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- From: mmdh@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Mazen Mokhtar)
- Subject: Re: What is HAMAS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.160417.12173@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- References: <1992Dec25.212107.10051@massey.ac.nz>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:04:17 GMT
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- Assalamu `alaykum,
-
- >Can any body give me some detail about "HAMAS". I have heard this name
- >for the first time. Are they Shi'a or Duruz?.
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- Hamas stands for "Harakat al Muqawamat il Islamiyyah", which means, the
- Islamic resistance movement. It was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin three
- or four years ago. It represents the Muslim Bretheren in Palestine. The
- founder is sunni. The organization is an Islamic organization whose aims
- include providing an Islamic support organization for Palestinians, resisting
- Israeli occupation, the liberation of all of Palestine and the establishment
- of an Islamic state.
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- Assalamu `alaykum,
-
- Mazen Mokhtar
-