Doghmush
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The Doghmush are a Palestinian
family from the Gaza Strip
. They became known mostly due to calling themselves the Jaysh al-Islām (Army of Islam
), and being behind the kidnapping and holding of the British journalist Alan Johnston
for four months in 2007. The family has reportedly been involved in extortion
, smuggling
, arms dealing, and the ruthless dispatch of rivals, and has been dubbed " The Sopranos
of Gaza
City".http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1945825.ece
They are linked to the British based Palestinian-Jordanian extremist Abu Qatada
.
or dubitative
past tense. Other possible spellings are Dogmosh, Dugmash, Dagmoush, Dughmush, Dogmush, Durmush and Dormush.
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
family from the Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
. They became known mostly due to calling themselves the Jaysh al-Islām (Army of Islam
Army of Islam (Gaza Strip)
Army of Islam , also known as Tawhid and Jihad Brigades, is the name used by the Doghmush Hamula for their Islamic militant activities. It is located at the Tzabra neighborhood in the center of the Gaza Strip bordered by Israel and Egypt...
), and being behind the kidnapping and holding of the British journalist Alan Johnston
Alan Johnston
Alan Graham Johnston is a British journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBC's correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and the Gaza Strip, and is currently the correspondent in Rome...
for four months in 2007. The family has reportedly been involved in extortion
Extortion
Extortion is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime...
, smuggling
Smuggling
Smuggling is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.There are various motivations to smuggle...
, arms dealing, and the ruthless dispatch of rivals, and has been dubbed " The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
of Gaza
Gaza
Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...
City".http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1945825.ece
They are linked to the British based Palestinian-Jordanian extremist Abu Qatada
Abu Qatada
Abû-Qatâda al-Filisṭînî , sometimes called Abû-Omar is an Islamist militant. Under the name Omar Mahmoud Othman , he is under worldwide embargo by the United Nations Security Council Committee 1267 for his affiliation with al-Qaeda...
.
Spelling
The family originally came to Gazahttp://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/6834129.asp from Turkey in the early 20th century and as a result their name is also spelled using current Turkish orthography as Doğmuşhttp://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/6834129.asp, pronounced "Doe-moosh", which means "born" using the inferentialInferential mood
The inferential mood is used to report a nonwitnessed event without confirming it, but the same forms also function as admiratives in the Balkan languages in which they occur. The inferential mood is used in some languages such as Turkish to convey information about events, which were not directly...
or dubitative
Dubitative mood
Dubitative mood is an epistemic grammatical mood found in some languages, that indicates that the statement is dubious, doubtful, or uncertain. It may subsist as a separate morphological category, as in Bulgarian, or else as a category of use of another form, as of the conditional mood of...
past tense. Other possible spellings are Dogmosh, Dugmash, Dagmoush, Dughmush, Dogmush, Durmush and Dormush.