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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/15/AR2010121506440.html
Palestinian Authority Cracks Down on Mosques to Promote Moderate Islam
(Washington Post) Janine Zacharia - Each week, Mahmoud Habash, the PA Minister of Religious Affairs, sends an email to mosques across the West Bank with what amounts to a script for the Friday sermon that every imam is required to deliver. The practice, part of a broader crackdown on Muslim preachers considered too radical, shows the extreme steps the PA is taking to weaken Hamas, its Islamist rival. The crackdown also reveals an authoritarian streak in a Palestinian leadership routinely hailed by American officials for its governance.