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Islamic World Explodes Into Riots As Fatah Targets Hamas Mosques, Imams

He's very upset about lots of things

Just kidding, obviously. When it's not an opportunity to intimidate the West, complaints from imams about political intimidation just isn't a big deal:

The Palestinian Fatah-led government has mounted a crackdown on preachers from the rival Hamas movement, arresting or sacking clerics accused of spreading political dissent. The Fatah campaign, which is being enforced across the West Bank, is a reaction to the violent Hamas takeover of Gaza in June and marks a widening divide between the two factions and territories. In recent weeks in Nablus, a major Hamas centre of power in the West Bank, police have arrested Sheikh Maher Kharas, a prominent and radical Hamas cleric, and replaced several other clerics who are either members of Hamas or close to the movement, including the head of the province's religious affairs department.

You'll recall that these are people who rioted about cartoons but are less troubled by telling imams what they can or can't say. What happened to staying true to the Koran?

References:
* Fatah targets mosques in latest anti-Hamas campaign [Guardian]

Previously:
* Palestinians Commit Several War Crimes in Just a Few Hours. Instead of Reporting That, Reuters Publishes Gripping Tale of Glorious Palestinian Martyrdom (and We're Not Even Exaggerating About That...)
* Global Outcry As Palestinian Work Accident Kills Gaza Women, Four Year Old Girl
* Human Rights Organizations Untroubled By Dozens Of Israeli Secret Arrests, Planned Executions Of Terrorists

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