Yemen in an Era of Open Warfare: Information Control as a شرط for Resilience and Victory
Conscious Silence in Times of War: How Yemen Wins Before a Shot Is Fired
From Weapons to Awareness: Why Secrecy Is Today Yemen’s First Line of Defense
Secrecy in the Qur’anic Project: A Yemeni Vision to Protect Life, Identity, and Sovereignty
At a time when instruments of digital dominance are accelerating, and social media platforms are turning into parallel battlegrounds alongside military fronts, secrecy and restraint emerge as among the most dangerous and decisive tools in the confrontation between the Yemeni armed forces on one side and the Israeli enemy and its American backer on the other.
Today’s battle is no longer confined to missiles and aircraft; it has expanded into the realm of awareness itself—where wars of perception are waged, and defeats or victories are manufactured before the first shot is fired.
Information: From an Individual Right to a Collective Responsibility
The digital boom has eroded the boundaries between what is private and what is public, between personal and shared space.
Digital exhibitionism has become a way of life, where value is measured by views and engagement—even in the most dangerous and sensitive matters.
This shift, though seemingly harmless, has weakened society’s intellectual immunity, opening the door to behavioral and cognitive manipulation, and turning the citizen—often unknowingly—into a free source of intelligence serving enemy operations rooms.
In the context of conflict, military, security, or even morale-related information becomes a collective trust. No individual has the right to handle it outside the framework of the public interest.
A word, an image, or a comment can turn into a “coordinate” that enables targeting, or into a tool used to shatter morale and spread doubt and fear.
Secrecy: An Existential Necessity, Not a Luxury
Contemporary intellectual approaches frame secrecy not as isolationism or a restriction of freedom, but as an existential necessity to protect society and safeguard identity.
In an era of informational exposure—under the dominance of hegemonic states over social platforms and surveillance tools—leaking information is no longer a simple mistake; it can become a means of physical or psychological killing.
Linguistically, secrecy denotes concealment and non-disclosure; technically, it means regulating the circulation of sensitive information to prevent it from reaching unauthorized parties.
It is not limited to moments of direct persecution, but extends to individual and collective behavior in daily life, as well as in military, political, and security work.
Technological Advancement: The Hidden Enemy
Secrecy today is no longer tied solely to pursuit or repression; it is imposed by technological advancement itself. Major powers—foremost among them the United States—rely on big data, mass surveillance, and directed media as strategic weapons.
Smartphones, applications, and social platforms have become information-gathering tools—analyzed, cross-referenced, and used to construct comprehensive target banks.
Experts and observers warn that excessive posting, especially during wartime, grants the enemy “free coordinates,” facilitating targeting and assassinations, enabling mood analysis, identifying vulnerabilities, and conducting psychological warfare with greater effectiveness.
The Legal–Religious Dimension: Preserving Life Is a Responsibility
The religious dimension occupies a central place in the discourse on secrecy, as preserving human life—particularly Muslim life—is a fixed principle in Islamic law.
Scholars and thinkers affirm that divulging secrets, when it leads to killing or collective harm, rises to the level of betrayal and grave sin, with the perpetrator bearing full responsibility.
This view draws on Qur’anic texts and Prophetic traditions that place a heavy burden on the broadcaster of harmful information—one that, in effect and outcome, may equate him with the killer.
Causing death, even indirectly, is a crime not mitigated by good intentions nor excused by ignorance of consequences.
Secrecy as a Binding, Contextual Obligation
A number of experts conclude that secrecy—though a contextual ruling tied to assessments of public interest—has, in the current phase, acquired a binding character.
Present historical conditions, marked by existential threats and intertwined tools of dominance and control, render discretion a moral, national, and religious duty.
The resemblance between the current moment and perilous historical junctures faced by the nation necessitates redefining “freedom” and “expression” within the context of conflict—so they do not become tools of self-destruction or bridges for the enemy.
Critique of Liberal Individualism
Ethically, this approach critiques liberal individualism that prioritizes personal desire and unrestrained freedom of expr