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JPRS-NEA-90-01223 February1990 NEAREAST 11partyandits
men.Awakeningth
esleepingnationsanddrawinghettentionfnationsngrossednheirpleasuresandfantasiesissomethingundesirableandabannedpolicy.Therefore,le
tShamirdo whathe pleasesandle
tusrejoicethatU.S.SecretaryofStateBakerha
salmostreachedaframeworkin whichth
eEgyptianandZionistentity'soreignministerswillegotiatenhe
hopethatth
esituationwillturnoutaludicrousPales-tiniannegotiatorwhomth
egiantShamirmightconcedetolookat orlistento
.Wishfulthinkingthatthisgesturewillcomeabout!When
willourmastersandleadersmove?Whenwillourwritersandeditors-in-chiefwakeup
?Whenwillrestric-tionsbe removedandbarriersbroughtdownbetween
thehonestcallersandth eMuslim Arabnationslongingto work
seriouslyandfaithfully to raise
God'sword,protecttheations,defendight,ndonfrontnjusticendanimosity?
OArabndMuslimations,wake.Y ourenhe
vergeofannihilation.Oeadersofopinion,uidehe ranks.Th
esituationcanno
longerbearjesting.Ogov-ernmentsofArabndslamications,cteforehe
flooddrives yo uandtakes you andyour peopleto
whereneitherregretnorapologyca
nhelp.WindsofChangeToDestroyRegion's'RacistRegime'NC0402104590CairoMENAin
Arabic2222GMT3Feb90 [Text]AL-AKHBAR newspaper describesSouthAfrican
PresidentFrederikde Klerk'sdecisionto liftthebanon th
eactivitiesoftheAfricanNationalCongressandtheimminenteleaseofitseaderNelsonMandelasnimpressive
victoryfo rthestruggleofth eSouthAfrican peoplend
rowningoftheireroicbattlegainstapartheid.InaneditorialinSunday'sedition,th
epapersaysthatwhatha
shappenedinSouthAfricaisaclearlessonthatprovesthatan ydeviantsystem
willeventuallycollapse,regardlessoftheeffortstopreserveit ,as
longas thereisapeoplefighting forit slibertyandrights.The
paperassertsthatthepotentwindsofchangethathave sweptthrough
EastEurope,EastAsia,andsouthernAfricawilloo
nmoveoheMiddleEastoestroyanotherglieracistegime.Thepaperefersnhisconnectiontoth
eIsraelipractices inth
eoccupiedArabterritories.JointTransportVentureWithHungaryAgreedJN1002203090CairoAL-AKHBARinArabic9Feb90
p6[ByFatin'Abd-al-Razzaq][Text]Attheconclusionofit
smeetingsyesterday,th eEgyptian-Hungarianbusinessmen'souncilecidedo
se t upa jointcompany forlandtransportationtoconnect
EgyptwithEuropevi aJordan,Syria,Turkey,an dHun-gary.Th
ecompany's goalis to operate1,500refrigeratortrucksto
transportEgyptian products,particularly food-stuffs,to
ArabandEuropean markets.This was statedby
'Abd-al-'Aziz'Abd-al-Ghani,headoftheEgyptianside.H esaidthat th
eHungariansideha sagreed
tocontributetomanufacturinglectricalransformersndooop-erateinlandreclamationprojects
andin th eproductionofautomobileparts,improvedseeds,andwaterpumps.H
eaddedthatth eEgyptiansideha sdecidedto
partici-patenheudapestnternationalAgriculturalair,scheduled tobe
held between15and20 October1990,in which70
countrieswilltakepart.AsyutIslamicistDiscussesCommunism,'JewishThought'90OA0271BCairoAL-NURin
Arabic17 Ja n90
p5[Article:"WelcometoProfessor'Abd-al-Mun'imFu'adMahmud,ssistantprofessorofdogmaticsndphilos-ophyinth
eAsyutFacultyofTheology"] [Text]('Abd-al-Mun'im Fu'adMahmudwas
bornin th
evillageofal-Sulayman,AbuTishtdistrict,QinaGover-norate.enteredl-Azhar'sl-SulaymanrimarySchool,andhememorizedth
eKoranatth eag eof10
.ThenenteredhearshutReligiousnstitutendobtainedth
epreparatoryandhighschooldiplomas.H eenteredth
eFacultyofTheologyandobtainedth ebach-elor'segreewithonors.H ewa
sppointedeachingassistantinth
efaculty'sdepartmentofdogmaticsandphilosophy.henebtainedhedvancedtudiesdiplomaandth
emaster'sdegreewithhonors.H ewa sappointedassistantprofessorinth
edepartmentandisno wreparingisoctoralissertationnTheProblem of
InterpretationinShi'iandSunni Thought:AStudyan dCriticism")Th
edestructionofcommunismsomethingthathe
authorsofcommunismhavepreviouslypredicted.Yes,communismwasanconomicchoolntsbeginning,andwe
wouldhavelikednotto ge tintoafightwithit. But assoon as Marx
turnedhisattentionto religions
andsaid,"ThereisnoGod,andlifeismatter;religionsar eonly
humanreation;eligionshepiateofth emasses,"eadopposehi
stheismecausetconflictswithhumanature.Ahumaneingwithoutreligionislikeabodywithoutagarment:allitsprivatepartsar
e visible.Wouldan yreasonablemindapprove
ofthat?Darwin'stheoryisanotherfadedtheory.Likecommu-nism,Masonry,ecularism,tc.,itisachildof
Jewish thoughtandshould not be taughtin our Islamic
country.AmericaandBritain no w prohibit its teaching because
ofitsweakness.A nd wetr ytostudyit!Why?Asfo rFreud,he
wantedtoimplementDarwin'splotagainstourIslamicsociety,as
indicatedwhenhesaid,"M ymindwillnotrestnormy ey
ecloseuntilIseehumanityreturnto it sorigin"i.e..
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eape.H emeantthatwomenshouldgo outwiththeirgenitalsuncovered like
apes.The lewdness we se ein ourstreetsismerelyan
immediatetranslationof
thispropositionandofthissinfulplot.Yes,hessueofmixingtheexes]nheEgyptianuniversities,exceptal-AzharUniversity,m
ay Godpre-serveit, isaverysaddeningproblem.Fromth
ereligiousstandpoint,suchmixing is to be
rejected.Withoutdoubt,itsneofth
eegaciesofcolonialism,whichworkedhardandlong todestroy our
belief.As soonas you enteron eofouruniversities,you willse
elewdness,dissolute-ness,anddepravitysuchasno ey eha severseen.Ifwe
desirethewelfareofyoungpeople,le tthoseresponsible fo
ryouthmakeseparatingth esexesin universitiestheirgreatestconcernin
thesetimes.Th e problems ofyoung people no w ar emany
andvaried,perhapsnnumerable.ut ha tveryone,reatndsmalllike,mustno
wshatoungeoplerendesperateee dor modelro
meoplenuthority,beforeheyeedords.heMessengerfslam,Muhammad(mayGodblesshimandgranthi
mpeace),usedtoac tmorethanspeak.Theexampleathome,atwork,in th
emarket, orin th estreetisrequiredaboveall.Itisnotrightform etosa
ythatproductionisrequired,whileIam anonproducer.Norisitrightfo rm
etotellyoungeopleoehrifty,hile mhereatestspendthrift.Firstth e
example,andthen,Godwilling,we shallreapth efruitfrom
ouryoungpeople.Ourcountrywill rogress,Godwillingbutwhen?If,
withGod'shelp,we returntoH is Bookandto followingH isSunnah,hen,soo
nsweeturntoheol dofIslamagainnotcommunism,notsecularism,andnotan
yoftheseotherthingsweshallse eourcountryby God'sracemorerogressive,
oredvanced,ndgreaterthanwemagined;or
rogress,dvancement,prosperity,andcivilization take place only in th
e shadow of following God'sBookandimitatingtheSunnah
ofourProphetMuhammad,m ay Godblesshimandgranthi m
peace.Thankyou,andm ay Godrewardyou.O
nourbehalf,andonbehalfoftheMuslimsandIslam,m ay H egiveyou
thebestofrewards.StudiesDetailStatistics,EffectsofPopulationGrowth90OA0234ACairo
AL-SHA'Bin Arabic2Jan90 p3 [Articleby
'Abd-al-FattahFayid][Text]Thisreportissharply worded fo rEgypt's
sake.W ewriteitaswepeeratth ehorizonsofth
e990sinasingleanguagedevoidofelasticndtylisticxpres-sions,namelyth
elanguageofnumbersandinformationderivedro
mfficialndnternationaleportsndstudies.
W eoundhelarmoudly...defusehi simeom bbefore...atth esametime,we
stresstheexistence ofotherfactorsthatcallfo roptimism,despiteth
epessimism ofth eexperts.Itisnot farfetchedthatth
ewindsofchangewillspreadtouprootth
epoliciesthatledthisgloriouscitytoesemblea isaster.Th
eproblem,nourview,stemsfrom th epoliciesthatcausedthisdecline.If
thesepoliciesrehanged,heroblemswilldisappearorlesseninseverity,Godwilling.Th
eReportsWarnCairo'spopulationin 2000,only10 yearsfrom now,willbe
between6and8million.Utilitiesan dservicesar einsufficientforhalfth
ecurrentpopulation,ndollu-tionandnoiseratesar egradesaboveth
eallowedinter-nationallevelsnecessarytomaintainhumansanity.naddition,averyhighcrimeratethreatenstoexacerbatethesecircumstancestoth
epointofdestroyingsociety'smorals.Theesult:heransformationofth
ehumaneingofCairointo aliving skeleton.Pollutionha sdeprivedhi m
ofhishealth,oiseha sausedhi mtolosehismentalbalance,andhousing
problemshavebereaved hi m of hismindandsanity.H eha
sbecomeincapable of living,le taloneworkingandproducing.Th
ePopulationExplosionTheumbersayhatCairo'surrentopulationsabout1 1
million,andthatth e average
annualpopulationincreaseinCairois350,000,whichisth
epopulationofsomeargegyptianities,uc
hsantandl-Mahallahal-Kubra.Accordingtoth
enumbers,Cairo'spopulationisinno caseless than20 percentofth
erepublic'sentirepopula-tion.TheveragepopulationncreasenCairootalsabout3.3
percent,ofwhichonly1.8 percentisth
eresultofnaturalncrease,nd.52ercentsttributedomigrationfromothergovernorates.In
th elateststudyon Cairo'sproblemsandways
tocopewiththem,whichwaspreparedby th enationalspecial-
izedcouncils,tisstablishedthatgreaterCairocom-prises3,600sq km
(about840,000 feddans),
ofwhichthepopulatedareaonstitutes2ercent.Thesenumbersreflectheasic
roblemonfrontingCairo'sitizens,namelyhighpopulationdensity.Therear
ecurrently0.78qmetersperpersonnth
ecapital,whichisaverysmallareacompared to crowdedcities such
asParisorMoscow,where th e area perperson isno lessthan20 0sq
meters.Th epopulationdensityin somequartersofCairo,uc hsBa
bl-Shi'riyah,as reached00,255ersonsperqmccordingohe 1976
census,whichisfourtimesth eappropriatedensity level.Similarly,
reportpreparedbyexpertsofth
eGeneralUrbanPlanningOrganizationwarnsthat,ccordingtoth
epopulationdistributiontrategynderscoredy
