Manal and Alaa's bit bucket free speech from the bletches

I wanted to post a comment on the blogs created after the arrest of many high ranks in the group saying “this is happening to the Ikhwan because of their passive attitude towards individual rights and freedoms, I wish that this ordeal makes them more aggressive in tackling these fundamental issues” but then I found it to be a thick-skinned thing to be said to people who are now having their basic rights and freedoms violated. However, I still think that their attitude toward basic rights and freedoms is incomprehensible and worrying. their efforts to protests illegal arrests, torture and indefinite detention or to develop a culture that detests and object to these violations are limited to say the least, especially when compared to their uproar when other symbolic issues are at stake. It seems that the leaders of the group have developed a masochistic character to survive Nasser prisons. This character, combined with the early Sufi nature of the group made them very docile towards the regime persecution of the group members, even when they are killed under torture. Moreover, this Sufi- masochistic character of the high ranking people gives the whole group the same character since the group has one brain; that of the people in the top of the hierarchy. Perhaps they even cheered torture since the pain of the beliver meant that his sins are forgiven. I remember a Hadith saying something of that sort.

Another more worrisome explanation that came to my mind is that the group does not believe in the sacredness of individual´s rights and freedoms!!!! it will be a disaster if the group considers the daily and systematic violation of the articles 3,5,8,9,10,12 of the universal declaration of human rights as a “ fair play” in the political arena, therefore they are disposed to endure it as an “ acceptable” part of the struggle. I say a disaster because if that is the group attitude toward violations of the rights and freedom of its own people then its opposition, in case it governs, should prepare their passports or their coffins. Another thing that supports this explanation is the dis-proportionalities between the small size and little means of the secular left and its efforts to defend ordinary victims of abuse; and between the efforts of the group in the same arena, and its huge size and capable means.

I would be grateful if any insider of the group blogs about these issues What is the group position regarding the rights to life, liberty, dignity and fair trial?¿? If the group believes they are sacred then why the violations of these rights does not seem to upset the group even if the victims are their Brothers?¿?¿?¿