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So it looks like the government has decided that the best way to kickstart the economy, is to tear down all houses in violation of the building/property codes.
When one considers that many, or perhaps most of Egypt's modern buildings are in violation of those codes (because it's ridiculously difficult to do it by law), a lot of people are going to have a very bad time.
The media shares in the nomination, as they've simply supported the president, without even remotely calling this into question.
And for the impoverished Egyptians, the only way out would be to somehow pay the fines. If they can't, the media suggests that the government will "help" by offering loans to the people. To add to the stupidity of the affair, everyone knows and admits there isn't the money to do such a thing in the first place!
To sweeten the shit pill, the government under as-sissi insists that the measure is meant to give the Egyptians a legal peace of mind. Acting the tough guy (as always) as-sissi has flat out stated: "if you want your affairs settled, bring your bags" (i.e. moneybags).
The severity of the measures also touches the mosques--many of which in the country (as in the rest of the Near East), are funded by Awqaf--essentially a type of trust fund. Rather than object to this, certain clerics have supported the government, by making the argument that the mosques are on "Ravaged land"*, and therefore cannot be prayed in in the first place. The law would in many cases be ex post facto, as many of the mosques predate the laws on property. I bring this up, as it illustrates how the clergy--which is normally (and traditionally) willing to stand up to the government--has now become complicit; the argument they made is actually very bad, and is clearly their attempt to please the government.
*Thet term is translation of an actual legal term in Islam, but it is absolutely not applicable to the mosques in this case. "Ravaged land" would be something like the Black Hills, for example: land unjustly taken from its previous owner. The clerics came up with this flimsy argument, because if they followed the actual rules, they'd have no choice but to stand up to the president--which they're too cowardly to do.
So it looks like the government has decided that the best way to kickstart the economy, is to tear down all houses in violation of the building/property codes.
When one considers that many, or perhaps most of Egypt's modern buildings are in violation of those codes (because it's ridiculously difficult to do it by law), a lot of people are going to have a very bad time.
The media shares in the nomination, as they've simply supported the president, without even remotely calling this into question.
And for the impoverished Egyptians, the only way out would be to somehow pay the fines. If they can't, the media suggests that the government will "help" by offering loans to the people. To add to the stupidity of the affair, everyone knows and admits there isn't the money to do such a thing in the first place!
To sweeten the shit pill, the government under as-sissi insists that the measure is meant to give the Egyptians a legal peace of mind. Acting the tough guy (as always) as-sissi has flat out stated: "if you want your affairs settled, bring your bags" (i.e. moneybags).
The severity of the measures also touches the mosques--many of which in the country (as in the rest of the Near East), are funded by Awqaf--essentially a type of trust fund. Rather than object to this, certain clerics have supported the government, by making the argument that the mosques are on "Ravaged land"*, and therefore cannot be prayed in in the first place. The law would in many cases be ex post facto, as many of the mosques predate the laws on property. I bring this up, as it illustrates how the clergy--which is normally (and traditionally) willing to stand up to the government--has now become complicit; the argument they made is actually very bad, and is clearly their attempt to please the government.
*Thet term is translation of an actual legal term in Islam, but it is absolutely not applicable to the mosques in this case. "Ravaged land" would be something like the Black Hills, for example: land unjustly taken from its previous owner. The clerics came up with this flimsy argument, because if they followed the actual rules, they'd have no choice but to stand up to the president--which they're too cowardly to do.