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September 18, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070914/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinianpoliticsreligion_070914084439;_ylt=AgsTGW2U9dR0r1XlYTdSTq.aOrgF

Fatah Takes Battle with Hamas to Mosques

[AFP/Yahoo] Hossam Ezzedine - Palestinian security officers have stepped up surveillance of mosques in the West Bank and preachers caught spouting Hamas propaganda will be sacked, said one security official. Fatah accuses Hamas of recruiting supporters and stockpiling weapons in mosques. There are 1,547 mosques in the West Bank. Thanks to the imams and preachers, Hamas "controls" most mosques in the West Bank, the security official believes. Even in Abbas' base of Ramallah, Hamas controls "more than 70%" of the mosques, he said.

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