Palestinians rally to mourn kidnapped Italian activist murdered by extremists

Hamas is expected to launch a crackdown on Islamic extremists in Gaza after the murder of an Italian peace activist who was strangled shortly after being kidnapped. Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, was killed on Thursday after being abducted in an apparent attempt to force Hamas to release the leader of the Tawheed and Jihad group, Sheikh Abu Walid-al-Maqdas, who was arrested last month. Tawheed and Jihad l

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Some have rejected Hamas's brand of nationalist Islam and embraced fundamentalist Salafi Islam which aims to create a single Islamic commonwealth in the place of nation states. Tawheed and Jihad means oneness of God and holy war or struggle.