I thought of him today!!i

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This morning, thinking about the old Sudanese man who was killed on that grim Friday morning on January 1985, I was wondering what exactly went through his mind during those days before his death. He certainly made a choice: To Stand for What He Believes… Whether you are one of his foes and enemies or his followers and sympathisers, you will have to admit that M M Taha believed in his ideas and way of thinking and that he died a man honouring his beliefs. i

But this is just one reason I thought; a reason we can all see and understand. This old man also chose to speak, and tell us in clear words why he made the choice he is making: He didn’t say to his killers and persecutors: I am Right And Absolutely Confident of my Beliefs And That’s Why I Will Die For Them! No; instead he said: i

Quote: أنا أعلنت رأيى مرارا فى قوانين سبتمبر 83 من أنها مخالفة للشريعة، وللأسلام.. أكثر من ذلك، فانها شوهت الشريعة، وشوهت الأسلام و نفرت عنه.. يضاف الى ذلك، أنها وضعت و استغلت لأرهاب الشعب وسوقه الى الأستكانة عن طريق اذلاله.. ثم انها هددت وحدة البلاد.. هذا من حيث التنظير.. وأما من حيث التطبيق، فان القضاة الذين يتولون المحاكمة تحتها غير مؤهلين فنيا.. وضعفوا أخلاقيا عن أن يمتنعوا عن أن يضعوا أنفسهم تحت سيطرة السلطة التنفيذية تستعملهم لأضاعة الحقوق، و اذلال الشعب، و اهانة الفكر و المفكرين، واذلال المعارضين السياسيين.. ومن أجل ذلك، فانى غير مستعد للتعاون مع أى محكمة تنكرت لحرمة القضاء المستقل، و رضيت أن تكون أداة من أدوات اذلال الشعب، و اهانة الفكر الحر والتنكيل بالمعارضين السياسيين

He was clearly not talking to them; he was not talking to Nemairi, not to Turabi and not Mahllawi either. He must have being talking to us: The Sudanese people. He must have believed in us too, just as he believed in his ideas and stance in life! He must’ve believed in the coming generations; believed that they will understand, one day, or learn one day… I thought of all that and said, he must have believed in me too! How beautiful and heart-warming! i

I look around this Sudanese cyber-sphere and wonder, was he wrong to believe in us so unconditionally?i
I think not… a man with a vision like his must have seen and expected all this! i

I want to believe that one day, the coming Sudanese generations of our troubled peoples will celebrate his message and embrace his gift to us… i I want to believe that the simple, clear ideas such as man’s right to think and dream will become so common-sense that no one like him would die to state them; and no one like me would ever need to write these words. i

I want to believe that there are a Sudanese people, in some coming future, who will celebrate his sacrifice for them as they celebrate sunrise and the simple good things in life… I want believe that, just as he believed in us.And I think I will. i


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"I want to believe that one day, the coming Sudanese generations of our troubled peoples will celebrate his message and embrace his gift to us"

What a wonderful masterpeice

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Abureesh

Every year in January, some of us will celebrate and reflect…
some of them will shout abuse, and even wield their daggers, in the face of the memory of this peaceful old man… i
Year by year, his memory will grow more meaningful!!i
Their shouts and screams will fade into the shadows, i
while his quite words will linger and last… i
If we believe in the deepest meanings of Mahmoud's gift to us, i
we will have hope in a better future, and that future will come… i
Thanks for coming to my little celebration of the memory of Mahmoud
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انا والله ما انصرافيه لكن يا حافظ يا خوي مدينا قفاك لى
الزعلك منو

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راوية

مافي انصرافية ولا حاجة ، ولا زعل من زول !! ... فقط احيلك الى تفاصيل أزمة وجودية من عيار خفيف ، وهي التي تملي عليَّ مثل هذه "الحركات" البهلوانية . هُنا : نـمـنمة ٌ ذاتـية


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I want to believe that one day, the coming Sudanese generations of our troubled peoples will celebrate his message and embrace his gift to us… i I want to believe that the simple, clear ideas such as man’s right to think and dream will become so common sense that no one like him will die to state them; and no one like me would ever need to write these words.

Oh! This is very touching.
It sounds like the words of Rev. Martin luther King Jr.in his famous speech>

I have a dream.

Now it is a reality.

Thank you for these uplifting words ya Farda.
فردة دي حلوة جدا لمن زول في عمري كدا يقولها!
I mean ya Hafiz.

http://www.alfikra.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3327#3327

http://www.alfikra.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3328#3328

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شكراً يا ياسر الشريف على الإطلالة بماكينتك الإعلامية المتحركة! (زي عربية السينما في تلك الأيام البعيدة)
(see, I'm not that much younger than you after all! i)
وعلى نقل كلمات احتفالي بزكرى محمود الى منبر الفكرة...
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Quote: I want believe that, just as he believed in us.And I think I will.

Farda
?YOu think you will
!It is good to beleive so

اليوم كنت أستمع إلي موسيقي تسافر بين الأرض وسقفها المعلق...
وجاءت المذيعة بصوت يتهادي بين الاثنين، لتقول:
,From Romeo & Julliet
!It is the balcony scene
فوجدتني أقول لها: وإنها المقصلة!

إيمان

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مرحباً بكِ يا إيمان ، وبأصـداء فتاة سيزيف ، إذ أن الصخرة َ تعلو رويداً رويداً ، والهـِمة ُ لاتفتر... لابد أن أستلهمَ سيرته إذاً ، ولابد أن أحلم وأصدق... !

Quote: ....فوجدتني أقول لها: وإنها المقصلة!

كم أفزعتِني!
ولكنني أجلس ُ الآن على مقعدي أمام هذه الشاشة الساكنة ، وأسمع موسيقى تتصاعد من بوست عصام جبرالله: لتماضر...قولى الكلمه لصمت الليل وكونى النجمه وهو يغني لنجمةٍ أعرفها ويقول:

Quote: و لكن لنا قوة الحلم و نبع الخلق وابداع الجديد...

يمنحني هذا أيضا أملاً طيباً
لكِ الود...


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Quote: see, I'm not that much younger than you after all! i)

أووبس..
Hochachtung
كما يقول أصحابنا الألمان..
أنا شوفت الإسم "فردة" وقلت دا لازم من الشباب الذين يستعملون هذه "المفردة" كثيرا.. زي يا "حبة".. لكن برضك شاب، لأني أنا برضو شاب.. وهو يعني الشباب أحسن مننا بي شنو؟؟ وأسال ناس ود قاسم وحسن الجزولي.. شباب تمام، تشوفهم بس تقول : اللهم صل عليك يا نبي..

مع تحياتي وأشواقي للقائك يا أخي حافظ..

ياسر

Dear Hafiz, Salaam, I hope all is OK with you??

You said:
“I want to believe that the simple, clear ideas such as man’s right to think and dream ill become so common sense that no one like him will die to state them; and no one like me would ever need to write these word.”

It is sad isn`t it? my friend, that some of us spend long hours, splitting hairs trying, desperately, to convince us that a martyr is not a martyr, simply because he was too original, innovative, daring and ahead of his time, now I recon by thousands of years.

I wonder, when our discourse, as people, moves on beyond the banal and cheap, address the real issues and hit the nail right on the head??

I disagree,if I may, people like yourself need to write continuously to see values such as those upheld and embodied by the late martyr M M Taha, where you wish to see them: right in the heart of the nation.
Regards

Adil

salam brother frda
how meangfull, how strongfull words , man how i felt so sad ,
you have siad what i want to say , god bless you man and save you
for islam and sudan and all humanity
ostaz mahmoud was a man from the future thank you man

degna

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Thanks Adil and Degna for visiting this in-house celebration of the memory of M M Taha…
Degna, thanks for your kind words and let's keep the message of Mahmood alive… i

I agree, Adil, we need to write for a long time to come, to keep this fire alive; but my hope was that, one day, the meanings for which Mahmood paid his life, will become so common-sense (as they should really be!) in our land that we will celebrate them, rather the argue to stress them! i

Today is the 18th of January 2004, 19 years since the old Omdurmanite man said his words, smiled and left peacefully… i
Let's reflect and think of him…i

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Quote: He was clearly not talking to them; he was not talking to Nemairi, not to Turabi and not Mahllawi either. He must have being talking to us: The Sudanese people. He must have believed in us too, just as he believed in his ideas and stance in life! He must’ve believed in the coming generations; believed that they will understand, one day, or learn one day… I thought of all that and said, he must have believed in me too! How beautiful and heart-warming! i

جميل الحكي يا حافظ..
وما تكتبه أنت اليوم هنا لهو أكبر دليل علي إنهذامية التسلط
والجهل..وأن كلمات الشهيد لم يذروها الريح..وأن صداها ما زال يدوّي قويا

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فلأحتفل إذاً بكلماتك ، وأعتبرها سبباً لأرفع هذه الكلمات ، مرةً أخرى ، لتعلوا أصواتنا الأجمل على صراخهم الموحِش...
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