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• einpoklum 5y ago
  Neither Hamas nor the Egyptian Muslim brotherhood are fundamentalist movements. They're conservative, but that's quite different. Naturally, people who feed off of pro-US media may think them fundamentalist (as some commenters here seem to), but their respective electoral platforms and governmental policies do not agree with such a characterization.
  • odiroot 5y ago
    From Wikipedia: [..] Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist,[c] militant,[16] and nationalist organization.
    • einpoklum 5y ago
      Ah, so the national security assistant to John McCain says Hamas is fundamentalist. Well, I guess it must be true then. How could I ever disagree with Wikipedia, silly me. They are _never_ biased in favor of US foreign policy positions, right?
  • drorco 5y ago
    Huh? "Hamas is a radical Islamic fundamentalist organization that has stated that its highest priority is a Jihad (holy war) for the liberation of Palestine." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
  • sofixa 5y ago
    > a person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion. "religious fundamentalists" They're both Islamist, conservative, fundamentalist, pro-Sharia law, etc. etc. Both were or are still considered terrorist groups, and both have used terror tactics to murder opponents or enemies.
    • notsureaboutpg 5y ago
      I don't think it's fair to call them terrorists because they "use terror tactics to murder opponents". The US and Israel do that too. Every army in the world does that. Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima was, by all definitions, using terror tactics to murder opponents. By your logic, one who has used terror tactics is a terrorist, then the US Army is a terrorist
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