Toward an Understanding of the Hamas Death Cult
The “People’s Conference for Palestine: Gaza is the Compass” was held in Detroit, Michigan, Aug 29-31. It was their second annual conference. The group claims there were 4600 attendees. If their counting ability is anything like the counting ability of Hamas Health Ministry – attendees numbered half that. But still – a substantial number.
Among the speakers: US Rep. Rashida Tlaib, UC Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian – founder of Students for Justice in Palestine, antisemitic veteran activist Linda Sarsour, and pro-Hamas activist Mahmoud Khalil, among others. The conference was comprised of panelists and keynote speakers who expressed anti-Western sentiments, spoke about intifada as if it were an acceptable form of protest, called for an end to Zionism, called for the fall of the world order, sympathized with Hamas, and much more.
The public needs to pay a lot more attention to the Radical Islamic movement. This is not a movement seeking peace. It is seeking its own new world order – by any means necessary. And it is scary. It has been creeping into our everyday lives in ways we never thought possible. For example, two substantial teachers unions have taken actions regarding the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) adopted a resolution for a bilateral ceasefire and a two-state solution in January 2024. In July 2025, the National Education Association (NEA) voted to sever ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), citing concerns over the ADL’s role in the conflict. Fortunately, the NEA’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors ultimately voted against implementing it. But the anti-Zionist campaign is there, and it will rear its ugly head again. And these motions are fuel for Hamas’s fire.
Therefore, understanding a bit about the history of Hamas is helpful. The Hamas terrorist organization was formed in 1987 at the start of the first Palestinian intifada. It is rooted in the Muslim Brotherhood, a global radical Islamist movement, considered terrorist by many governments. The Brotherhood, and hence Hamas, believes that Islam should govern ALL aspects of public and private life. Their aim is the Islamization of ALL society in order to establish an Islamic world order: cultural, political, and religious – by any means necessary.
The Hamas mission is informed by fatwas (Islamic religious rulings). Islamist scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926-2022) was a foremost writer of the fatwas central to the Hamas Covenant. Regrettably, Al-Qaradawi was known for anti-Jewish rhetoric and incitement to violence against Jews. In a 2009 sermon on Al-Jazeera TV, al-Qaradawi prayed to Allah to “take the Jews, the treacherous aggressors and kill them, down to the very last one.”
Al-Qaradawi frequently cited specific hadiths (sayings by Muhammad) to justify violence, including one that refers to combatting Jews before the Day of Judgment. On October 7th, the world witnessed an attempt to fulfill this hadith: The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews, when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say, “O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.” Among the countless video clips that Hamas terrorists proudly shared with the world, one can watch Hamas hunting down, decapitating, raping, burning alive, and murdering innocent civilians.
On Oct 7th, Hamas expected the radical Islamist world – Hezbollah, Houthis, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, IRGC, etc. – to join in the destruction of Israel. But they didn’t. Hezbollah and Houthis inflicted some damage and pain, but both militias have now been considerably ruined. Hossein Salami, commander of the IRGC, was killed and much of Iran’s nuclear works was decimated.
Another Al-Qaradawi fatwa justifies the killing of civilians – Muslims, too – if it serves the greater good, which includes removing infidels from the land – by any means necessary – to bring it under Islamic control. Suicide bombing is both important and accepted because it is for their greater good – ridding the world of infidels. Al-Qaradawi described fighters who turn themselves into human bombs as martyrs and called it a form of “defensive jihad.”
We are seeing this fatwa at work in the Palestinian territories now. Hamas won’t surrender even though they are obviously losing the war. They don’t care how many Palestinian civilians die; they don’t care how many Palestinian children die. Those civilians are martyrs to the cause. Why isn’t the world crying “Free Palestine from Hamas”?
Another fatwa: In a sermon in 2009, al-Qaradawi described the Holocaust as “divine punishment” carried out by Adolf Hitler against the Jewish people. He stated: “Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the Jews – people who would punish them for their corruption… The last punishment was carried out by Hitler.” He added that Hitler’s actions “managed to put them in their place,” and speculated that “Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers.”
Unfortunately, Al-Qaradawi teachings live on today. His influence is recognized in the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), which he founded. Their writings include blaming the extreme wickedness and corruption of the Jews for universal hatred against them; repeating a prophecy that the rocks and trees will expose them to rid the earth of their corruption; and calling for armed jihad against Israel.
Can there be peace? Can there be a two-state solution? I have fervently hoped so since my youth. But sometimes I doubt. A quote from Golda Meir is self-explanatory: “You cannot negotiate peace with someone who has come to kill you.” It is impossible to cooperate and collaborate when you have a society that believes their way is the only way, their religion is the only religion, and therefore they must conquer all in the name of their own supreme being.
Fatwas enable our understanding of Hamas. The radical Islamists have made their end game quite clear. When people say they want to kill Jews – I believe them. When people say, “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” – I believe them. It’s Jew-hatred – plain and simple.
