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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 03:58 PM Feb 2013

Hamas Pushes Islamization of Gaza

When Muhammad, who refused to give his family name out of security concerns, asked the DJ at his brother’s wedding in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, to play music for slow dancing, the DJ refused on the grounds that he would be punished by the authorities.

Bemused, Muhammad warned the DJ that the family wouldn't continue the wedding if he didn’t play the song. The DJ shrugged off the threat and stood by his refusal.

“We were really angry, because we were never informed that the slow dance wasn’t allowed,” Muhammad said.

When Muhammad sought clarification from the club administrator, he was told that such dances were prohibited for “social concerns” — the dance moves were sexually suggestive and might induce single females to behave inappropriately.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/02/hamas-islamization-gaza.html#ixzz2K3ZRjAee

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