Hamas shows its true face...

Hamas comes out and says it would ban men and women dancing...

If Hamas were to win control of the Palestinian Authority in coming elections, it would ban men and women from dancing together and deny specific rights to gay people, according to Mahmoud Zahar, the faction's leader in Gaza.

Dr Zahar is quoted on the Arabic language Ilaf website as suggesting that a Hamas-run Palestinian state would gradually outlaw co-operation with Israel.

Predicting that under Hamas any Palestinian state would be a strictly Islamic one, Dr Zahar praised the Hamas-controlled city council in Qalkilya for having stopped a party at which there was mixed dancing.

He said: "A man holds a woman by the hand and dances in front of everyone. Does that serve the national problem? If so, why have corruption and prostitution become pervasive?"

I'd like to know about their stance on gays....