Debating Islam in the Jewish State
Subtitle: The Development of Policy Toward Islamic Institutions in Israel (S U N Y Series in Israeli Studies)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: September 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780791450789
Subjects: Islam; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Sociology of Religion; Palestinian Arabs; Government policy; Public Policy - Social Policy; History; Sociology; Middle East - Israel; History: World; Israel; Islam - General; Ethnic Studies - General; Ethnic relations; Politics and government; Relations; 20th century; Judaism
Description: "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 debated on early Israeli history, she challenges the idea that Israeli policy was part of a greater monolithic policy toward the Arab minority."--BOOK JACKET.