Category talk:Hamas members

Category:Anti-Semitic people
I removed the category Category:Anti-Semitic people as that would requite a citation for each and every member or at least a reliable source that Hamas is an antisemitic organisation. None of that has been presented so per WP:BLP the category has to go. // Liftarn


 * Please note that User:Blast san who is a neutral outsider considers the category legitimate. It is based on the words of the Hamas Charter, making a Hamas an antisemitic group. Its members adhere to such an ideology, making it such. This is the same reason that Ku Klux Klan members, and Nazi members are included in the category. Please see a history of the Hamas movement and the official Hamas Charter written explicitly. --Shamir1 17:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, do you have a WP:RS for your claim? I looked at the Hamas article and only found that they have been called antisemitic. // Liftarn
 * Shamir1 is correct: their charter and their statements are full of AS: the Protocols, Holocaust denial, etc.     . ←Humus sapiens ну? 21:56, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Please see Hamas. There is not clear consensus in the matter. // Liftarn


 * Yes, they deny it, so what. Liftarn, please find another platform for your activism. ←Humus sapiens ну? 10:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Asking for reliable sources is not "activism" it it in Wikipedia policy. // Liftarn


 * Both the article and my response above contain plenty. When someone is unable to face facts - that's activism. ←Humus sapiens ну? 11:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Plenty of opinions yes, bit not facts. It's not enough that a lot of people think so (argumentum ad populum). As the article itself makes no clear stand on the issue the category certainly can't (especially considering WP:BLP). // Liftarn


 * Holocaust denial with references to Protocols of Zion in the official Hamas covenant would land them in this category. Compound this with their speeches and their actions. ←Humus sapiens ну? 11:33, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * No, that would be original research. Weirdo conspiracy theories are not in itself antisemitic. // Liftarn


 * OR? Nonsense. BTW, this is not about what "a lot of people think" - the links here and in the article are quite scholarly. ←Humus sapiens ну? 11:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Why do I bother? Yes, thet you draw conclusions is an obvious case of "original research". If we would allow that you could be labelled an anstisemite. For instane you use the name "Humus sapiens" and the initials are HS and that's obviously short for "Hitler sieg" so you are clearly a nazi. ;-) And that's why OR is so dangerous. // Liftarn


 * Review WP:CIV. A bunch of RS were provided, so try better. ←Humus sapiens ну? 23:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * What does WP:CIV have to do with anything? A bunch of BS was indeed provided, if they are RS is another matter. It no problem finding people who say they are antisemites, but a reliable and unbiased source is harder. Please see Hamas. There is not clear consensus in the matter. If you want to improve the article, please do so there first. And do read up on WP:BLP. // Liftarn

Who do you expect to find the antisemitism? The Sierra Club? The Feminist Majority Foundation? Come on, now, it is more than a reliable source. As you can see here with this joint Israeli-Palestinian research group, their basic ideology is explicitly antisemitic (to say the least) and correctly labeled as such. It is no different than why KKK and Nazi members are listed as such, it is the basic ideology of the movement. --Shamir1 09:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Some reliable source. The link you provided looks like a badly designed personal homepage. Also I find no clear consensus about antisemitism in Hamas also see Category:Anti-Semitic people about what should not be included, especially "people who have shown hostility or hatred toward specific Jews for reasons other than their ethnic or religious identity". // Liftarn

The section to which Liftarn refers us says anti-semitism is a theme in the Hamas covenant. That is not "for reasons other than their ethnic or religious identity." What is the point of pretending Hamas doesn't belong in the category? — Athænara  ✉  12:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Then it must have been added since I checked the last time. Ah, now that I check the history I see that the tags have been removed without any source being given. The section says that Esther Webman of the Project for the Study of Anti-Semitism at the Tel Aviv University said "anti-Semitism is not the main tenet of Hamas ideology". Khaled Meshaal also said "We do not fight you because you belong to a certain faith or culture.". I also checked the charter. It contained a bit amusing conspiracy theories ("the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, Lions Clubs, B’nai B’rith and the like"), but no obvious antisemitism. Sorry, no cigar. You may also ask what the point is to include Hamas in the antisemites category. // Liftarn


 * Even if there is a question whether or not AS is "the main tenet of Hamas ideology", there is no question that it is an important part of it. I don't see why we should trust Meshaal and other deniers. ←Humus sapiens ну? 21:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't see why anyone should be trusted. Oh well. Write that they eat babies and kick kittens. I can't bother any more. // Liftarn

Sunni Muslims
If Hamas indeed has ties to Iran, then it is no longer completely Sunni. Besides there is no point in classifying it as "Sunni" as it is in now way opposed to the Shi'i or had a struggle with them.Bless sins (talk) 07:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)