IngentaConnect Fundamentals of the Modern MuslimJewish Polemic

Authors: Holtzman, Livnat; Schlossberg, Eliezer

Source: Israel Affairs, Volume 12, Number 1, January 2006 , pp. 13-28(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Religious polemics between Jews and Muslims was a common event in medieval times and revolved around The Bible, its authenticity, and the credibility of its divine message. One of the noticeable characteristics of today's polemic is the absence of one of the debating parties from the debate-the Jews. The book, aqā'iq Qur'āniyya awla al-Qa iyya al-Filas iniyya (Qur'ānic Facts Regarding the Palestinian Issue) is a leading example of this. Written by the Islamist author, alā al-Khālidī, it is very popular in the Islamic world and it offers a unique interpretation of several Qur'ānic verses in order to prove that the Qur'ān predicts the total annihilation of the Jewish state by Muslim warriors, driven by genuine Islamic faith, who will fight the Jews in the name of Islam. Al-Khalidi's interpretation of these verses has an extremely remote connection to the interpretation of classical scholars, such as Al-Tabari (d. 923), and medieval scholars, such as Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328). His exegesis can be considered even more extreme than that of Al-Sayyid Qub, the leading writer and ideologue of the contemporary fundamentalist movement in Egypt, who was executed in 1966.

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Fundamentals of the Modern Muslim-Jewish Polemic