The Islamist forces of Hamas have overthrown their Fatah rivals and their victory has created a rare calm in the inter-faction fighting Palestine has faced for many bloody months. In the name of Allah and the success of Hamas, "hundreds of Palestinians swarmed stripped bare the home of hated Fatah security leader Mohammed Dahlan and set fire to beachfront villas owned by prominent Fatah figures." - according to an article in McClatchy Washington Bureau.
Religion seems to be inextricable from the political movements in the Middle East. That's a fact. And it should serve as a warning to the Western world as to the catastrophic instability created by top leaders using religion to mobilize their citizens. Does it create a passion to discuss the issues and work things out or just a passion to destroy the opposition and be absolved of responsibility because it's in the name of their God?
Religion is a beautiful thing but politics are not. Both will only poison each other when mixed.
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