Islamism in the Gaza Strip information

Islamism in the Gaza Strip involves efforts to promote and impose Islamic laws and traditions in the Gaza Strip. The influence of Islamic groups in the Gaza Strip has grown since the 1980s. Following Hamas' victory in the 2006 Palestinian elections and a conflict with supporters of the rival Fatah party, Hamas took complete control of the Gaza Strip,^[1]^[2]^[3] and declared the "end of secularism and heresy in the Gaza Strip".^[4] For the first time since the Sudanese coup of 1989 that brought Omar al-Bashir to power, a Muslim Brotherhood group rules a significant geographic territory.^[5] Gaza human-rights groups accuse Hamas of restricting many freedoms.^[2]

Ismael Haniyeh officially denied^[when?] accusations that Hamas intended to establish an Islamic emirate.^[5] However, Jonathan Schanzer wrote that in two years following the 2007 coup, the Gaza Strip had exhibited the characteristics of Talibanization,^[5] a process whereby the Hamas government had imposed strict rules on women, discouraged activities commonly associated with Western culture, oppressed non-Muslim minorities, imposed sharia law, and deployed religious police to enforce these laws.^[5]

According to a Human Rights Watch researcher, the Hamas-controlled government of Gaza stepped up its efforts to "Islamize" Gaza in 2010, efforts that included the "repression" of civil society and "severe violations of personal freedom".^[6] Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh wrote in 2009 that "Hamas is gradually turning the Gaza Strip into a Taliban-style Islamic entity".^[7] According to Mkhaimar Abusada, a political-science professor at Gaza's Al-Azhar University, "Ruling by itself, Hamas can stamp its ideas on everyone (...) Islamizing society has always been part of Hamas strategy."^[8]

^ Militants torch Gaza water park shut down by Hamas Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Haaretz 19-09-2010
^ ^a ^b Gunmen torch Gaza beach club shuttered by Hamas Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine, AFP 19-09-2010
^ "The Beleaguered Christians of the Palestinian-Controlled Areas, by David Raab". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ Khaled Abu Toameh, "Haniyeh Calls for Palestinian Unity", Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jonathan Schanzer (August 19, 2009). "The Talibanization of Gaza: A Liability for the Muslim Brotherhood" (PDF). Current Trends in Islamist Ideology (9). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
^ "In Gaza, prisoners twice over; Palestinians are being squeezed by the Israeli blockade and Hamas' 'Islamizing' actions," Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Bill Van Esveld (a Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch), June 27, 2010, Los Angeles Times.
^ Cite error: The named reference Toameh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hamas Bans Women Dancers, Scooter Riders in Gaza Push Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine By Daniel Williams, Bloomberg, November 30, 2009

[hatorch-1] Militants torch Gaza water park shut down by Hamas Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Haaretz 19-09-2010

[afptorch-2] Gunmen torch Gaza beach club shuttered by Hamas Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine, AFP 19-09-2010

[3] "The Beleaguered Christians of the Palestinian-Controlled Areas, by David Raab". Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[4] Khaled Abu Toameh, "Haniyeh Calls for Palestinian Unity", Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2007

[Schanzer-5] Jonathan Schanzer (August 19, 2009). "The Talibanization of Gaza: A Liability for the Muslim Brotherhood" (PDF). Current Trends in Islamist Ideology (9). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

[Esveld-6] "In Gaza, prisoners twice over; Palestinians are being squeezed by the Israeli blockade and Hamas' 'Islamizing' actions," Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine Bill Van Esveld (a Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch), June 27, 2010, Los Angeles Times.

[Toameh-7] Cite error: The named reference Toameh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[bloomberg-8] Hamas Bans Women Dancers, Scooter Riders in Gaza Push Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine By Daniel Williams, Bloomberg, November 30, 2009

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