Egyptian Apartheid

Certain ideologues of the left who have appointed themselves as ‘Custodians for the Protection of Muslims’ (CPMs) would have us believe that Israel is the last outpost of apartheid. Take a look at Pickled Politics, Socialist (dis)Unity and the ever reliable Islamophobia-Watch, for a few examples.

But look at this new law passed in Egypt:

CAIRO — Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court upheld a ruling on Saturday, that orders the country’s Interior Ministry to strip citizenship from Egyptians married to Israeli women.

The court said that the Interior Ministry should present each marriage case to the Cabinet on an individual basis. The Cabinet will then rule on whether to strip the Egyptian of his citizenship, taking into consideration whether a man married an Israeli Arab or a Jew when making its decision to revoke citizenship.

Saturday’s decision, which cannot be appealed, comes more than year after a lower court ruled that the Interior Ministry, which deals with citizenship documents, must implement the 1976 article of the citizenship law. That bill revokes citizenship of Egyptians who married Israelis who have served in the army or embrace Zionism as an ideology. The Interior Ministry appealed that ruling.

The lawyer who brought the original suit to court, Nabih el-Wahsh, celebrated Saturday’s ruling, saying it “is aimed at protecting Egyptian youth and Egypt’s national security.”

Will Pickled Politics, Socialist Unity etc and other so-called left “liberals” with Islamist sympathies now be calling for Egypt to be recognised as an apartheid state with the same gusto as they do in the case of Israel?

Don’t hold your breath.