Leading Palestinians to the Dark Ages: Hamas to ban men teaching at girls' schools

Critics of new measures say Islamist movement ruling the Gaza Strip is trying to force its ideology on society

guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 April 2013

"New rules from the education ministry of the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip will bar men from teaching at girls' schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age of nine.

The law, published on Monday, would go into effect in the next school year and apply throughout the coastal enclave, including in private, Christian-led and United Nations schools.

Critics of the new measures say the Islamist movement is trying to force its ideology on society, but proponents say they merely want to codify conservative Palestinian values into law......."