Protecting Ships or Protecting American Hegemony?
(Translated)
Al-Rayah Newspaper - Issue 618 - 23/09/2026
By: Mahmoud Al-Laithi*

America’s agents involved in the issue of the Crusader onslaught led by America against the Islamic region work with full vigor and strength to achieve the goals of their American master, which consist of tightening control over the Islamic Ummah and its resources geographically and ideologically, and using these achievements to bring the Western and Eastern worlds—European, Chinese, and those behind them—to their knees before the American idol, which holds a monopoly on the international stance, dominating the peoples of the earth and plundering their wealth.

Just as America’s favorite agents in Pakistan—its political and military leadership—have stepped forward alongside the hypocrite of Ankara to employ the military capabilities of the Ummah in both countries to bring the world to its knees before the American idol through the alliance forged between them and the state of the House of Saud, the regime in Egypt was no less prepared to join that alliance, whether directly or indirectly. The history of the regime in Egypt is well known for its betrayal of Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw), and the believers, and for its hostility toward them and allegiance to the disbelievers among Jews and Christians; its betrayal and abandonment of the oppressed in Gaza of Hashim, just meters away from Cairo of Al-Mu’izz, is but an example of that.

It is against this backdrop that the Saudi “butcher,” Bin Salman, visited his counterpart Sisi on 15 September 2026. During their talks in Cairo, they emphasized the importance of safeguarding maritime security and freedom of passage in the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, as well as the Red Sea. A statement from the Egyptian presidency noted that Sisi and Ibn Salman reaffirmed the “joint Egyptian-Saudi stance committed to ensuring the freedom and security of maritime navigation in the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea.” Sisi stressed that the security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States is integral to Egypt’s national security, and Cairo condemned any attacks or threats targeting the “Kingdom’s” sovereignty, stability, or territorial integrity, as well as freedom of navigation in international maritime corridors. Both sides emphasized that current regional circumstances necessitate greater solidarity and coordination between the two nations, at a time when the region faces mounting turmoil threatening trade routes and energy supplies.

Ultimately, what brought the two parties together was nothing more than securing the passage of ships that plunder the Ummah’s wealth and export it to their colonial masters in the West—or, put differently, managing the crisis in a way that serves the interests of their sole master, the United States. This occurs amidst the Houthis allowing American ships—and only American ships—to pass through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, pursuant to an agreement reached last year between the Houthis and the US, which grants American vessels freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and passage through the strait.

In essence, both parties concur on upholding the measures taken to block non-American vessels. Just as America once used Iran as a bogeyman to blackmail both the Gulf States aligned with it and the British, it is now exploiting wartime conditions to blackmail the world—including Europe, China, and their respective spheres of influence. This is happening against the backdrop of Russia being preoccupied with Ukraine and lacking a political horizon for an alliance with China or reconciliation with Europe.

In this context, Sisi affirmed Egypt’s support for the measures Saudi Arabia is taking to protect its security and stability—which effectively means protecting American interests in the region. This includes empowering the Houthis by targeting and bombing their adversaries—British proxies in Yemen—under the guise of hostility and open warfare against the Houthis. It is precisely this policy that has recently enabled the Houthis to achieve significant gains; last week, they seized control of parts of Yemen’s west coast overlooking the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Sisi’s endorsement of Saudi Arabia’s actions signals his support and readiness to engage in an operation that could involve deploying the troops of Egypt—alongside the armed forces of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye—to eliminate the remnants of British proxies in central and southern Yemen. The ultimate aim would be to subsequently eliminate the Houthis themselves and install a Yemeni “Karzai” figure over the ruins of both British and Iranian-backed Houthi influence.

In light of this dirty game managed by the head of disbelief (kufr), America, and its loyal stooges among the rulers of Muslims who are enemies to Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw), and the believers, the sincere ones in the Ummah—especially in this land strong in its Aqeedah (creed) before its great military power—must stop this criminal, treasonous farce, which, if left to pass, will burn everything in its path, allowing the American monster to sit enthroned in the region and inflict the worst punishment upon its people. Its history with the Native Americans, Central and South America, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Afghanistan, Iraq, and others is a brutal history that portends no good; it will be the savage Hülegü Khan of the age or worse.

Therefore, the obligation to overthrow these agents from Trump’s servants in Pakistan, Al-Hijaz, Egypt Al-Kinanah, and Türkiye is the obligation that no other obligation equals in obligation, and ignoring it or being preoccupied with any other action, no matter how much good is thought to be in it, is a crime greater than the sin of fleeing on the day of battle. Allah (swt) said,

[فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ] “So let those beware who dissent from His command, lest trial strike them or a painful punishment strike them.” [TMQ Surah An-Nur 63].

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