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Hizb-ut-Tahrir wants to declare caliphate in Gaza | |
2006-08-24 | |
A radical Islamic group called Hizb al-Tahrir (Liberation Party) is planning to declare the birth of an Islamic caliphate in the Gaza Strip on Friday. The relatively small party, which is seen as more extreme than Hamas, is said to have increased its popularity following what is perceived as a Hizbullah victory over Israel. On Tuesday, thousands of the party's supporters staged a demonstration in Gaza City to mark the anniversary of the end of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Jordanian security forces recently foiled a similar attempt by the party's followers in the kingdom and arrested most of their leaders. Ramzi Sawalhah, the leader of Hizb al-Tahrir in Jordan, was arrested shortly after he delivered a sermon in a mosque in which he called for replacing the monarchy with an Islamic caliphate. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#11 Damn near killed me. Even though I am a serial monogamist, I can still bet you would have died smiling, mcsegeek1. |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-24 18:39 |
#10 It was the first demonstration in the Gaza Strip in which demonstrators called for establishing an Islamic caliphate that would rule not only in the PA territories, but the entire world. Well, a cancer has to start someplace. Even in a miniscule cell. |
Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-24 12:50 |
#9 I just don't get the 72 virgin stuff, me when I get to heaven I want a tree a nice running river a fishing pole and some BBQ and my family having a picnic behind me. Exactly. When I was in college, I made the mistake of having two girlfriends at once. Damn near killed me. |
Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-24 09:30 |
#8 If its a Caliphate, then leaders would have the authority to order jihad, globally. Therefore they would force us to blame them for all terror, and inflict appropriate punishment. That is: we will turn Gaza into charcoal. |
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-24 04:43 |
#7 LOL. Maybe it's a Caliphette. |
Posted by: flyover 2006-08-24 02:17 |
#6 Declare THIS motherf&ckers! |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-24 02:01 |
#5 Sorry boyz, way too freakin' small to qualify as a Caliphate. You can't even graze a respectable herd of donkeys in the Strip. You've got to take over a hell of a lot more territory before you get into delusions of a Caliphate. |
Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-24 01:15 |
#4 I just don't get the 72 virgin stuff, me when I get to heaven I want a tree a nice running river a fishing pole and some BBQ and my family having a picnic behind me. |
Posted by: djohn66 2006-08-24 00:30 |
#3 Serious delusions of grandeur and flights of fantasy but remember these are the people that think they get the 72 virgins. Tbey live in a crock of shit. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2006-08-24 00:15 |
#2 What dot? |
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-24 00:14 |
#1 Have any of these guys ever seen a globe? If so have they noticed Gaza is this little dot? |
Posted by: 3dc 2006-08-24 00:10 |