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Source: http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD163307
Fears in the PA: Gaza May Turn into a Taliban-Style Emirate
[MEMRI] Fatah officials and columnists in the PA dailies were skeptical of Hamas' declarations that it would not try to impose Islam upon the citizens in Gaza. They said that the acts and statements of Hamas - destruction of monuments, attacks on Christians, and calls to establish an Islamic emirate - portended a Taliban-like reality. Yousef al-Qazzaz said: "[Hamas] members destroyed the monument of the unknown soldier [in Gaza] just as the Taliban destroyed archeological sites and monuments in Afghanistan."