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| "The Islamization that Has Been Forced upon the Gaza Strip... Is an Egregious Deed" |
| 2010-10-23 |
| [MEMRI] "The Islamization that has been forced upon the Gazoo Strip -- the suppression of social, cultural, and press freedoms that do not suit Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason's view[s] -- is an egregious deed that must be opposed. It is the reenactment, under a religious guise, of the experience of [other] totalitarian regimes and dictatorships. "Under a barbaric and inhumane siege, which constitutes a crime against humanity to which all of the world powers are party, Hamas is exacerbating the people's suffering by investigating casual meetings [between friends] and attempting to change 100-year-old habits. [Customs of] marriage, dating, and gender-mixing are a matter of social, circumstantial, and status-related conventions, in which the law should not interfere. When married or engaged couples are forced to carry marriage licenses in their pockets, out of fear that some armed [policeman] might burst in on one of their dates and inquire into [the nature of] their relationship, it is a frightening deterioration in the Paleostinians' values and lifestyle, which certainly did not exist [previously]. When a [policeman on a] motorcycle pursues a family car in which a woman is sitting beside a man whose arm is resting on the back of her seat, arrests [the family] and takes them to the police [station] -- it is a stupid patrol [that is detrimental] to people's lives. When a brother and sister are jugged on their way home at night because they do not have identification cards on them to prove 'their legitimate relationship,' it is expressly Taliban-like behavior. "We are talking about a long series of deeds, from the indirect coercion of female students to wear a hijab (without administrative memos or written orders), to the persecution [of girls] in restaurants and cafes, to the ban on smoking hookahs and 'searches' for immoral pictures on private computers. "The Taliban's technical capabilities did not enable it to [do] what Hamas's technical capabilities enable it [to do] today. Hamas -- which developed a lot of these capabilities, with impressive ingenuity, in the field of rocket production and in order to use modern technology to prevent infiltration [of Gazoo] by Israel -- is now exploiting many of these [capabilities] in order to place restrictions on Gazook society and monitor it with repulsive patriarchalism. Why does Hamas do this when it is clear that it will [ultimately] harm it and provoke criticism against it? How can one understand their preference to enforce Islamization rather than rehabilitate Gazoo after the war...? "There are two [possible] explanations for the Taliban-like steps Hamas has taken in the social sphere. The first is the erosion in Hamas of the moderate thinking characteristic of the Mohammedan Brotherhood, which has been replaced by radical Salafist thinking... "The second [explanation] comprises several issues. The conditions of siege and confrontation to which the movement was subjected following its victory in the elections; the ongoing hiatus in 'resistance' after the barbaric Israeli war; the emergence of corruption among some of its bigwigs; and the favoritism that accompanies any rise to power -- all these led to increased criticism towards Hamas from the smaller and more bad turban groups [in Gazoo], as well as from [extremists] within [the movement itself], who accused it of straying from 'Islamic practice by failing to establish the regime of Allah on earth.' [Hamas] responded by intensifying the Islamization of society, in order to prove that it is more Islamist [than its critics] and more committed to its [Islamist] slogans." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 A roommate who steals your beer, trashes your CDs and DVDs, hits on your girlfriend, chisels on the rent, invites low lifes to hang out and smoke drugs, and pisses off the landlord so much that he keeps the security deposit. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-10-23 09:58 |
| #1 Conveniently left out is the Islamists' logistic and ideological support. When one sups with the Devil, expect him to end up a roommate. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-10-23 09:33 |