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Hamas seeks to lower tension with Egypt
[Al Ahram] The Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, Islamist group ruling Gazoo sought to ease tensions with Cairo on Wednesday by ordering Moslem preachers to mute their criticism of the Egyptian government over what some of the holy mans have called its war on Islam."Preachers should avoid speaking of the internal affairs of Egypt and focus on our Paleostinian national issues and our struggle for the liberation of our land and the freedom of our prisoners (held by Israel)," said Ismail Rudwan, the Hamas-appointed religious affairs minister in Gazoo. He told Rooters he delivered that message in meetings he had held with scores of preachers in mosques in the southern Gazoo Strip and planned to see more holy mans in other parts of the Paleostinian territory. Events in neighbouring Egypt have resonated strongly in the Gazoo Strip. Hamas is an offshoot ofEgypt's Moslem Brüderbund. Brotherhood figure Mohamed Morsi was tossed as president by the military in July following mass protests. Efforts by the army-backed government in Egypt to crush the Brotherhood and its closure of cross-border smuggling tunnels used to move weapons and goods into the Gazoo Strip have dealt a major blow to Hamas. Gazoo preachers, in fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... sermons, have accused Egypt's army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, of waging war against Islam. Egyptian army officials have said Hamas is interfering in Egyptian affairs and suggested that Paleostinians were helping Islamist hard boyz in Sinai, which borders Gazoo and Israel. Hamas denies such allegations, and Rudwan said it regards Egypt as a "strategic supporter of the Paleostinian cause". The group, spurned by the West over its refusal to recognise Israel and renounce violence, won a Paleostinian election in 2006 and seized control of Gazoo in 2007 from forces loyal to Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... Posted by: Fred 2013-09-12 |
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