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as, "the devil's path leads to perdition ... Young people are our main target since they commit many transgressions whether name calling that involves God or through hanging out late at night in the streets, smoking and disturbing people." The group also claimed responsibility for severely beating up
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Al-Ghul added that the officers confiscated her passport, and that she had received death threats from anonymous callers following the incident. Regarding the incident, "Hamas security commanders initially said that and her friends were stopped because they were having a mixed party at the beach.
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attempted to arrest her under the pretext that she came to a Gaza beach dressed immodestly and was seen laughing in public..."They accused me of laughing loudly while swimming with my friend and failing to wear a hijab," Ghul told a human rights organization in the Gaza Strip. "They also wanted to
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and gloves, "with only an eye slit visible". Citing unnamed local Gaza reporters, the newspaper states that the Hamas de facto government has not publicly acknowledged the force's existence because it fears being branded fundamentalist.
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reported the same incident also citing al-Ghul, but attributing it only to "Hamas police". Their report noted that Islam
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