THE PRICE OF IGNORANCE*

By Diallo Mahamadou

′′ The judge asked the killer of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadate: Why did you kill Sadate?
He said to him, Because he is secular!
The judge replied: What secular means?
The killer said: I don’t know!
In the case of the attempted assassination of the late Egyptian writer ′′ Naguib Mahfouz “, the judge asked the man who stabbed Naguib Mahfouz: Why did you stab him?
The terrorist said: Because of his novel ′′ The children of our neighborhood “.
The judge asked him: Have you read this novel?
The criminal said: No!

Another judge asked the terrorist who killed the Egyptian writer ‘Faraj Fara’: Why did you murder Faraj Fouda?
The terrorist replied: Because he is an unfaithful!
The judge asked him: How did you know he was an unfaithful?
The terrorist replied: According to the books he wrote?
The judge said: Which of his books did you know he is an unfaithful?

The Terrorist: I haven’t read his books!
Judge: How?
The terrorist replied: I can’t read or write!

We talk about ignorance.
This is how our societies paid the price of ignorance ′′

by – Diallo Mahamadou