The Islamic Republic of Gaza -Jonathan Spyer
Reliable sources confirm the growing dominance of Islam in Gaza.
A new "Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" security force, has been tasked with enforcing Islamic codes of behavior. Its members patrol beaches, parks and public areas, ensuring proper Islamic modesty.
One man wearing shorts while sitting on his own balcony in southern Gaza was advised that this must not happen again. Rules ban men from bathing topless, and women from laughing or smiling while bathing.
A special all-female unit within the police has been created to enforce female modesty.
Every mosque now has an individual who functions as a kind of political commissar on behalf of the authorities. His task is to observe the prayer habits of all members of the mosque, and to intervene and offer help where insufficient devotion is diagnosed.
(Jerusalem Post)
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Reliable sources confirm the growing dominance of Islam in Gaza.
A new "Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" security force, has been tasked with enforcing Islamic codes of behavior. Its members patrol beaches, parks and public areas, ensuring proper Islamic modesty.
One man wearing shorts while sitting on his own balcony in southern Gaza was advised that this must not happen again. Rules ban men from bathing topless, and women from laughing or smiling while bathing.
A special all-female unit within the police has been created to enforce female modesty.
Every mosque now has an individual who functions as a kind of political commissar on behalf of the authorities. His task is to observe the prayer habits of all members of the mosque, and to intervene and offer help where insufficient devotion is diagnosed.
(Jerusalem Post)
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