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'''Hamas''' ([[Arabic]]: '''حركة حماس''' "zeal") is a radical [[Islamic]] political and militant organization in [[Gaza]] and the [[West Bank]]. The group is regarded as a [[terrorist]] organization by the [[United States]], the [[EU]], [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Israel]], [[Japan]], [[Jordan]] and moderate Islamic leader [[Faisal Abdul Rauf]]. The name Hamas is an acronym of ''Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya'' (Islamic Resistance Movement). Hamas combines Palestinian nationalism with [[Islam]]ic fundamentalism, and "regards the territory of the present-day State of Israel — as well as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — as an inalienable Islamic ''waqf'' or religious bequest, which can never be surrendered to non-Muslims."<ref>''Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement'' [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3377113,00.html YNet] Accessed July 18 2007</ref> Its charter commits the group to the destruction of Israel, the replacement of the Palestinian Authority with an Islamist state on the West Bank and Gaza, and to raising "the banner of Allah over every inch of [[Palestine]]."

'''Hamas''' ([[Arabic]]: '''حركة حماس''' "zeal") is a radical [[Islamic]] political and militant organization in [[Gaza]] and the [[West Bank]]. The group is regarded as a [[terrorist]] organization by the [[United States]], the [[EU]], [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Israel]], [[Japan]], [[Jordan]] and moderate Islamic leader [[Faisal Abdul Rauf]]. The name Hamas is an acronym of ''Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya'' (Islamic Resistance Movement). Hamas combines Palestinian nationalism with [[Islam]]ic fundamentalism, and "regards the territory of the present-day State of Israel — as well as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — as an inalienable Islamic ''waqf'' or religious bequest, which can never be surrendered to non-Muslims."<ref>''Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement'' [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3377113,00.html YNet] Accessed July 18 2007</ref> Its charter commits the group to the destruction of Israel, the replacement of the Palestinian Authority with an Islamist state on the West Bank and Gaza, and to raising "the banner of Allah over every inch of [[Palestine]]."

Before [[Arab Spring]], Hamas had its headquaters in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] under the protection and support of that country's dictator, [[Bashar al-Assad]]. Hamas also receives much support from theocratic [[Iran]].

Before [[Arab Spring]], Hamas had its headquarters in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] under the protection and support of that country's dictator, [[Bashar al-Assad]]. Hamas also receives much support from theocratic [[Iran]].

== Name ==

== Name ==

=== Islam ===

=== Islam ===

Like the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], which Hamas branched off from, Hamas believes the rules of Islam, or the [[Sharia]] to be a sufficient guide for all areas of life. Since Hamas sees Islam as a sufficent guide for all areas in life, and as a way of life, they, as the Covenant of Hamas says, tries to make Islam its programme.<ref name = "hamascovenant">[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hamas_Covenant Hamas Covenant]</ref>

Like the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], which Hamas branched off from, Hamas believes the rules of Islam, or the [[Sharia]] to be a sufficient guide for all areas of life. Since Hamas sees Islam as a sufficient guide for all areas in life, and as a way of life, they, as the Covenant of Hamas says, tries to make Islam its programme.<ref name = "hamascovenant">[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hamas_Covenant Hamas Covenant]</ref>

=== Freemasons, Lions Club and the Rotarians ===

=== Freemasons, Lions Club and the Rotarians ===

"I converted to Christianity because I was convinced by Jesus Christ as a character, as a personality. I loved him, his wisdom, his love, his unconditional love. I didn't leave [the Islamic] religion to put myself in another box of religion."<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103481069258868.html#printMode</ref>  

"I converted to Christianity because I was convinced by Jesus Christ as a character, as a personality. I loved him, his wisdom, his love, his unconditional love. I didn't leave [the Islamic] religion to put myself in another box of religion."<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103481069258868.html#printMode</ref>  

After the deceased PLO chief [[Yasser Arafat]] turned down the Israeli offer of 90% of the West Bank with East Jerusalem as the capital of a new Palestinian state, a outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000 led to  Mosab being fully activated as a spy.

After the deceased PLO chief [[Yasser Arafat]] turned down the Israeli offer of 90% of the West Bank with East Jerusalem as the capital of a new Palestinian state, an outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000 led to  Mosab being fully activated as a spy.

In an interview with the [[Wall Street Journal]],  Matthew Kaminski reported,  

In an interview with the [[Wall Street Journal]],  Matthew Kaminski reported,