2024-01-03 00:11:30
Three annual battles, of a Don Quixotic character and character, top the list of events in the Libyan calendar, and they can be monitored and tracked clearly and easily on social networking sites on the Internet, because they have been transformed, by the power of Qadir, into sites for the fields of these battles annually. The three battles became important markers in that calendar, especially after the February 2011 uprising. Before that date, they did not exist.
A week before the advent of Eid al-Fitr, these sites are remarkably active in preparation for the Eid battle, related to the problem of how to pay Zakat al-Fitr. The battle is between two groups: one group confirms the validity of giving it in cash to benefit the poor, and another group insists on giving it grains (wheat, barley, etc.) in accordance with the Sunnah.
The second battle is in the same locations. Preparation for it begins a week or more before the arrival of the Prophet’s birthday, and it takes place between almost the same two teams above.
They are fighting over the problem of the permissibility of celebrating the noble birth and eating porridge, or the prohibition of celebrating it and the prohibition of eating porridge.
The third battle takes place in December of every year, and revolves around the problem of the permissibility of congratulating the birthday of Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, and the permissibility or prohibition of celebrating New Year’s Day.
The three battles break out annually, but as soon as the days of Eid al-Fitr and the days of the Prophet’s birthday disappear, and the new Gregorian year begins, the dust of the battles disappears, and the swords are returned to their sheaths, as if nothing had happened, and things remain calm until the Eid comes again.
The combatants are Libyans.
They are two teams. A group of religious moderates who follow the Maliki school of thought and are guided by its teachings in performing their religious rites and rituals.
A group of extremist Salafist ideologues, who belong to religious factions and sects known for their extremism, which became apparent on the surface after the February 2011 uprising.
What is interesting is that their enthusiasm for battles, over these very small religious details, is unparalleled and surprising, and reminds one of Don Quixote’s battles against windmills with a wooden sword. And all of this is happening while their countries are divided, their borders are violated, their wealth is looted, and their governments are corrupt.
The fires of the last battle were finally extinguished over the past two days. During it, the wonder became evident.
The intensity of the battles reached the point of declaring anyone who congratulates anyone on the birthday of Christ, peace be upon him, to be an infidel.
In my opinion, these battles largely diagnose the state of illness that Libya reached after February 2011, and they also diagnose the psychological state of its owners. They, and this is a fact, live in a country whose capabilities they do not possess, and they do not know what abyss it is heading towards.
They see with their own eyes the crimes committed against public funds, and they know all the thieves by name and address, but as a result of their inability, they are unable to stand against them, and against all the disasters and misfortunes that are committed openly. Hence their extreme, and completely unjustified, eagerness to start these annual battles and set fires, but from a distance to protect themselves. That is, behind the walls of their homes, on computers, and under mostly pseudonyms.
They all revolve around very detailed religious problems, which will not spoil their religion if they act upon them, nor will they make them stronger or more religious if they ignore them. It has nothing to do with what is permissible and forbidden. It is nothing but a release of repression and anger in the chest.
At the same time, it is an expression of the weakness that makes them unable to speak and confront, and psychologically gives them a kind of false self-confidence as compensation for that inability and weakness. It makes them feel that they are still alive and able to speak out and engage in life issues that they consider extremely important, and that require expiation, prohibition, and fighting if necessary. The command.
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