What is R4BIA? R4BIA is a symbol of freedom R4BIA is the birth of a new movement for freedom and justice R4BIA is the birth of a new world R4BIA is the return of Muslims to world stage R4BIA means justice, freedom and conscience R4BIA is the place where the so-called values of the West collapsed R4BIA means the Egyptian heroes who became free by dying R4BIA is Egypt, Syria, Palestine and the whole geography of Islam R4BIA is the name of those who wake all the Islamic world with their death R4BIA is the place of people who show the death is a revival R4BIA is our daughter Asma R4BIA is the grandchildren of Hasan Al Banna R4BIA is the new name of our children who will change the world R4BIA is a new breath to humanity R4BIA is justice for everyone against rotten Western values R4BIA is the soul of a free man and a free woman R4BIA is the tear, the sadness, the sobbing R4BIA is the joy, the happiness, the good news R4BIA is the child, the woman, the young, the old R4BIA is a man like a man R4BIA is straight as an Aleef, humble as Waw R4BIA is a pure martyrdom R4BIA is a new world R4BIA is Ummah R4BIA is solidarity, togetherness, brotherhood R4BIA is unification of Islamic World R4BIA is the shame of the accomplice of the massacres R4BIA is the end of munafiqeen who support the massacres R4BIA is the end of oil sheikhs R4BIA is the end of capitalists R4BIA is the end of Zionists R4BIA is the end of immoral press RABIA is the arena of martyrdom R4BIA is the mother of martyrs R4BIA is a smiling martyrdom How did R4BIA emerge? The owners of this sign were martyred in Rabia al-Adawiya Square by the military coup that took place in Egypt on July 3, 2013. The Egyptian people, who wanted to reclaim their beliefs, freedoms, future and the votes they cast for the first elected president in Egypt, launched a collective resistance unprecedented in world history on 28 June in Rabia al-Adawiya Square. It was there that they made the sign for the first time by raising their four fingers. It never transpired who invented the sign or who came up with the idea for it. When they were asked two months later what the sign meant, they explained: “This is the ‘Rabia sign.’ ‘Rabia’ means four or fourth in the Arabic language. The name of this square comes from Rabia al-Adawiya, a blessed lady among the pious servants of Allah. She received the name Rabia because she was the fourth child in the family. We use the sign to cherish her legacy.” “The second reason why this sign bears significance is the fact that Mohamed Morsi was the fourth President of Egypt after Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak. We make the sign to remind people of his presidency.” “In addition, those who gather in Tahrir Square to support the military coup prefer the V sign made with the two fingers. We cannot be the same as those people. We use and spread the Rabia sign in order to distinguish ourselves from them.” When pro-democracy demonstrators made this explanation at the early hours of 14 August, the Egyptian army moved into Rabia al-Adawiya to unleash the biggest civilian massacre that history has ever witnessed. It is likely that those few people who explained what the sign meant were martyred as well. This website contains photos and video footage of those who made the sign for the last time, right before the killings. Following the massacre in Egypt, the Rabia sign came to be better recognized, and from then on began spreading across the entire Muslim world. Within a short span of time, the sign became a symbol adopted by Muslims of every denomination and from all walks of life who stood up against the states in both the East and the West that chose to ignore thousands of civilians subjected to violence in Egypt. Among the numerous logos designed to represent the Rabia sign, the one with the black hand on a yellow background caught on more quickly than others. People started using it everywhere. Noteworthy about the design is that the creators of the logo are said to have used the color yellow in reference to the golden dome of Qubbatus Sakhra Mosque in Jerusalem, Muslims’ first Qiblah, and the color black to signify the black cloth that covers the Kaaba. The Rabia sign then spread beyond the national borders with the blessing of Rabia martyrs, and became the symbol of the global Muslim community. The answers found on this website addressing the question “What is R4BIA?” are compiled from a selection of interpretations provided by Muslims around the world. Even today, Muslim intellectuals, thinkers, journalists and the general public continue to explain the sign in manifold ways. The Rabia sign is the symbol of awakening, triggered in response to the massacres, oppression and long-going political, economic and cultural pressure – both in the West and the East – that have targeted Islam and Muslims. Western concepts such as democracy, human rights, freedom, equality and right to life, often exercised in a double standard, have utterly collapsed in Palestine, Syria, Bosnia and lastly in Egypt. With the spirit of the Rabia sign, these and similar concepts will be reinterpreted based on Islamic principles. With help of Allah, this awakening will be a source of inspiration for every individual, irrespective of faith and ethnicity, who seeks justice, equality and freedom in this world. Supporting every well-meant effort in search of rights and freedoms that is spread through this sign is an indication of human decency. The Rabia sign and the blessing of martyrs are reuniting Muslim peoples and nations, isolated within borders that were set by the occupying states of the East and the West. No single country, group or individual claims this sign as their own. Therefore, they felicitously avoid overshadowing the blessings that Allah bestowed on the Muslim world for the sake of the martyrs. The administrators of this website do not own or manage this sign, either; they are simply servants of Islam. The global Muslim community will chart its path on its own. “And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.” (Surat al-Ahzab, ayah 3)
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:37:38 +0000
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