Canada & Hamas
June 17th, 2010
Hamas, the Arabic acronym for the group Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, which also means “Zeal”, is a radical Sunni terrorist organization that developed from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987. It uses political and violent means to pursue the goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel. Since 1990, Hamas has been responsible for several hundred terrorist attacks against both civilian and military targets. Hamas has been one of the primary groups involved in suicide bombings aimed at Israelis in the course of the intifada that started in September 2000.