The Doghmush ( ar, دغمش, pronounced "Doe-moosh" or "Durmush", ''see
spelling
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'') are a
Palestinian family from the
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
.
Johnston kidnapping
The family became known internationally in 2007 as they proclaimed themselves as 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
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,
smuggling
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There are various ...
,
arms dealing
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and the killing of rivals. The clan has been dubbed "''
The Sopranos
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'' of
Gaza City
Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...
".
They are linked to the British-based Palestinian-Jordanian extremist
Abu Qatada Abu Qatada () may refer to:
* Abu Qatada al-Ansari (584–658/660), knight of the Rashidun Caliphate
* Abu Qatada al-Filistini
Omar Mahmoud Othman ( ar, عمر بن محمود بن عثمان, translit=‘Umar ibn Maḥmūd ibn ‘Uṯmān; ...
.
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The family originally came to Gaza
from
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
in the early 20th century and as a result their name is also spelled using current Turkish orthography as ''Doğmuş'',
pronounced "Doe-moosh", which means "born" using the
inferential or
dubitative
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past tense. Other possible spellings are ''Dogmosh'', ''Dugmash'', ''Dagmoush'', ''Dughmush'', ''Dogmush'', ''Durmush'' and ''Dormush''.
External links
Article about Doghmush clan
References
Palestinian families
Palestinian people of Turkish descent
Turkish families
Culture of the Gaza Strip
Crime in the State of Palestine
Crime families
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