`` Hamas '' is an acronym of the Arabic phrase حركة المقاومة الاسلامية or `` Harakat al-Muqāwama al-Islāmiyya '' , meaning `` Islamic Resistance Movement '' .
`` Hamas '' is an acronym of the Arabic phrase حركة المقاومة الاسلامية , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or `` Islamic Resistance Movement '' .