Secular Arabs Fearful of Islamic Resurgence In Palestine
Posted: Sat, 4th Feb 2006
The victory of Hamas – or the Islamic Resistance Movement to give it its English name – which won 74 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian Parliament, has raised the fear that Palestinians might henceforth be subject to sharia, or Islamic law. As one of the dark jokes now sweeping Ramallah has it, “Drink like it’s going out of fashion: it is.�
The victory of Hamas – or the Islamic Resistance Movement to give it its English name – which won 74 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian Parliament, has raised the fear that Palestinians might henceforth be subject to sharia, or Islamic law. As one of the dark jokes now sweeping Ramallah has it, “Drink like it’s going out of fashion: it is.”
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