Back أسلمة قطاع غزة Arabic Qəzzə zolağında islamçılıq Azerbaijani গাজা উপত্যকায় ইসলামবাদ Bengali/Bangla Islamización de la Franja de Gaza Spanish اسلامگرایی در نوار غزه Persian Islamisation de la bande de Gaza French ഗാസയുടെ ഇസ്ലാമികവൽക്കരണം Malayalam
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Islamism in the Gaza Strip involves efforts to promote and impose Islamic laws and traditions in the Gaza Strip, both by the ruling Hamas government and other Islamist anti-Hamas groups in the region. 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]
In 2009, Ismael Haniyeh officially denied accusations that Hamas intended to establish an Islamic emirate.[5][6] However, Jonathan Schanzer wrote that in two years following the Hamas takeover, 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".[7] Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh wrote in 2009 that "Hamas is gradually turning the Gaza Strip into a Taliban-style Islamic entity".[8] 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."[9]
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. 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.
- ^ Plumb, Dr. Radha; Palmieri, Margaret; Kramer, Zach; Morrissey, Rob (2009-08-19). "The Talibanization of Gaza: A Liability for the Muslim Brotherhood". Hudson Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ "In Gaza, prisoners twice over; Palestinians are being squeezed by the Israeli blockade and Hamas' 'Islamizing' actions," Bill Van Esveld (a Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch), June 27, 2010, Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Toamehwas 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