a political road, does not contradict with ideology and we have to learn that the player in the political theater differs and we have to understand.

Before I came here I saw the figure in the presidential elections and this figure how it swung from one to another gives us a lesson that is the variety and how much weight the political scene in Egypt and I am sure in every other country, Arab country in the region, have a similar situation and we are, as Muslim Brotherhood or as an Islamic activist in general, we have to accept that and if we work in the political media or in politics we have to understand how the political machine works, how the political theater [is], who is a player and what feature it has.

For sure some of them are not attacking Islam or are not attacking the Muslims but they have their opinions which they are entitled to, especially the people still can see the difference between a Muslim State and a secular state. I am using the word secular because this liberal and civil [term] is not really an accurate word to use.

MY/VG/GHN