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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822469903321

Autore

Reiter Yitzhak

Titolo

Contesting Symbolic Landscape in Jerusalem : Jewish/Islamic Conflict over the Museum of Tolerance at Mamilla Cemetery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Sussex Academic Press, 2014

ISBN

1-78284-150-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

344.5694

344.5694/094

344.5694094

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict -- Law and legislation

Building laws -- Jerusalem

Cemeteries --Law and legislation -- Jerusalem

Islamic cemeteries -- Jerusalem -- History

Mamilla cemetery (Jerusalem) -- Trials, litigation, etc

Museum of Tolerance and Human Dignity (Jerusalem) -- Trials, litigation, etc

Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Jerusalem

Building laws - Legal status, laws, etc - Jerusalem

Muslims - Law and legislation - Jerusalem

Islamic cemeteries - Law and legislation - Jerusalem

Jewish museums - Law and  legislation - Jerusalem

Arab-Israeli conflict

Law - Non-U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; About the Book and About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Mamilla Cemetery and the Chronology of the Dispute; Chapter 2: The Struggle over the Symbolic Landscape: Zionization Versus Palestinization and Islamization; Chapter 3: The Waqf in the National-



Religious Struggle of the Arab-Muslim Minority in Israel; Chapter 4: The Struggle over the Jurisdiction of the Shari'a Court; Chapter 5: The Sanctity of Cemeteries in Islam: Science, Belief, and Interpretation

Chapter 6: The Palace Hotel and Other Precedents of Construction over Muslim CemeteriesChapter 7: "What Is Abhorrent to You, Do Not Do to Your Friend": Comparative Legal Perspective; Chapter 8: "Hidden from Sight": The High Court Verdict; Chapter 9: The Role of Judicial Tribunals in Resolving Conflicts over Holy Places; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

In 2006, a dispute broke out regarding an initiative by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles (backed by Israeli authorities) to construct a Museum of Tolerance (MoT) in West Jerusalem. The museum was to be built on a plot of land that in the past had been part of the historic Muslim Mamilla Cemetery. Debate centered on whether construction of a museum dedicated to human dignity on Muslim cemeterial land was justified. Yitzhak Reiter presents the public and legal dilemmas at the individual level, the political level, and at the universal level, integrating a multidisciplinary approach inv