Islamic Attitudes to Israel

<p>This book draws on the research of some of the leading scholars in the fields of Jewish-Islamic relations, the Israeli-Arab conflict and political Islam. These highly topical essays examine the relationship between Israel and the Islamic world from both a thematic and geo-strategic perspective. </p><p>Divided into two distinct sections, the first section of the book deals with issues relating to contemporary Jewish-Muslim relations and, in particular, looks at the attitude towards the Jewish state amongst opinion-makers, religious institutions and leaders in the Muslim world. Key issues such as the Islamic attitude to Palestinian suicide-bombing, and Arab anti-Semitism are addressed here. The second section examines the attitude of key Muslim nations – Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan – to the Jewish state, and charts the evolving, bilateral relationship between these nations and Israel from the birth of the Jewish State in 1948 up to the present day. </p><p>This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal <em>Israel Affairs</em>.</p> <p>1. The Long Trail of Islamic Anti-Semitism 2. Fundamentals of the Modern Muslim-Jewish Polemic 3. The 'Ulama’ and the Cult of Death in Palestine 4. Inter-Faith Strife: Al-Azhar Discourse on Israel 5. Political Islam and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 6. Hizballah and Israel: Strategic Threat on the Northern Border 7. Iran, Israel and the Middle East Conflict 8. Israel and Pakistan: Public Rhetoric versus Political Pragmatism 9. The Republic of Indonesia and Israel 10. Policy Toward Israel: The Impact of Foreign and Domestic Constraints 11. How Has Turkey Viewed Israel? </p>