Emasontweni ambalwa edlule bengiseCairo nethimba le-US Academics for Peace. I-Trite njengoba kuzwakala, besinomshayeli othakazelisayo. WayengumKristu wamaCoptic owashayela ihlombe ukuketulwa kukaMongameli u-Hosni Mubarak kanye nengane yakhe. Wasiphelezela emibhikishweni emikhulu nevusa amadlingozi yangomhla lu-1 kuNhlaba eTahrir Square, indawo okwazalelwa kuyo uguquko lwentando yeningi, futhi wakhuluma nathi ngezehlakalo ezisanda kufinyelela kumaphephandaba: ukwesaba ukubusa kwezempi, ukwanda kobugebengu, ukuntuleka abavakashi, ukuwa kwezinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle, futhi - okumangalisa kakhulu - ukungabi nandaba kwamaphoyisa akhona ngokukhetha ukuhlasela amaKristu kanye nabanye abambalwa. Lapho sisodwa, umshayeli wethu wangenzela isiphakamiso. Wathi uma ngithembisa ukuthi ngeke ngilisho igama lakhe, futhi ngibhale ngalokho engikubonile, uzothatha mina nomkami ohambweni oluncane oluya endaweni eyaziwa ngokuthi "isigodi sikadoti."
I-Cairo iyidolobha elinabantu abaningi elinezakhamuzi ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-18 elikhula ngezakhamuzi eziyi-1000 ngosuku. Idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke e-Afrika, futhi lingcolile. Usebe lwezifufula zalo eziningi, imifantu yemigwaqo yalo eminingi, ngisho nezingxenye zalo ezicebile kugcwele imfucumfucu. Umshayeli wethu wakubona lokho njengoba sisondela lapho siya khona. Lapho singena endaweni kadoti, elenga ezakhiweni ezimbalwa, sabona izingqwembe ezinkulu ezinobuso bezinsizwa eziyisishiyagalolunye ezabulawa ekuhlaselweni izixuku zamaSulumane (ezilahlwa yinoma yiliphi inani lama-imam kamuva). Ngenhla emigedeni emikhulu yezintaba ezincikene nayo, esanda kuhlotshiswa ngemifanekiso emikhulu yaseBhayibhelini, kwakhiwa amasonto angangena amakholwa angu-10,000 XNUMX. Lezi zindawo zokukhulekela mhlawumbe zinikeza induduzo ethile. Noma kunjalo, bangaphezu kokuhlambalaza uNkulunkulu kanye nesintu.
Ubumpofu abukaze bubhalisele inkolo ethile. Isebenza kumaKristu namaSulumane ngokufanayo. Cishe izakhamuzi zaseCairo ezicishe zibe yizigidi eziyishumi nane โzimpofu,โ izigidi ezine azinawo amanzi aphuzwayo, izigidi ezintathu azikwazi ukuthola ipayipi lendle, kanti izigidi ezimbili โziswele.โ Kodwa izinga losizi olutholwa izakhamuzi ezingu-40,000 300,000 zale ndawo kadoti liyinto ekhethekile. Izakhamuzi zakhona ziqoqa udoti omningi waseCairo. Iningi labo ngamaKristu angamaCopt ekuqaleni ayefuye izingulube ezazidla udoti. Ngokugqugquzelwa igagasi lokushiseka kwamaSulumane kanye nokwesaba umkhuhlane wezingulube, nokho, izilwane ezingu-2009 zabulawa ngo-XNUMX - nakuba kungekho cala lalesi sifo elake labhalwa phansi. Zimbalwa kuphela izimbuzi ezigulayo ezizulazula kulo muzi owudoti owakhiwa izindlu ze-ramshackle, amathilomu angenanjabulo, izitolo ezingenalutho, nempilo yezentengiselwano esakazwa udoti. Njengoba uhlelo lokulahla udoti luyimfihlo, ngempela, udoti ulandela ngokukhululekile indlela yefomu lempahla. Izinqola ezihudulwa izimbongolo ezacile, namaloli asendulo, zithwala udoti ziwuyise endaweni lapho imikhaya ehlala ezindlini ezigcwele ukugcwala iwuhlunga, iwubophe futhi uwulungisele ukudayiswa. Umkhiqizo ube usuyiswa ezimbonini ezigaywa kabusha bese udayiswa kabusha ngaleyo ndlela kudaleke udoti omningi ngenani elilingana nenqubo eyindilinga egqanyiswa ukuxhashazwa nokuphelelwa ithemba.
Udoti ufiphaza umugqa phakathi kwendawo yomphakathi neyimfihlo. Kubeka isiteji lapho abantu bedlala khona ukuphila kwabo. Ukunuka kwawo kugcwala umoya ophefumula abantu bakadoti. Iheha izimpukane ezinobuningi bazo obufiphaza ukubona. Ithwala amagciwane akhiqiza izifo ezingenakubalwa. Kushubisa ukushisa okuvele kushubile okuvamise ukufika ku-110 kuqubule imililo lapha nalaphaya. Izingane ezineziqholo zidlala kudoti. Amakhosikazi apheka ukudla, awashe izingubo futhi abelethe ezungezwe udoti. Amadoda asebenza phakathi kukadoti, abhema izingwegwe zawo phakathi kukadoti, ahleke futhi akhale phakathi kukadoti. Abantu abadala abanamehlo aphuphile babuka ngokunganaki njengoba udoti unqwabelaniswa phezulu kakhulu emigwaqweni entulayo. Wonke umuntu ubukeka sengathi ulindele ukufa phakathi kwezinambuzane nephunga nokushisa nothuli.
Kodwa isigodi sikadoti ngempela ukubukela phansi isithunzi somuntu okungaka? Uguquko lwentando yeningi luyaqhubeka: kunombuso omusha ozokwakhiwa, uphiko oluzohlanzwa, ibutho elizobhekana nalo. Abaningi bazothi, nakuba ngokudabukisayo, umnotho wonke ubhidlikile futhi kunezindaba ezibaluleke kakhulu ukwedlula usizi lwabantu abangu-40,000 abalahla udoti. Abanye bazogcizelela ukuthi ukuthukuthela kuwumkhiqizo wezimo zengqondo ezingaziwa nokuthi akukho emthethweni kubantu bangaphandle ukufuna izixazululo: ubumpofu obunjalo - phela "bujwayelekile" esifundeni. Idolobha ngalinye linendawo yalo empofu, imijondolo yalo, ighetto yalo. Abahambi bomhlaba ngokuqinisekile bayoqaphela ukuthi izinto ezesabekayo ezimbi kakhulu (sic!) zingatholakala esihogweni saseBrazil, eChina, eCongo, eDarfur, eNdiya, e-Indonesia, noma uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi kuphi. Izaba zihlale zikhona ukuze kugwenywe ukulungisa lokho okungenazaba. Akuthathi okuningi ukususa amehlo ombukeli odabeni oselukhona. Inkumbulo yami yomshayeli wethu nabantu abalahla udoti isivele yafiphala. Okuwukuphela kwesikhumbuzo ukugodola okungapheli okuvela kumagama abhalwe kudala nguBertolt Brecht:
Futhi kukhona abanye abahlala ebumnyameni
Futhi kukhona abanye abahlala ekukhanyeni
Futhi umuntu ubona labo ekukhanyeni
Abasebumnyameni bayanyamalala.
UStephen Eric Bronner unguMhleli Omkhulu we I-Logos: Ijenali Yenhlangano Yesimanje Namasiko kanye noProfesa Ovelele Wesayensi Yezepolitiki eNyuvesi yaseRutgers. Izincwadi zakhe zihlanganisa Ukuthola Kabusha Ukukhanyiselwa: Kubheke Kwezepolitiki Yokubandakanyeka Okukhulu (I-Columbia University Press).
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