This from the Drudge Report today. Coming to a neighborhood near you... Or,
if you live in the Netherlands, parts of France and Germany, and even Dearborn
and Hamtramac, Michigan, maybe it's already on your doorstep...
No dancing and no gays if Hamas gets its way
By Stephen Farrell
A VISION of an Islamic society that bans mixed dancing and sternly disapproves
of homosexuality has been given by Mahmoud Zahar, the most senior leader of
Hamas in Gaza.
After controversies when a Hamas-led council halted a dance festival and
Islamist gunmen stopped a rap band performing in Gaza, Dr Zahar defended the
enforcement of a strict interpretation of Islam.
NI_MPU('middle');A man holds a woman by the hand and dances with her in front
of everyone. Does that serve the national interest? Dr Zahar said on the
Arabic website Elaph. If so, why have the phenomena of corruption and
prostitution become pervasive in recent years?
Because of successes by Hamas in municipal polls and its likely strong showing
in Januarys parliamentary elections, secular Palestinians fear that it will
try to impose its ultraconservative vision on them. Its Gaza heartland has no
cinemas or bars, yet the West Bank has a brewery and Ramallah restaurants serve
wine.
Dr Zahar condemned homosexual marriage, saying: Are these the laws for which
the Palestinian street is waiting? For us to give rights to homosexuals and to
lesbians, a minority of perverts and the mentally and morally sick?
He denied that Hamas wanted a puritancial regime, and said its political and
social institutions included women.
Eric Dondero, Interpreter & ESL Instructor
Author of "Worldwide Multilingual Phrase Book," "Vacation Spanish" & "Ingles
Real".
http://www.houstoninterpreter.com
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