Islam and the Problem of Israel
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1980 book by Ismail al-Faruqi
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| Name | Islam and the Problem of Israel |
| Author | Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Islamic studies, Middle Eastern politics, Zionism |
| Published | 1980 |
| Publisher | Islamic Council of Europe |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 114 |
| ISBN | 9780907163022 |
| OCLC | 9105283 |
| Preceded by | Christian Ethics: A Historical and Systematic Analysis of Its Dominant Ideas (1967) |
| Followed by | Al-Tawhid: Its Implications for Thought and Life (1982) |
Islam and the Problem of Israel is a book by Ismail Raji al-Faruqi, first published in 1980 by the Islamic Council of Europe. The book examines the historical and contemporary issues surrounding the state of Israel from an Islamic perspective.
Table of Contents
| Chapter | Title |
|---|---|
| I | THE THREE-CORNERED NATURE OF THE PROBLEM |
| A. Historical Preview | |
| B. Western Interest and the Near East | |
| C. Zionism and Western Goals | |
| II | APERÇU OF JEWISH HISTORY IN THE CHRISTIAN WEST PRIOR TO THE EMANCIPATION |
| III | THE EMANCIPATION AND ITS AFTERMATH |
| A. Revelation vs. Reason | |
| B. The Enlightenment | |
| C. Emancipation, at Last! | |
| D. Assimilation and Reform | |
| IV | THE ROMANTIC RELAPSE OF EUROPE |
| A. Russian Pogroms | |
| B. European Persecution | |
| 1. The Ideational Groundwork | |
| 2. Socio-Political Repulsion | |
| V | ZIONISM: THE EUROPEAN JEW’S COUNSEL OF DESPAIR |
| A. Between the Two Horns of a Terrible Dilemma | |
| B. Zionism: Attempted Escape from the Dilemma | |
| C. Europe’s Failure of Nerve | |
| VI | ZIONISM AS RELIGION |
| A. The Romantic Base of All Zionists | |
| B. Secular Zionism | |
| C. Zionism: A Strictly European Experience | |
| VII | ZIONISM AS POLITICS |
| A. Before World War I | |
| B. The Balfour Declaration | |
| C. The British Mandate on Palestine | |
| D. Zionist Acquisition of the Land | |
| VIII | ISLAM AND JUDAISM |
| A. Three Levels of Parity and Communion | |
| B. One Mesopotamian Origin | |
| C. Islamic Critique of Judaism | |
| D. Islamic Critique of Jewish Practice | |
| 1. The Covenant of Madinah or Constitution 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 | |
| IX | ISLAM AND ZIONISM |
| A. The Injustice of Zionism Against Non-Jews | |
| B. Undoing the Injustice Against Non-Jews | |
| C. De-Zionization | |
| D. The Injustice of Zionism Against Judaism | |
| E. Islam and the Jewish Problem: The Negative 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 | |
| X | INDEX |