Nasser al-Shaer

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Nasser al-Shaer (born 1961) is the former Education Minister of the Palestinian National Authority serving as a member of Hamas. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister in the previous cabinet. After the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, all Hamas ministers in the PNA government were dismissed, including Shaer.

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[edit] Academic background & career

Shaer holds a doctorate in comparative religion from England's University of Manchester, where his dissertation was a comparative study on role of women in Islam and Judaism. He later worked as a research scholar on Religion & Democracy at New York University, focusing on US history (1998). In 2001 he was appointed Dean of Islamic Law (Shari'a) at An-Najah National University, Nablus. He has published several books and papers on gender, globalization, the peace process, preaching and human rights within religious higher education.

In March 2006 he was appointed Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.

[edit] First arrest and release

Shaer was arrested at his home in Ramallah by Israel Defense Force personnel on August 19, 2006, and was the highest-ranked of about sixty Hamas officials detained by Israel during the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict. He was released without charges September 27 after a military court ruled that there was insufficient evidence against him to justify his arrest.[1][2]

[edit] Second arrest and release

Shaer was detained once more on May 23, 2007 in his home in Nablus by IDF forces during overnight raids in the West Bank relating to the Qassam rocket fire towards Israel from Hamas in the Gaza Strip.[3] He is one of 33 Hamas officials that include a number mayors and lawmakers that have been arrested in the raid. He was released four months later.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Israelis detain Hamas deputy PM", BBC News, 2006-08-19. Retrieved on 2006-08-20. 
  2. ^ Myre, Greg. 2006. Israel releases Hamas official. The New York Times September 27.
  3. ^ BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel detains 30 Hamas officials
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