Before I begin to elaborate on this idea, I must issue this warning to everyone who, due to circumstances, hopes, and dreams, has become part of the category of migrants or refugees in order to save themselves from the demons of exile who rely on intellectual and behavioral prostitution as a way to achieve their interests or the interests of their directions or to implement what is issued to them from dubious and vile directives.

Therefore, we say to them clearly: do not lose your minds and do not pledge yourselves; seek assistance for your needs in secrecy and set your compass according to your human and professional capabilities, not according to what others who preceded you try to impose on you if it does not align with your beliefs, hopes, and aspirations.  

Thus, as we are in a changing world filled with conflicts at the level of individuals, communities, entities, and states, the demonization of the other appears as a method used by some to exclude opponents and distort their image before others. We must be certain of what some human beings, jinn, and demons of failures and dubious individuals attempt to pass on to us according to their illusions and the filth of their minds and souls.

Demonizing the other is merely a cheap, dubious, and unethical tool used by weak souls who lack the ability to confront ideas with argument and logic; they resort to dirty methods that serve their personal interests or narrow agendas.

What is the demonization of the other?

Demonizing the other means portraying him as a source of evil and danger, exaggerating his mistakes, and distorting his intentions, with the aim of isolating him, undermining trust in him, stripping him of legitimacy, or justifying aggression against him.

These dirty practices are nothing but a mirror reflecting the weakness of those who resort to them, and they are an expression of intellectual emptiness, moral decline, and security and behavioral suspicions standing behind the motivation of those who commit these evil acts.

Who resorts to this weapon?

1. Intellectual dwarfs: those who lack the ability to confront arguments with counter-arguments, relying instead on lies and distortion as a means of survival.

2. Hypocrites: those who outwardly express friendliness and respect, while secretly working to undermine the other and distort his image.

3. Politically and socially weak individuals: who find in this method a means to achieve short-term gains at the expense of integrity and respect.

4. Those tied to security agendas: these are the most dangerous, as they appear like ostriches when they have tremendous capabilities, and through that, they begin to spread their poison according to the filthy directives they receive to assassinate personalities through demonization. Many are the victims of these evil, demonic actions perpetrated by individuals devoid of conscience and devoid of human feelings, and they are not deterred by any religious, ideological, cultural, or national norms.

Effects of demonizing the other

• Dissolution of society: This method leads to strengthening divisions, planting seeds of fragmentation and hatred, and deepening mistrust among people, for the purpose of weakening society and ensuring its disintegration.

• Killing constructive dialogue: Rumors and fallacies replace objective discussion, preventing the arrival at common solutions that elevate the individual and society, and drowning them all in the mire of division and fragmentation.

• Creating a hostile environment: It enhances fear and hostility between individuals without a clear reason and no justification for it, instead of cooperation and understanding.

Why is this weapon considered cheap?

Because those who resort to it renounce values of morality and transparency, relying on exploiting emotions and manipulating facts to achieve their wicked goals. It is a weapon of those who have nothing to offer except hatred, deception, deception, and feelings of inferiority.

How do we face this method?

1. Awareness: Spreading a culture of verifying information and not being swept along by rumors.

2. Strengthening dialogue: Confronting hatred with thought and argument, and refuting lies through logical discussion.

3. Adhering to moral values: Rejecting unethical practices and presenting a positive model to be emulated.

Conclusion

Demonization of the other is nothing but a weapon of the weak, hypocrites, dubious individuals, and those who have fallen both security-wise and morally, and a behavior that shows the inability of its practitioners to compete honorably or achieve success through ethical means.

It is a call to unify efforts to confront this phenomenon and to affirm that mutual respect and dialogue are the only way to build healthy and stable societies, instead of obscuring awareness and rushing after a handful of dubious individuals tasked with striking at the societal structure, smashing competencies, targeting the honorable, and neutralizing thinkers until the arena is left clear for such algae of those who are intellectually, morally, and behaviorally bankrupt.