Religous Police on every Street Corner: "Show us your papers please"

From Eric Dondero:

A spokesman for Hamas Yousef Rizka, a senior government official in Gaza, told the London Telegraph, Yousef Rizka: "We respect freedom."

According to the Telegraph, "Gaza's elected Islamist rulers crack down on secular community" the List of some activities now banned by Hamas in Gaza, include:

1. Novels it deems offensive to Islam

2. Bars

3. Cinemas

4. Women walking outside in Western clothes

5. Male hairdressers

From the Telegraph:

In recent years, hardliners have burned down the cinemas. Their charred remains are still visible in Gaza City. Militants blew up the last bar in 2005.

Gaza women, whose attire once varied from Western pants and skirts to colourful traditional embroidered robes, began donning ankle-length loose robes.

And don't even dare walking outside with your wife without the correct documentation.

Continuing:

Today, plainclothes officers sometimes halt couples in the streets, demanding to see marriage licenses.

Editor's comment - You gotta ask, where are the US Libertarians on this? Why the silence? Why no outcry from so-called Civil Liberties advocates in the United States? Where are they?