Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader Sayed Imam Abdel Aziz Sharif issued a strong critique of the Hamas terror organization during its recent conflict with Israel in Gaza. Sharif, also known as Doctor Fazel, expressed his views in a new book entitled "The Gaza Shirt" published from his prison cell at al-Aqrab in the south of Egypt, according to a report in the Arab daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat.
"We heard the request from Islamic leaders (Hamas) to the people of Gaza to support the war and refuse to surrender until the complete destruction of Gaza during the last Israeli war," he said. "That has nothing to do with Islam or with Sharia (Islamic law). Their words have nothing to do with Islam because it is not right to impose on people something which they cannot withstand