http://www.ismailfaruqi.com Official website of Dr. Ismail Raji' Al-Faruqi (1921 - 1986) Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:14:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-problem-israel-zionism-religion/ http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-problem-israel-zionism-religion/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:30:08 +0000 admin http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/?p=222 Shulhan Arukh, which dominated Jewish observance and living since its codification by Joseph Karo in 1567. The whole problem of "religion and modernity" did not occupy them at all. The Zionists were men and women nursed culturally and spiritually by a secular Europe which has been weaned away from religion. They were as immersed in romanticism and secularism as their fellow Christians; and a number of them were in fact leaders of the movement in Europe. It was therefore natural that, once renewed persecution blocked their self-identification as European, the Jews would seek their identity in their tradition, and that they would do so under the only categories they knew, namely, those of European romanticism.]]> http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-problem-israel-zionism-religion/feed/ 1 http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel-zionism-the-european-jews-counsel-of-despair/ http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel-zionism-the-european-jews-counsel-of-despair/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:41:58 +0000 admin http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/?p=201 http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel-zionism-the-european-jews-counsel-of-despair/feed/ 1 http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel-the-three-cornered-nature-of-the-problem/ http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel-the-three-cornered-nature-of-the-problem/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:59:36 +0000 admin http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/2007/01/21/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel-the-three-cornered-nature-of-the-problem/ http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/books/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel-the-three-cornered-nature-of-the-problem/feed/ 0 http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/reviews/review-of-islam-and-the-problem-of-israel/ http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/reviews/review-of-islam-and-the-problem-of-israel/#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:27:48 +0000 admin http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/2007/01/21/review-of-islam-and-the-problem-of-israel/ Islam and the Problem of Israel is a succinct and thoughtfully organised reader. The author, though Palestinian himself, offers a reasonably fair appraisal of the issue at hand from a Muslim’s perspective. Some readers might find the strong vocabulary makes the read challenging, and this may sometimes be burdensome. The topic is approached in an organised and sequential manner. The historical, religious and political perspectives of the state of Israel are described before the relationship between Israel, Judaism, Zionism (all quite distinct entities) and Islam is discussed. The author briefly clarifies the distinction between Judaism as a religion, Zionism as a political concept of statehood (for a given race), Israel as nation-state, and the Jews as a race. He describes the problem as three-cornered, involving the Muslim world, Western Christendom, and the Jews.]]> http://www.ismailfaruqi.com/reviews/review-of-islam-and-the-problem-of-israel/feed/ 0