By Mshari Al-Zaydi
It was a surprise hearing the Defence Minister of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government in Somalia and the Spokesman for the Hamas Interior Ministry in Gaza calling for people to embrace "moderate" Islam and branding those who fight against their governments as ideologically deviant and far away from understanding real Islam. They are also described as "brainwashed," a western term that is used excessively insinuating that they themselves are pure!
After the outbreak of clashes between the Jihadist Salafist group, Jund Ansar Allah, and Hamas in Gaza, Hamas no longer has exclusive monopoly over Islamic purity. There is now another party that is more pure than it and more likely to comply with a strict adherence to Islamic Shariaa law and to the Muslim Brotherhood slogan "Islam is the solution." |