Debating Islam in the Jewish State

Alisa Rubin Peled is Lecturer in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

"Peled discusses a very important topic—the Islamic movement in Israel—and relates it to the wider topic of Islamic movements in the Arab world. This is essential reading in the study of Arab-Jewish relations in Israel, and also contributes to the scholarship on majority-minority relations in ethnically divided societies." — Mohammed Abu-Nimer, author of Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Change: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction The Public Policy Angle:The Struggle for Jurisdiction over Muslim AffairsIslam in Palestine and Israel:From the Ottoman Era to 1948The Academic Debate over Israel's Arab Minority PolicyThe Debate over Israeli Policy towards Islamic Institutions Chapter 2 The Rise and Fall of the Ministry of Minority Affairs Behor Shitrit and the Ministry of Minority AffairsThe Ministry of Religious Affairs Stakes a Claim to Muslim AffairsEarly Attempts to Build Legal Foundations for Muslim InstitutionsThe Ministry of Religious Affairs Escalates the ConflictConflicting Reports:The Pinnacle of the Interministerial BattleThe Demise of the Ministry of Minority Affairs:Towards a Policy of Divide and Rule Chapter 3 A New Rivalry:The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Arab Affairs Turkey or Bosnia-Hercegovina: The Search for a Model for Muslim Communal AffairsJoshua Palmon and the Changing Role of the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Arab AffairsThe First Battle:Accounting for Waqf FinancesThe Second Battle:The Conflict with Taher al-Tabari Chapter 4 Defining the Role of Shari ´a Courts, Qadis,and Islamic Law The Third Battle:Establishing Legal Foundations for the Shari'a Court System and Qadi AppointmentsThe Muslim Voice:The Campaign to Keep the Israeli Qadis out of PoliticsThe Israeli Method of Shari'a Reform: Towards the Improvement of the Status of Women Chapter 5 Protection of Holy Places:The Foreign Policy Dimension The Foreign Policy Accomplishments of Israeli Holy Places PolicyThe Domestic Agenda:Towards an Official PolicyConcerning Muslim Holy PlacesPolicy Failure:Incidents of Neglect Regarding Muslim Holy PlacesInternational Disputes over Access to Holy Places in JerusalemProtection of Holy Places:The Public Relations War Chapter 6 Islamic Education in Israel Lessons from the Mandate and the Transition to Israeli ControlThe Struggle to Define the Goals of Arab Education in IsraelReligious Studies in the Minority School SystemMinority Protest and the Reform of the Religious Studies CirriculumThe Rise of Arab Nationalism in the Minority Schools Chapter 7 The Decline of the Religious Establishment and the Islamist Movement Challenge The Succession Crisis in the Muslim EstablishmentTowards the Rise of an Islamist Movement in IsraelA Brief History of the Islamist Movement in IsraelThe Challenge of the Official Muslim EstablishmentThe State Response to the Campaign for an Autonomous Religious Establishment Chapter 8 Conclusion Israel 's Islamic Policy:A Mosaic of Motives and Ministries, A Dominant Quest for ControlThe Critical Role Played by IndividualsPolicy ConsequencesThe New Battle for Control: Towards Autonomous Islamic Institutions? Appendix 1 The First Four Israeli Qadis and the Establishment of the Shari'a Courts Appendix 2 The United Nations and the Holy Places Appendix 3 UN Votes on the Territorial Internationalization of Jerusalem Notes Bibliography Index