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



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Autore: Reiter Yitzhak Visualizza persona
Titolo: Contesting Symbolic Landscape in Jerusalem [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish/Islamic Conflict over the Museum of Tolerance at Mamilla Cemetery Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : Sussex Academic Press, 2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
Disciplina: 344.5694
344.5694/094
344.5694094
Soggetto topico: 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
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
Titolo autorizzato: Contesting Symbolic Landscape in Jerusalem  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78284-150-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790914503321
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