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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• January 12, 2016 at 5:00 am
- In the video
produced by the pro-ISIS Palestinian Islamic Army (PIA), Hamas leaders
are denounced for aligning themselves with moderate Arab leaders in
the Gulf, who are described as "criminals and enemies of
Islam."
- Apparently, Hamas
has been too kind to Christians living in the Gaza Strip. The narrator
blasts Hamas leaders for offering greetings to Christians on their
holidays.
- It seems that
there may be valid reasons for Egypt's reluctance to reopen the Rafah
border crossing with Gaza, as well as to Israel's opposition to
lifting the naval blockade on Gaza -- initiated to prevent weapons
from being imported to Hamas and other extremists in Gaza. The PIA
video provides proof that the Gaza Strip has become a hub for jihadi
groups posing a murderous threat not only to Israel and "the
West," but also to Muslims who are deemed by the terrorists as
lacking in religious standards.
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A frame from the recent video produced in Gaza by the
Palestinian Islamic Army (PIA), in which the PIA followers pledge
allegiance to ISIS "Caliph" Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
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A new group calling itself the Palestinian Islamic Army (PIA) has
popped up in the Gaza Strip, signalling incontrovertibly the growing
influence of the Islamic State (ISIS) among Palestinians.
A thirty-minute video put out by the PIA shows its followers pledging
allegiance to ISIS "Caliph" Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, and paints
Hamas leaders as "apostates" and "infidels" for failing
to implement Islamic sharia law in the Gaza Strip. The video constitutes
proof positive that the ISIS ideology has infiltrated Gaza -- a truth that
Hamas has unsuccessfully been trying to conceal for the past year.
by Burak Bekdil
• January 12, 2016 at 4:30 am
- The Directorate
for Religious Affairs, or Diyanet in Turkish, enjoys an annual budget
bigger than those of more than 10 other ministries combined -- and its
president, a government-appointed cleric, enjoys a $400,000
chauffeur-driven car.
- Turkey accuses
those who protest lusting for one's daughter of hating religiosity.
- "[G]ossip
and holding hands, not allowed in Islam." — Fatwa from Turkey's
Directorate of Religious Affairs.
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Mehmet Gormez, President of Turkey's Directorate of
Religious Affairs. (Image source: İlke Haber video screenshot)
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Turkey has a government agency that regulates "religious
affairs" [read: Sunni Muslim Affairs]. It is run by the country's top
Muslim cleric and reports to the prime minister. The Directorate for
Religious Affairs, or Diyanet in Turkish, enjoys an annual budget bigger
than those of more than 10 other ministries combined – and its president, a
government-appointed cleric, enjoys a $400,000 chauffeur-driven car.
Among its duties is to issue "fatwas," or to tell Muslim Turks
what is religiously permissible and what is not. Its current president, the
top cleric, also enjoys making long, doctrinaire speeches. Sometimes they
sound reasonable, sometimes not.
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