Mohamed Talaat
Egypt
gallerymisr@gmail.com
www.misrgallery.com
Artist's Statement
Conversion to theocracy
Self-proclaimed guardians gave themselves divine
mandates to control nations.
These
guardians seized authority outrageously and defiantly.
Demonstrating absolutely outrageous ideology, they
stereotyped the shape, and manipulated the mind. They
also outrageously claim the best understanding of the
past, the present and the future. Self-proclaimed
guardians are claiming that religion is the best
mechanism for causing global changes.
Religious
bigotry and chauvinism are the products of power
struggles by selfish clergymen. Motivated by their
self-interest, they ride religion to achieve political
goals. As a result, religion is fragmented to several
sects, faiths and parties. A major threat looms nearby
when a war erupts between religious parties with
everyone of these adversaries claiming selfishly it is
given the divine mandate to steer the people’s destiny
in the present life and in the afterlife.
Self-proclaimed guardians condemn others for being
renegades or converts, who should change their minds to
avoid a fierce war. The guardians would also arrest the
alleged renegades, forcing them to come to terms with
the preposterous truth. The self-proclaimed guardians
are no more than propagandists. They treacherously
compromise human relationships and values; they would
not hesitate to commit gruesome crimes in the name of
God to overpower their opponents. In addition to the
Taliban in Afghanistan and Al-Qaeda, many Islamist
movements in Arab, Muslim and Western countries have
distorted the image of Islam badly. After the US
invasion, the Arab country of Iraq has become the tragic
example of compromising religion to have a role in the
political game.
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