Hamas to use shari'a as governing basis; churches urge peace

http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=1794

[The Christian Century] February 26, 2006--Hamas intends to apply Islamic law, or shari'a, as the basis for running the Palestinian Authority after its landslide win in the late January elections for the legislature, officials from the group said. But they added that people would not be forced to comply with shari'a.