Mahmoud al-Zahar, Co-founder and senior member of Hamas, 2010

Author
Mahmoud al-Zahar
Date
2010
Name of Author
Mahmoud al-Zahar, Co-founder and senior member of Hamas
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In an interview with Reuters, accusing Europe of promoting promiscuity and political hypocrisy:

“We have the right to control our life according to our religion, not according to your religion. You have no religion, You are secular…You do not live like human beings. You do not (even) live like animals. You accept homosexuality.”“Don't preach to us, Hamas tells secular West,” Reuters, October 28, 2010, https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/dont-preach-to-us-hamas-tells-secular-west-idUSTRE69R211/.

Date
Rhetoric Category
Anti-European
Anti-LGBT
Threat
Hamas

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