Sunday, July 26, 2009

Gaza's Creeping Islamicization

A top judge in Gaza has insisted that female lawyers must wear the Islamic headscarf:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/26/gaza-judge-female-lawyers_n_245015.html

Hamas has not yet imposed Islamic law in Gaza, but is this a sign of creeping Islamicization? And will Gaza's people stand for such blatant expressions of religiosity? Remember Gaza was once the fiefdom of the left-wing, secularist Fatah faction of the PLO. But the times they are a changin', particularly with the new Islamists in power in Gaza.

Tamir Bar-On

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