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November 30, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aB2RfynNbLmk&pos=9

Hamas Bans Women Dancers, Scooter Riders in Gaza Islamic Drive

(Bloomberg) Daniel Williams - Signs of Hamas' creeping Islamization are everywhere in Gaza. The Islamic Hamas movement banned girls last month from riding behind men on motor scooters and forbade women from dancing at the opening of a folk museum. Girls in some schools must wear Islamic headscarves and cloaks. "Ruling by itself, Hamas can stamp its ideas on everyone," said Mkhaimar Abusada, a political science professor at Gaza's al-Azhar University. "Islamizing society has always been part of Hamas strategy."

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