Posted on Dec 11, 2023
With the Israel-Hamas war, Sunni and Shia armed groups find uncommon unity
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The Gaza war has pushed together powerful Iran-backed Shia Muslim paramilitaries with militant Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in religious ideology but are united by opposition to Israel and the United States.
Hamas, which launched the attacks on Israel two months ago that sparked the war, is a primarily Sunni Muslim Palestinian movement. The group — whose name is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement — is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, the powerful Islamist movement that was founded in Egypt in the 1920s.
Hamas itself was founded in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a Palestinian cleric who was living in Gaza. Yassin was assassinated by Israel in 2004. The group he founded won elections in Gaza two years later and the following year seized control from the Palestinian Authority. Egypt and Israel responded by blockading Gaza.
The Gaza war has pushed together powerful Iran-backed Shia Muslim paramilitaries with militant Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in religious ideology but are united by opposition to Israel and the United States.
Hamas, which launched the attacks on Israel two months ago that sparked the war, is a primarily Sunni Muslim Palestinian movement. The group — whose name is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement — is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, the powerful Islamist movement that was founded in Egypt in the 1920s.
Hamas itself was founded in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a Palestinian cleric who was living in Gaza. Yassin was assassinated by Israel in 2004. The group he founded won elections in Gaza two years later and the following year seized control from the Palestinian Authority. Egypt and Israel responded by blockading Gaza.
With the Israel-Hamas war, Sunni and Shia armed groups find uncommon unity
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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And every one of them is willing to sacrifice women and children to advance their cause.
I'm not doubting that they are brave to stand against advanced military's. But they also are complete cowards, because once the facade of bravery is exposed, they will hide behind whatever woman or child they can to cause an uproar in the UN. The largest religion on the planet and they are still 400 years behind every other country in the world, because they have bought into their own victimhood mentality.
I'm not doubting that they are brave to stand against advanced military's. But they also are complete cowards, because once the facade of bravery is exposed, they will hide behind whatever woman or child they can to cause an uproar in the UN. The largest religion on the planet and they are still 400 years behind every other country in the world, because they have bought into their own victimhood mentality.
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