After restoring the monuments of the Jews and demolishing the Muslim cemetery, Sisi’s authority is angering the media outlets

Building, if it becomes bigger, is indicative of great things.

The kings are concerned if they want to mention it .. after them, by the age of building

Or what you see the two pyramids have survived and how many .. a king of eras of time accidents

With these verses attributed to the Umayyad caliph of Andalusia Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir to the religion of God (277 - 350 AH / 891-961 CE), activists and interested in Islamic history chose to express the anger that dominated social networking sites in Egypt after activists circulated pictures that they said were to demolish historical Islamic tombs in Cairo.

The pioneers of the communication sites shared photos and videos of the demolition work in the “Mamluk Qarafaq” area, which includes historical cemeteries and Islamic monuments, considering this a demolition of heritage and underestimation of the feelings of the Egyptians, while some of them compared the demolition of Islamic monuments and the Egyptian authorities ’keenness to restore the remains of Egyptian Jews and their tombs.

In past years, and under the rule of the current President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt had undertaken the restoration of Jewish temples, even though the Jewish prayer would not take place, given the lack of a sufficient quorum of ten adults, according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

The Sisi government also paid close attention to the restoration and cleaning of Jewish cemeteries, and this was done under the supervision of two Jewish rabbis in advance to ensure that the cleaning process was carried out according to Jewish laws, according to the page "Israel in Arabic" on Twitter last year.

For its part, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities denied the demolition of Islamic antiquities in the area, stressing that what was demolished are modern graves as part of the process of building a new road to facilitate traffic.

In turn, activists said that the demolitions included the walls surrounding the tombs of historical figures such as the Egyptian thinker and philosopher Ahmed Lotfy El-Sayed, and the burial of the famous Egyptian economist Abboud Pasha, in addition to burials of distinct architectural style.

Others said that what was demolished should have been recorded as Islamic heritage and monuments, considering that the establishment of a huge traffic hub in that historical area spoils its shape and strips it of its historical characteristic that could be used in the future as a distinctive archaeological area.

Activists stressed that they did not refuse to develop, but they are against the demolition of history, noting that all countries of the world are searching for themselves for a history that they are proud of, while Egypt is the only country that erases its history by itself!

Some of them pointed out the possibility of turning that region into a "gold mine" but on the condition that someone understands the value of civilization and appreciates history, adding, "We need more than just an official and greater than just an employee, because the history of the country is greater than the calculation of time."

Researchers in Islamic history talked about the importance of the region, explaining that the Mamluk tombs are the oldest Islamic cemetery in Egypt, and they were called in the ancient Abbasid desert, and the Mamluks chose to be a horse racing track, and they set up architectural groups that included schools, venues, and houses of worship (khankawat) for Sufis and baths, Where the Mamluks dyed the desert with Islamic architecture in their own way.

There are equations developed by the world for modern coexistence with heritage, he who travels to Paris thinks they are intact for hundreds of years with their planning and fields, where the upper bridges do not find them long and wide, and also do not find the visual pollution of the huge advertisements, however buildings inside it have all the means Modern comfort, traffic flows through tunnels you can't see, and car parks can accommodate thousands of vehicles underground without compromising the attractive identity of millions per month.

Official denial

The state of widespread anger prompted the Egyptian government to try to respond and clarify, where the head of the Islamic, Coptic and Judaic Antiquities Sector, Osama Talaat, said that the construction works on the "Paradise Axis" road are far from the Islamic monuments recorded in the "Mamluk Qarafa".

He stressed that no traces were demolished, and that the tombs in the pictures circulated are buildings that are not registered among the Islamic and Coptic monuments, and that they are modern tombs, especially for individuals.

Despite the Egyptian official's assertion that those ruined cemeteries are not Islamic monuments, he pointed to the formation of a scientific technical committee to examine the evidence and stones that include decorative or written inscriptions to be studied, and to discuss the possibility of displaying a part of them in some museums as part of Egypt's heritage.

The Egyptian government denied the destruction of antiquities and announced the formation of a committee to study the destroyed tombs. The anger of the activists did not quell, but rather stirred it, as they said that the principle is to form these committees before the start of any action, and they are openly formed by those known for their knowledge, integrity, and integrity, and include members from the legal, archaeological, and planning experts , So that you study the project and alternatives, and contact the owners of those graves and offer them their perception and the possibility of transferring the remains of their relatives and compensating them with graves in other places.