Hamas took power in Gaza when ?
While Ismael Haniyeh officially denied accusations that Hamas intended to establish an Islamic emirate , Jonathan Schanzer wrote that in the two years following the 2007 coup , the Gaza Strip has exhibited the characteristics of Talibanization , a process whereby the Islamist organization imposed strict rules on women , discouraged activities commonly associated with Western or Christian culture , oppressed non-Muslim minorities , imposed sharia law , and deployed religious police to enforce these laws .