El-Sisi Raises the Voice of Readiness but Keeps the Decision in America’s Hands!
(Translated)
Al-Rayah Newspaper - Issue 622 - 21/10/2026
By: Ustadh Saeed Fadl*

As is the custom of the Egyptian regime—subordinate to America in its domestic and foreign policies—it carries out whatever tasks its master America assigns to it. Among these projects is its readiness to engage in the dirty war raging in Yemen in service to America. As for the statements issued by El-Sisi and his men, which may appear to carry a hint of pride and independence, these are for media consumption only. Therefore, El-Sisi’s demand—made during a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces at the Strategic Command headquarters in the new capital, coinciding with Egypt and the Armed Forces’ celebrations of the 53rd anniversary of the October 1973 victories—that the military institution maintain the highest levels of readiness and combat preparedness amidst the unprecedented challenges and changes the region is witnessing, should not be taken seriously or interpreted as indicating an imminent danger threatening the country, and that El-Sisi is preparing to confront it to safeguard the security of the Ummah and its people. If the demand is indeed serious, then it is for the purpose of implementing America’s projects in the region.

The Egyptian regime, like the rest of the agent regimes established in the lands of the Muslims, was installed by colonialism upon the necks of the Ummah to torment it, impoverish it, subjugate it, and humiliate it, and to prevent the return of Islam to governance and to fight the sincere workers striving to achieve this objective.

Therefore, it is inconceivable for the regime to have any enemy other than Islam and the Muslims. This is what must be understood from El-Sisi’s warning of “the persistence of challenges targeting the country’s stability” and his delusion that the Egyptian state, in his words, is “strong in its institutions, cohesive with the will of its people, and capable of protecting its national security and safeguarding its resources.”

As for those who believe that El-Sisi’s regime is preoccupied with the strategic threat posed by the Renaissance Dam and the other dams Ethiopia has inaugurated on the Nile with the support of the Jewish entity, they are mistaken. If the issue of the Renaissance Dam and the strategic threat to Egypt truly concerned the regime, it would never have allowed Ethiopia to inaugurate it in the first place. Yet, since construction began in 2011, electricity generation started in 2022, and it was officially inaugurated in September of last year, the regime has done nothing but issue condemnations and expressions of outrage—culminating in the farce of El-Sisi asking Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to swear an oath not to harm Egypt’s national security! Therefore, El-Sisi’s messages and statements in which he emphasizes that the challenges facing Egypt persist, and that what he described as “schemes targeting the Nile and Egypt’s stability have not ceased, amid the crises and turmoil the region is witnessing,” are also insincere declarations and warnings. He does not mean what he says, nor does he intend it; rather, they are merely for media consumption.

As for what was reported regarding El-Sisi’s rejection of any measures aimed at establishing new arrangements for Ethiopia’s access to the Red Sea at the expense of the littoral states—amid escalating tensions with Ethiopia, which seeks a sea outlet and considers it a “top national priority”—this matter is of no concern to the Egyptian regime. It is purely an American affair, as the regimes of both Ethiopia and Eritrea are American agents, as is the regime in Somalia. They undertake no geographical changes on the ground without America’s permission. It is inconceivable that an agent like El-Sisi would approve or block any project that his master, America, permits for the benefit of one of its agents in the region. Therefore, the consultative quadrilateral summit held last Sunday in the city of El Alamein, attended by the rulers of Egypt, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan, was a meeting to distribute the roles assigned to them by America—whether concerning Ethiopia and its access to the Red Sea or other dirty tasks typically delegated to them—contrary to what is publicly announced: that it was a meeting to emphasize that “governance of the Red Sea is the exclusive responsibility of the littoral states.”

The issue of the Egyptian regime’s military mobilization, spurred by what Hebrew media outlets reported regarding a document published by the media of the Jewish entity stating that “Egypt and Jordan might once again become hostile nations in the future, despite the peace agreements, and therefore should be considered potential threats, with comprehensive operational plans prepared for such an eventuality,” remains. The enmity of the Jews towards the Ummah will persist until the prophecy of the Messenger of Allah (saw) is fulfilled concerning them,

«لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الْيَهُودَ، فَيَقْتُلُهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ، حَتَّى يَخْتَبِئَ الْيَهُودِيُّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحَجَرِ وَالشَّجَرِ، فَيَقُولُ الْحَجَرُ أَوِ الشَّجَرِ: يَا مُسْلِمُ، يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ خَلْفِي، فَتَعَالَ فَاقْتُلْهُ، إِلَّا الْغَرْقَدَ، فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ شَجَرِ الْيَهُودِ»

“The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say: ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him,’” as narrated by Muslim. However, this fighting will not be carried out by the Egyptian regime, which has enabled the Jewish entity since its inception in 1948 and has remained its supporter and protector to this day. Its ongoing abandonment of the people of the Blessed Land of Palestine, while it watches the Jews inflict wounds upon them and commit massacre after massacre, is but a vivid example that cannot be missed. Therefore, if the Jewish entity targets Egypt—as it has indeed done on numerous occasions—the Egyptian regime will only respond to the extent that America permits, if it permits at all. But, once again, what some have understood—that the regime’s statements are directed at the Jewish entity and are a response to the report published by its media—is nothing but illusions stemming from a mistaken understanding of the reality of this treacherous regime from which no good can be expected. It is a regime that is an enemy to Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw), and the believers, and its condition is like the example Allah (swt) set forth in His (swt) saying:

[وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَى مَوْلَاهُ أَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّهْهُ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي هُوَ وَمَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَهُوَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ]

“And Allah presents an example of two men, one of them dumb and unable to do a thing, while he is a burden to his guardian—wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal to one who commands justice, while he is on a straight path?” [TMQ Surah An-Nahl: 76].

* Member of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Egypt