Peace in the Name of Allah: Islamic Discourses on Treaties with Israel
Ofir Winter, "Peace in the Name of Allah: Islamic Discourses on Treaties with Israel "
English | ISBN: 3110735121 | 2022 | 259 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 1392 KB + 1289 KB
English | ISBN: 3110735121 | 2022 | 259 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 1392 KB + 1289 KB
From Anwar al-Sadat’s dramatic gambit in 1977 to the surprising declaration of the Abraham Accords in 2020, making peace with Israel was always a tough sell for Arab regimes. Through an analysis of hundreds of fatwas, sermons, essays, books, interviews, poems, postage stamps and other media, Peace in the Name of Allah examines how Egyptian, Jordanian, and Emirati political and religious authorities introduced Islamic justifications for peace with Israel, and how those opposed countered them. The discussion demonstrates the flexible and ambiguous nature of revelation-based political discourses; Islam is neither ‘for’ nor ‘against’ peace with Israel – people are, as different Muslim political actors take competing or even contradictory positions.