Abdullah Abdel Razik Rajeh Hussein
Dr. Abdullah Abdel Razik was a member of the Masr El-Qaweya Party (one of the parties that ran in the presidential elections against the Muslim Brotherhood Party, the Justice and Development Party). He did not participate nor support the Rabaa sit-in, but as soon as he heard the news of the violent crackdown he headed to the sit-in and was shot by a bullet to his stomach. He had multiple surgeries at the hospital but did not survive.
He wrote on his FB profile a few days before the crackdown: “I’m saying this for the second time, I’m not participating in the sit-in, but if it is violently attacked it will be over my dead body, as life would not hold any value if this were to happen”. The last words he wrote were: “The lifespan of an invalid is very short, as, for the victory, it’s only a matter of an hour’s patience.”
Abdel Razik had notes on the performance of the Muslim Brotherhood, and he frequently reassured that there were Egyptians that were standing against the military rule in Egypt that were not supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Another status of his was: “By the way, I am not a member of the Brotherhood in any way. I do not respect the entity. I am against the arbitrary arrests, the arrests of the politicians, the crackdown on channels, and the arrests of its individuals. I am Abdullah. I am from the January Revolution… I am who calls for freedom and justice to all people… down with the fascist government.”
On the 30th of June 2013, Abdullah had a different point of view than his party, the Masr El-Qaweya Party, so he wrote then: “I was given the choice between the bad and the worse. I was diligent, so if I have made the wrong judgment I would have to pay and if I made the right one I should be rewarded double. After a consultation prayer and consulting someone in addition to studying the subject from different angles, I decided not to participate in tomorrow’s protests despite my political opposition to the president’s performance. As well as putting most of the responsibility on him, I still think that for things to be set straight under a tyrannical, weak, and failing ruler it is better than to not be set straight at all as the system would come crumbling down over all of our heads.” As days went by, his political vision was proven true as the protests of the 30th of June led to a military coup on the 3rd of July 2013.
His father seemed to be holding it together as he was receiving condolences after the burial procedures. He said: “My son never held a weapon in his hand all his life and I will never allow for it to be said that he is a terrorist. He was a dentist and whoever wants to know about him should go to the Faculty of Dentistry where he studied and ask his teachers and his peers. We will not accept this accusation! If they would say he was killed by accident we would forgive, but we would never accept my son being called a terrorist.”
Dr. Abdullah leaves behind a young child and a wife.