Date of Award

5-2004

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Departmental Honors

Department

Political Science

Abstract

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has been a point of contention for most students of Middle Eastern politics. There appears to be a dichotomy of views on the question of whether Hamas is a legitimate mainstream political organization within Palestine, or whether it is just another manifestation of the fundamentalist ideology that (according to some people) Islam seems to encourage. The United States has classified Hamas as a terrorist organization and has directed some of its efforts of the war on terror against the organization with the aim of destroying Hamas.

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Faculty Mentor

William Furlong

Departmental Honors Advisor

Veronica Ward