"Concerns about the place of Islam in Palestinian politics are familiar to those studying the history of the modern Middle East. A significant but often misunderstood part of this history is the rise of Islamic opposition to the British in Mandate Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s. Across th...

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1. Verfasser:	Roberts, Nicholas E. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York I.B. Tauris 2016
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schriftenreihe:	Library of modern Middle East studies 57
Schlagworte:	al- Maǧlis aš-Šarʿī al-Islāmī al-Aʿlā fī Filasṭīn Geschichte 1919-1936 Geschichte 1922-1936 Kolonialismus Großbritannien Palästina Majlis al-Sharʻī al-Islāmī al-Aʻlá (Palestine) Islam and politics / Palestine Mandates / Palestine Islam / Palestine / History / 20th century Palestine / History / 1917-1948
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Zusammenfassung:	"Concerns about the place of Islam in Palestinian politics are familiar to those studying the history of the modern Middle East. A significant but often misunderstood part of this history is the rise of Islamic opposition to the British in Mandate Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s. Across the empire, imperial officials wrestled with the question of how to rule over a Muslim-majority countries and came to see traditional Islamic institutions as essential for maintaining order. Islam under the Palestine Mandate tells the story of the search for a viable Islamic institution in Palestine and the subsequent invention of the Supreme Muslim Council. As a body with political recognition, institutional autonomy and financial power, the council was designed to be a counterweight to the growing popularity of nationalism among Palestinians. However, rather than extinguishing the revolutionary capacity of the colonized, it would become a significant opponent of British rule under its highly controversial president, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husayni. Making extensive use of primary sources from British and Israeli archives, this book offers an innovative account of the Supreme Muslim Council's place within a colonial project that aimed to control Palestinian religion and politics. Roberts argues against the standard view that the council's creation was an act of appeasement towards Muslim opinion, showing how British actions were guided by techniques of imperial administration used elsewhere in the empire."--Bloomsbury Publishing Introduction -- Chapter 1: Inventing Palestine: The Holy Land in the British Imagination -- Chapter 2: Building a Religious System -- Chapter 3:Politics in 1920s Palestine -- Chapter 4:The Mufti and the Supreme Muslim Council -- Chapter 5:The Politicization of the Supreme Muslim Council -- Conclusion
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ISBN:	9781350986893
DOI:	10.5040/9781350986893