Political, judicial and administrative sectors
1- An end to party rivalry, and a channelling of the political forces of the nation into a common front and a single phalanx.
2- A reform of the law, so that it will conform to Islamic legislation in every branch.
3- A strengthening of the armed forces,
and an increase in the number of youth groups; the inspiration of the
latter with zeal on the bases of Islamic jihad.
4- A strengthening of the bonds between
all Islamic countries, especially the Arab countries, to pave the way
for practical and serious consideration of the matter of the departed
Caliphate.
5- The diffusion of the Islamic spirit
throughout all departments of the government, so that all its employees
will feel responsible for adhering to Islamic teachings.
6- The surveillance of the personal
conduct of all its employees, and an end to the dichotomy between the
private and professional spheres.
7- Setting the hours of work in summer
and winter ahead, so that it will be easy to fulfill religious duties,
and so that keeping late hours will come to an end.
8- An end to bribery and favoritism, with consideration to be given only to capability and legitimate reasons [for advancement].
9- Weighing all acts of the government
acts in the scales of Islamic wisdom and doctrines; the organization of
all celebrations, receptions, official conferences, prisons and
hospitals so as not to be incompatible with Islamic teaching; the
arranging of work-schedules so that they will not conflict with hours of
prayer.
10- The employment of graduates of Al-Azhar in military and administrative positions, and their training.
1- Conditioning the people to respect
public morality, and the issuance of directives fortified by the aegis
of the law on this subject; the imposition of severe penalties for moral
offences.
2- Treatment of the problem of women in a
way which combines the progressive and the protective, in accordance
with Islamic teachings, so that this problem - one of the most important
social problems - will not be abandoned to the biased pens and deviant
notions of those who err in the directions of deficiency or excess.
3- An end to prostitution, both
clandestine and overt: the recognition of fornication, whatever the
circumstances, as a detestable crime whose perpetrator must be flogged.
4- An end to gambling in all its forms - games, lotteries, racing, and gambling-clubs.
5- A campaign against drinking, as there
is one against drugs: its prohibition, and the salvation of the nation
from its effects.
6- A campaign against ostentation in
dress and loose behavior; the instruction of women in what is proper,
with particular strictness as regards female instructors, pupils,
physicians, and students, and all those in similar categories.
7- A review of the curricula offered to
girls and the necessity of making them distinct from the boys' curricula
in many of the stages of education.
8- Segregation of male and female
students; private meetings between men and women, unless between the
permitted degrees [of relationship] to be counted as a crime for which
both will be censored.
9- The encouragement of marriage and
procreation, by all possible means; promulgation of legislation to
protect and give moral support to the family, and to solve the problems
of marriage.
10- The closure of morally undesirable ballrooms and dance halls, and the prohibition of dancing and other such pastimes.
11- The surveillance of theatres and cinemas, and a rigorous selection of plays and films.
12- The expurgation of songs, and a rigorous selection and censorship of them.
13- The careful selection of lectures,
songs, and subjects to be broadcast to the nation; the use of radio
broadcasting for the education of the nation in a virtuous and moral
way.
14- The confiscation of provocative
stories and books that implant the seeds of skepticism in an insidious
manner, and newspapers which strive to disseminate immorality and
capitalize indecently on lustful desires.
15- The supervision of summer vacation
areas so as to do away with the wholesale confusion and licence that
nullify the basic aims of vacationing.
16- The regulation of business hours for
cafés; surveillance of the activities of their regular clients;
instructing these as to what is in their best interest; withdrawal of
permission from cafés to keep such long hours.
17- The utilization of these cafés for
teaching illiterates reading and writing; toward this end, the
assistance of rising generation of elementary school teachers and
students.
18- A campaign against harmful customs,
whether economic, moral, or anything else; turning the masses away from
these and orienting them in the direction of ways beneficial to them, or
educating them in a way consonant with their best interests. These
involve such customs as those to do with weddings, funerals, births, the
zar (a ceremonial of exorcism), civil and religious holidays, etc. Let
the government set a good example in this respect.
19- Due consideration for the claims of
the moral censorship, and punishment of all who are proved to have
infringed any Islamic doctrine or attacked it, such as breaking the fast
of Ramadan, wilful neglect of prayers, insulting the faith, or any such
act.
20- The annexation of the elementary
village schools to the mosques, and a thoroughgoing reform of both, as
regards employees, cleanliness, and overall custodial care, so that the
young may be trained in prayer and the older students in learning.
21- The designation of religious
instruction as a basic subject in all schools, in each according to its
type, as well as in the universities.
22- Active instigation to memorize the
Qur'an in all the free elementary schools; making this memorization
mandatory for obtaining diplomas in the areas of religion and (Arabic)
language; the stipulation that a portion of it be memorized in every
school.
23- The promulgation of a firm
educational policy which will advance and raise the level of education,
and will supply it, in all its varieties, with common goals and
purposes; which will bring the different cultures represented in the
nation closer together, and will make the first stage of its process one
dedicated to inculcating a virtuous, patriotic spirit and an unwavering
moral code.
24- The cultivation of the Arabic
language at every stage of instruction; the use of Arabic alone, as
opposed to any foreign language, in the primary stages.
25- The cultivation of Islamic history,
and of the national history and national culture, and the history of
Islamic civilization.
26- Consideration of ways to arrive gradually at a uniform mode of dress for the nation.
27- An end to the foreign spirit in our
homes with regard to language, manners, dress, governesses, nurses, etc;
all these to be Egyptianized, especially in upper class homes.
28- To give journalism a proper orientation, and to encourage authors and writers to undertake Islamic, Eastern subjects.
29- Attention to be given to matters of
public health by disseminating health information through all media;
increasing the numbers of hospitals, physicians, and mobile clinics;
facilitating the means of obtaining medical treatment.
30- Attention to be given to village
problems, as regards their organization, their cleanliness, the
purification of their water supply, and the means to provide them with
culture, recreation, and training.
1- The organization of zakat (charity) in
terms of income and expenditure, according to the teachings of the
magnanimous Sacred Law; invoking its assistance in carrying out
necessary benevolent projects, such as homes for the aged, the poor, and
orphans, and strengthening the armed forces.
2- The prohibition of usury, and the
organization of banks with this end in view. Let the government provide a
good example in this domain by relinquishing all interest due on its
own particular undertakings, for instance in the loan-granting banks,
industrial loans, etc.
3- The encouragement of economic projects
and an increase in their number; giving work to unemployed citizens in
them; the transfer of such of these as are in the hands of foreigners to
the purely national sector.
4- The protection of the masses from the
oppression of monopolistic companies, keeping these within strict
limits, and obtaining every possible benefit for the masses.
5- An improvement in the lot of junior
civil servants by raising their salaries, by granting them steady
increases and compensations, and by lowering the salaries of senior
civil servants.
6- A reduction in the number of
government posts, retaining only the indispensable ones; an equitable
and scrupulous distribution of the work among civil servants.
7- The encouragement of agricultural and
industrial counselling; attention to be paid to raising the production
level of the peasant and industrial worker.
8- A concern for the technical and social problems of the worker; raising his standard of living in numerous respects.
9- The exploitation of natural resources, such as uncultivated land, neglected mines, etc.
10- Priority over luxury items to be given to necessary projects in terms of organization and execution.
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