print email comment close Background Q&A: Hamas URL: http://www.cfr.org/publication/8968/ Description: Hamas is "the largest and most influential Palestinian fundamentalist movement." This article (updated in 2007) covers topics such as the origins of Hamas, leaders, beliefs and goals, and funding. Includes links to related material. From the Council on Foreign Relations, an "independent national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars." Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Extra Keywords Muslim Brotherhood Sheik Yassin PLO Library of Congress Subject Headings: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah Islamic fundamentalism Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1948- LII Database Information: Record 20477 created by Maria Brandt on 01/30/2006 Last modification on 04/28/2008 Last review by Tom McGibney on 04/29/2006 Published: 02/02/2006   Republished: 05/01/2008 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20477