What's the difference between Al Qaeda and Hamas ?

[ronki23]

Both of them are Sunni Muslim

Both murder Jews

As far as I see it: Al Qaeda is the main body while Hamas is the Palestinian wing, Laksh-e-Taiba the Pakistani wing, Al Shabaab is the Somali wing and Boko Haram the Nigerian wing.

I don't see any difference in their ideology

 

[Lyndon]

Another Palestinian hate thread, how refreshing!

 

[Spirit of Light]

Both of them are Sunni Muslim

Both murder Jews

As far as I see it: Al Qaeda is the main body while Hamas is the Palestinian wing, Laksh-e-Taiba the Pakistani wing, Al Shabaab is the Somali wing and Boko Haram the Nigerian wing.

I don't see any difference in their ideology

Actually, your question is legitimate in the sense you want to understand what the difference is.
They are all a form of a terror organization, Can I answer what the difference is? No, because I am not sure there is a big difference.

 

[Rival]

Another Palestinian hate thread, how refreshing!

How though? Hamas has been declared a terrorist organisation by the EU and several countries, others have declared its military terrorists, and Al-Qaeda definitely is.

Canada, the European Union, Israel, Japan and the United States have designated Hamas as a terrorist organization. Australia, New Zealand, Paraguay and the United Kingdom have designated only its military wing as a terrorist organization.
Hamas - Wikipedia

 

[ChristineM]

Same as the difference between Anti-balaka, the LRA, the army of god, Eastern Lightning, the NLFT, and even the KKK

There is little difference. They wll kill in the name of their faith.

Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab, Boko Haram etc use the quran to justify their terror

While christian terrorists use the bible as their justification

 

[Lyndon]

When was the last time you heard of a Hamas suicide bombing attack, they are the government of a populous Palestinian territory, that is popular with the people, Al queda on the other hand is not a government of anywhere is is simply pure terrorism with no governance, that is the difference IMHO

 

[Rival]

When was the last time you heard of a Hamas suicide bombing attack, they are the government of a populous Palestinian territory, that is popular with the people, Al queda on the other hand is not a government of anywhere is is simply pure terrorism with no governance, that is the difference IMHO

The Taliban is also the de facto government of Afghanistan and quite popular there. This doesn't mean they can't also be a terrorist organisation.

 

[Lyndon]

The Taliban is also the de facto government of Afghanistan and quite popular there. This doesn't mean they can't also be a terrorist organisation.

, The Taliban is like Hamas, although Hamas is much less strict on their own people than the Taliban. But they are both much less of a terror organization than ISIS-K or AL Qaeda, its a matter of the degree they are involved in terrorism, none of them are happy campers, true.

Now if we want to talk terrorists, the US Government and allied forces are responsible for way more civilian deaths in Afghanistan than the Taliban, so how do you define terrorism, both sides consider themselves freedom fighters and go around killing lots of innocent people, that is a form of terrorism,

 

[Augustus]

What's the difference between Al Qaeda and Hamas ?

They are different organisations, with different goals and reasons for existing, different histories and different members

 

[Kooky]

Both of them are Sunni Muslim

Both murder Jews

As far as I see it: Al Qaeda is the main body while Hamas is the Palestinian wing, Laksh-e-Taiba the Pakistani wing, Al Shabaab is the Somali wing and Boko Haram the Nigerian wing.

I don't see any difference in their ideology

Why did you phrase the topic as a question when all you wanted was to spread your unfounded conspiracy theories?

Clickbait?

 

[Kooky]

The Taliban is also the de facto government of Afghanistan and quite popular there. This doesn't mean they can't also be a terrorist organisation.

I mean, historically, the term "terror" has been primarily associated with governments to begin with, so that fits.

When was the last time you heard of a Hamas suicide bombing attack, they are the government of a populous Palestinian territory, that is popular with the people, Al queda on the other hand is not a government of anywhere is is simply pure terrorism with no governance, that is the difference IMHO

Now to be perfectly fair, suicide attacks are a method of political violence that is in no way unique to any particular organization or political ideology. It is only through ignorance of their own history and political situation that Westerners have come to associate suicide bombings with a radical Islamist underground.

 

[sun rise]

The Taliban is also the de facto government of Afghanistan and quite popular there. This doesn't mean they can't also be a terrorist organisation.

By definition, a terrorist organization is not a nation state. - I looked that up in another thread.

 

[ronki23]

@Kooky @Augustus @Lyndon

Please look at Al Qaeda's manifesto

Some have argued that "without the writings" of Islamic author and thinker Sayyid Qutb, "al-Qaeda would not have existed."[105] In the 1950s-60s, Qutb preached that because of the lack of sharia law, the Muslim world was no longer Muslim, having reverted to pre-Islamic ignorance known as jahiliyyah. To restore Islam, he said that a vanguard movement of righteous Muslims was needed to establish "true Islamic states", implement sharia, and rid the Muslim world of any non-Muslim influences, such as concepts like socialism and nationalism. Enemies of Islam in Qutb's view included "treacherous Orientalists"[106] and "world Jewry," who plotted "conspiracies" and "wicked[ly]" opposed Islam.

Al Qaeda hates UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain for being friendly with Jewish America. Even the Saudi Royal Family is accused of being Jewish (actually, weren't the founding tribes of Saudi Arabia Jewish)?

The Jewish roots of the Saudi Royal Family

 

[ronki23]

I do not know why ISIS hates Hamas. ISIS allegedly 'hates' Al Qaeda because Al Qaeda's main man is Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri and not their (ISIS') current leader

 

[Lyndon]

ISIS and Al Qaeda, and to a slightly lesser extent the Taliban, are extreme strict fanatical Islamic extremists that want to enforce the strictest and most right wing interpretations Of Islam and sharia law.. Hamas on the other hand is none of this, they're not especially strict Muslims, they allow all kinds of freedoms including education and work for women, they are called terrorists because they are in a war with Israel that invaded and took over their land, and gave them no rights or freedoms in the same respect the Israelis are considered by them as terrorists for the indiscriminate bombings and killing of innocent men women and children in Gaza, and a form of cultural genocide directed at persecuting and evicting the native Palestinians from their own land, not surprisingly the terrorist Israelis count the terrorist Americans as their number one ally and supplier of weapons of mass destruction.

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

The Taliban is also the de facto government of Afghanistan and quite popular there. This doesn't mean they can't also be a terrorist organisation.

That is true.
On the other hand, they most likely see that the terrorist organization occupying their country for 20 years is now leaving.

Perhaps, the idea of who is a terrorist is in the eye of the beholder?

 

[Rival]

By definition, a terrorist organization is not a nation state. - I looked that up in another thread.

No but that's not what I'm saying; a government can be made up of terrorists, a la the Taliban, and therefore be a terrorist organisation that also happens to be a government. One could include the USSR in this category.

 

[exchemist]

Both of them are Sunni Muslim

Both murder Jews

As far as I see it: Al Qaeda is the main body while Hamas is the Palestinian wing, Laksh-e-Taiba the Pakistani wing, Al Shabaab is the Somali wing and Boko Haram the Nigerian wing.

I don't see any difference in their ideology

Hamas concerns itself with Palestine.

Al Qaeda, Daesh etc don’t. They want to establish a Caliphate by force.

So they are quite different.

 

[pearl]

One significant difference, Hamas is a political body originally freely elected by the people of Palestine.

 

[ronki23]

Hamas concerns itself with Palestine.

Al Qaeda, Daesh etc don’t. They want to establish a Caliphate by force.

So they are quite different.

Officially Al Qaeda and Daesh don't get along . Why ?