Islam and the Problem of Israel 0907163025, 9780907163022

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Islam and the Problem of Israel

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Islam and the Problem of Israel Ismail Raji al-Faruqi

The Other Press Kuala Lumpur 2003

© Islamic Council of Europe ISBN 983-9541-34-X

First published 1980 by Islamic Council of Europe, London This edition 2003 by The Other Press 607 Mutiara Majestic Jalan Othman 46000 Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia Website: www.ibtbooks.com

Cover design by Habibur Rahman [email protected]

Printed in Malaysia by Academe Art and Printing Services Kuala Lumpur

Contents

CHAP.

The Three-Cornered Nature of the Problem . Historical Preview . Western Interest and the Near East . Zionism and Western Goals

CHAP.

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Apercu of Jewish History in the Christian West Prior to the Emancipation

: The Emancipation and Its Aftermath

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. Revelation vs. Reason

. The Enlightenment . Emancipation, at Last! . Assimilation and Reform

CHAP.

IV: The Romantic Relapse of Europe

. Russian Pogroms . European Persecution D>

1. The Ideational Groundwork 2. Socio-Political Repulsion CHAP.

Zionism: The European Jew’s Counsel of Despair . Between the Two Dilemma

. Zionism: Dilemma

Horns

Attempted

of a Terrible

Escape from the

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Contents

vi

. Europe’s Failure of Nerve GHAP-

: Jewish Universalism and Ethnocentrism

36

. Distinguishing the Revelation from Its Text Two New Disciplines

> . Universalist OW

and Ethnocentrist

Strands

in Judaism 1. Divinity 2. Revelation 3. Covenant

4. The Jewish People, Morality and the Day of Judgment 5. Jerusalem, Palestine

. Alternating

Dominance

of the Two

Strands

: Zionism as Religion

CHAP.

47

. The Romantic Base of All Zionists Secular Zionism

. Zionism:

A Strictly European Experi-

ence

CHAP.

VIII: Zionism as Politics

53

A. Before World War I . The Balfour Declaration . The British Mandate on Palestine

. Zionist Acquisition of the Land Zionist Immigration to Palestine Civil Inabilities of the Palestinians . The Palestinians’ Continuous Rebellion . United Nations Partition of Palestine

Emptying Palestine Through Terror Zionism and Colonialism rp lies one Paster orhaniie CHAP:

IX:

Islam and Judaism

. Three Levels of Parity and Communion

73

Vil

Contents

. One Mesopotamian Origin

. Islamic Critique of Judaism wiene.) . Islamic Critique of Jewish Practice 1. The Covenant of Madinah or Consti-

itution of the Islamic State 2. Pax Islamica: The New World Order 3. Political Treason by the Jews of Madinah E. The Golden Age of Judaism and the Jews CHAP.

92

X: Islam and Zionism

A. The Injustice of Zionism Against NonJews . Undoing the Injustice Against Non-Jews

. De-Zionization

. The Injustice of Zionism against Judaism Undoing the Injustice against Judaism Islam and the Jewish Problem: The Negaw TNO tive Aspect

1. Failure of Zionism to Provide Security 2. Failure of Zionism to Stop Assimilation 3. -Failure of Zionism to Enable Judaism to Blossom Forth G. Islam and the Jewish Problem: The Positive Aspect i. The Question of Security

2. The Right to Immigrate to the Muslim World 3. The Right to Peace 4. The Right of Self-Determination by the Torah 5. Defense of the Islamic State H. The Islamic Solution and the Status Quo in the Arab World Index

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