THE HAMAS TAKEOVER OF GAZA: A PYRRHIC VICTORY?
Hamas’ stunning victory over Fatah in Gaza has been widely misreported and misunderstood. Far from being a Civil war, Hamas’ victory represents yet another milestone in the gradual ‘Islamisation’ of the Palestinian narrative. However, from a national Palestinian perspective, Hamas’ ‘victory’ holds both peril and promise. On the one hand Hamas gets a real opportunity to deepen and widen its political and administrative experience (thus boosting Palestinian democracy) but on the other hand efforts to form a united Palestinian front in negotiations or confrontation with Israel have taken a major step backwards.
THE ENIGMA OF FATAH AL-ISLAM: AN INTERVIEW WITH MOHAMMED HAIDAR
In an interview with Islamism Digest, this Lebanese financial expert and political analyst describes the rise of Fatah Al-Islam in the context of Lebanon’s political crisis. Moreover, Haidar discusses the potential for a further round of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
GORDON BROWN AND BRITAIN’S MUSLIM COMMUNITY: ANDREW MURRAY EXPLAINS
In this wide-ranging interview with Islamism Digest, the national chair of the Stop the War Coalition discusses likely developments in the relationship between the Muslim community and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Murray also discusses prospects for changes in Britain’s foreign policy and predicts that the so-called ‘special relationship’ between the UK and U.S. is being increasingly questioned by British political, military and security elites.
THE ‘ALGERIAN AFGHANS’: AN INTERVIEW WITH ABDULLAH ANAS
In this rare interview, the former head of the Services Bureau in Peshawar and one of the first Arabs to go to Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, provides historical information on the numbers, motivations and destinies of the Algerians who went to fight Jihad in Afghanistan.
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