>From: nathan at newman.org
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>CC: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: Hitchens: kill 'em before they start
>Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 09:58:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>On Fri, 06 September 2002, "Marc Rodrigues" wrote:
> >>Hamas's suicide bombing is
> >> part of its harder
> >> >militancy but is as well tied to its adherents
> >> religious view of their
> >> >martydom.
> >
> > this may be true to some extent, but i think you're
> > oversimplyfying things.
> > there are divisions that exist between the plo and
> > hamas that are based
> > not only on religious grounds but also on what type of
> > concessions the
> > plo constantly makes to israel and the u.s. i was
> > referring to hitchens'
> > specific reference to "sharia" in the
>palestine
> > context, which i think
> > is a non-issue.
>
>But the reason for Hamas's refusal of any concessions
>is based on its religious views, that all of Palestine
>is consecrated Muslim lands (a mirror of the religious
>nationalists among the Israelis). As for Sharia, this
>is from Hamas's basic Covenant/constitution, written
>back in 1988 (see
>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/hamas.htm for
>full text)-- the money line is at the end- "Any
>procedure in contradiction to Islamic Sharia, where
>Palestine is concerned, is null and void."
>
>********
>
>Strategies of the Islamic Resistance Movement:
>Palestine Is Isalmic aqf:
>
>Article Eleven:
>The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land
>of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future
>Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part
>of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it,
>should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country
>nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president,
>nor all the kings and presidents, neither any
>organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or
>Arab, possess the right to do that. Palestine is an
>Islamic Waqf land consecrated for Moslem generations
>until Judgement Day. This being so, who could claim to
>have the right to represent Moslem generations till
>Judgement Day?
>
>This is the law governing the land of Palestine in the
>Islamic Sharia (law) and the same goes for any land the
>Moslems have conquered by force, because during the
>times of (Islamic) conquests, the Moslems consecrated
>these lands to Moslem generations till the Day of
>Judgement.
>
>It happened like this: When the leaders of the Islamic
>armies conquered Syria and Iraq, they sent to the
>Caliph of the Moslems, Umar bin-el-Khatab, asking for
>his advice concerning the conquered land - whether they
>should divide it among the soldiers, or leave it for
>its owners, or what? After consultations and
>discussions between the Caliph of the Moslems, Omar
>bin-el-Khatab and companions of the Prophet, Allah
>bless him and grant him salvation, it was decided that
>the land should be left with its owners who could
>benefit by its fruit. As for the real ownership of the
>land and the land itself, it should be consecrated for
>Moslem generations till Judgement Day. Those who are on
>the land, are there only to benefit from its fruit.
>This Waqf remains as long as earth and heaven remain.
>Any procedure in contradiction to Islamic Sharia, where
>Palestine is concerned, is null and void."
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