Record Nr.

UNINA9910974585203321

Autore

Peled Alisa Rubin <1965->

Titolo

Debating Islam in the Jewish state : the development of policy toward Islamic institutions in Israel / / Alisa Rubin Peled

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2001

ISBN

9780791490068

0791490068

9780585390024

0585390029

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Disciplina

306.6/97/095694

Soggetti

Palestinian Arabs - Government policy - Israel

Palestinian Arabs - Israel - Politics and government - 20th century

Judaism - Relations - Islam

Islam - Relations - Judaism

Muslims - Israel

Israel Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Rise and Fall of the Ministry of Minority Affairs -- A New Rivalry: The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Arab Affairs -- Defining the Role of Shari' a Courts, Qadis, and Islamic Law -- Protection of Holy Places: The Foreign Policy Dimension -- Islamic Education in Israel -- The Decline of the Religious Establishment and the Islamist Movement Challenge -- Conclusion -- The First Four Israeli Qadis and the Establishment of the Shari' a Courts -- The United Nations and the Holy Places -- UN Votes on the Territorial Internationalization of Jerusalem -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using declassified documents from Israeli archives, Alisa Rubin Peled explores the development, implementation, and reform of the state's Islamic policy from 1948 to 2000. She addresses how Muslim

communal institutions developed and whether Israel formulated a distinct "Islamic policy" toward shari'a courts, waqf (charitable endowments), holy places, and religious education. Her analysis reveals the contradictions and nuances of a policy driven by a wide range of motives and implemented by a diverse group of government authorities, illustrating how Israeli policies produced a co-opted religious establishment lacking popular support and paved the way for a daring challenge by a grassroots Islamist Movement since the 1980s. As part of a wider debate on early Israeli history, she challenges the idea that Israeli policy was part of a greater monolithic policy toward the Arab minority.