Live Broadcast of CEMO seminar to highlight Islamists' abuse of human rights

The Middle East Center for Studies in Paris (CEMO),
which is headed by Dr. Abdel Rahim Ali, organize a seminar today under the
title "Human Rights: Islamists' Weapon in Democracy Abuse".
The seminar comes in the wake of exploitation by
Islamists of human rights to serve their own agendas.
The new left in Europe has a truncated and
incomplete view of human rights. The left restricts these rights to freedoms,
including freedom of speech, which is sacred by all means.
However, the same perspective overlooks humans'
right to a happy life, quality education, and healthcare. Freedom of speech
cannot substitute all these rights.
Freedom of speech and other freedoms produced by
Western democracy are undoubtedly necessary. Nonetheless, the safety of humans
is becoming a top priority in the face of terrorism and bankruptcy.
Those focusing on human rights only in the Middle
East disregard the cares and the problems of people on the streets. They
disregard the effects repeated wars and civil wars have had on these people and
the devastation left behind by the Islamic State group.
Regional peoples aspire for stability and dignity,
things they lost a long time ago.
Europe's idealized human rights discourse is
exploited by the pro-Turkey Islamist lobby. The same discourse is the winning
card of the Muslim Brotherhood, backed by both Qatar and Turkey. This
organization uses this card to serve its own interests.
The CEMO seminar will be a good chance to throw
light on Muslim Brotherhood tactics in this regard and also on the tough
economic and political conditions in the Middle East region.
True, human rights are important, but can they – in
the different contexts we know – turn into a lifeboat in a world that is
totally sinking?
The seminar will start at 10:30 a.m. CEMO Executive
Director Ahmed Youssef will start by introducing the speakers.
These speakers will include French Senator Valerie
Bouillier, CEMO Director Ali, and French writers Yves Thréard and Roland
Lombardi.
Seminar speakers will also be available to answer
queries by those present.