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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hirashgeff" data-source="post: 29280425" data-attributes="member: 15895"><p>In 1987, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Intifada" target="_blank">First Intifada</a>, Yassin and six other Mujama Islamist members launched <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a>, originally calling it the "paramilitary wing" of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood, and Yassin became its spiritual leader. He also claimed responsibility for a number of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attack" target="_blank">suicide attacks</a> targeting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> civilians, and Hamas was designated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_organizations" target="_blank">terrorist organization</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujama_al-Islamiya#cite_note-newsbbccouk2-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> By that time, Mujama controlled an estimated 40% of mosques in Gaza. Mujama's institutions would become crucial to Hamas's terrorist activities. They were and continue to provide cover for raising, laundering and transferring funds, facilitate the group's propaganda and recruitment efforts, provide employment for its operatives, and serve as a logistical support network.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujama_al-Islamiya#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>

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