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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• August 3, 2015 at 5:00 am
- Hamas's
totalitarian rule over the Gaza Strip seems to be nearing its end,
as the Islamist movement faces increased challenges from various
militias in the area. Many Palestinians are worried that Gaza will
fall into the hands of Islamic State or Al-Qaeda.
- "By
Allah's will, we will uproot the state of the Jews and you [Hamas]
and others will vanish as the Gaza Strip will be ruled by sharia,
whether you like it or not." — Spokesman for the Islamic State.
- In public,
Hamas leaders do not admit that their movement is being challenged
by Islamic State and Al-Qaeda supporters in Gaza. It is more
convenient for them to blame "Israeli occupation" for the
violence, on the pretext that only Israel is interested in removing
Hamas from power. This claim, however, has proven to be untrue.
- It is time
for the international community to realize that the Palestinian
dream of establishing an independent state is being destroyed by
none other than the Palestinians themselves.
Palestinians waving Islamic State flags attempt to storm the French Cultural Center in Gaza City, in
January 2015. (Image source: ehna tv YouTube screenshot)
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The Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, which Palestinians hope will one
day become part of a future Palestinian state, is quickly sliding toward
anarchy and chaos.
Since its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007,
Hamas has maintained a tight grip on the area, home to some 1.7 million
Palestinians. But now Hamas's totalitarian rule over the Gaza Strip seems
to be nearing its end, as the Islamist movement faces increased
challenges from various militias and groups in the area.
Some of Hamas's rivals belong to more radical terror groups such as
the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda-affiliated militias created by
salafi-jihadis inside the Gaza Strip. Others belong to the secular Fatah
faction, whose members continue to dream of the day when they will be able
to topple the Hamas regime and regain control over the Gaza Strip.
by Vijeta Uniyal
• August 3, 2015 at 4:00 am
- ISIS wants to
trigger this final conflict by unleashing attacks on Indian soil. If
the U.S. comes to India's aid, ISIS would declare a global Jihad,
calling upon a billion Muslims to heed the call.
- Despite the
propaganda onslaught by ISIS, Indian authorities have apparently not
yet grasped the true nature of the conflict between ISIS and India
that is unfolding before their eyes. As ISIS raises an army among
Indian Muslims and publicizes its apocalyptic goals for the Indian
subcontinent, some in the Indian establishment still hope to lure
the ISIS rank-and-file with government-funded welfare programs.
- "Accept
the fact that this caliphate will survive and prosper until it takes
over the entire world and beheads every last person that rebels
against Allah. ... This is the bitter truth, swallow it." — The
Islamic State.
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In 2014, this photo of Muslim ISIS supporters in
India's Tamil Nadu state went viral on Twitter.
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President Obama might not yet have a strategy to combat the Islamic
State (ISIS), but the Islamic State has a strategy. It is, apparently, to
bring about the "end of the world." According to a document
uncovered by American Media Institute (AMI) and reviewed by U.S.
intelligence officials, ISIS is preparing to attack India, in the hope of
forcing the U.S. to come to India's aid and get mired in an apocalyptic
conflict.
In the document, written in prophetic style and entitled, "A
Brief History of the Islamic State Caliphate (ISC), The Caliphate
According to the Prophet," ISIS calls upon different jihadist
factions operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan to come under its banner.
It urges al-Qaeda in the region to submit to the authority of the Islamic
empire or "Caliphate" and recognize ISIS as the sole ruler of a
billion Muslims across the world.
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