Sacralizing the Nation
The Adoption of Takfīr in Mandate Palestine, 1929–35
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8969755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron Rock-Singer (0000-0002-6976-6587, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 407-423 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743824000771 |
| OpenAlex | W4406488993 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
In January 1935, Palestinian Islamic thinkers, in conversation with counterparts elsewhere in the Middle East and South Asia, concluded that those who sold or facilitated the sale of land to the Mandate Jewish community must be excommunicated. This article explores the emergence of such religious excommunication ( takfīr ) in Mandate Palestine between 1929 and 1935 based on a wide range of periodicals and pamphlets from this period. It argues that, far from a story of an underlying “Islamic radicalism” which reemerged in a time of pressure, this is a case in which internal and external political and economic pressures necessitated a drastic solution which could distinguish Muslims committed to the Palestinian nationalist project from those who were not. In doing so, the article contributes to scholarship on both Modern Islam and Mandate Palestine
Ancient history · Conversation · Islam · Judaism · Mandate · Mandatory Palestine · Nationalism · Palestine · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Theology · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies
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The Land Question in Palestine, 1917-1939
The Making of Salafism
Confronting an Empire, Constructing a Nation
Defining Neighbors
The Emergence of the Palestinian-Arab National Movement 1918–1929
Army of Shadows
Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929
The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism
Palestinian Identity
Palestinian Rituals of Identity
In the Shade of the Sunna
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Ottoman practice as regards Jewish settlement in Palestine
Oriental Neighbors
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |