Debating Islam in the Jewish State: The Development of Policy Toward Islamic Institutions in Israel

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Index Absentee Property Law (1950), 50,137 Abu Mukh, Farid Ibrahim, 130, 131 Abu Musa, Ali Mustafa, 145-146 Advisory Committee to Ministry of Religious Affairs for the Order of Religious Endowments, 23 Agbariah, Farsoun, 134 Age ofMarriage Law (1950), 71 al-Ahmadiyya School, 106, 115, 121 al-Alami, Shaykh Sa'ad ad-Din, 128 Alliance Israelite Universelle, 19 Almaliach, Avraham, 38-39 al-Aqsa Association, 1, 157 Arab affairs: centralization of, 14; economic dependency and, 7; interministerial committees for, 4; modernization theory and, 7; neglected religious infrastructure in, 28; property confiscation, 4; rural, 28 Arab community. See also Muslim community; appeal of nationalism to, 117-120; assimilation of, 48, 104, 105, 194n37; composition of, 17; demographic changes, 43; early debate on future of, 17; integration of, 9, 14, 17,48; loyalty to state, 43; political movement and, 16; as potential fifth column, 9, 46; religious resurgence in, 127, 129; representation on interministerial committees, 23; resentment ofIsraeli use ofJerusalem as capital, 83; size of population, 23-24, 183n29 229 Arab Democratic Party, 135 Arab Revolt (1936),28,29, 175n66 The Arabs in Israel, 95, 96 Aranne, Zalman, 125 Ar-Rahman, Hashim abd, 133-134 Asaliyyah, Shaykh Tawfiq, 143 AsIan, Y., 49, 50, 182n19 Assaf, Mikhael, 103, 194n37 Ataturk, Kemal, 41-42, 176n1 Authority: central Muslim, 46 Authorization ofActivities and Compensation Law (1953),100 Autonomy: Christian, 7, 11; communal, 1,3,36,41,42,45,46; cultural, 2, 15, 102, 135; demands for, 1; in education, 102; limited, 46; local, 7; Muslim, 11; in religious/ cultural affairs, 2, 35, 39 aI-Bait, Musa Usmul, 140 al-Banna, Hassan, 128, 129, 202n33 Barak, Ehud, 146 Bar-Yehuda, Yisrael, 105 Bashir Amash v. GovernmentJudicial Counsel, 72 Basilica of the Annunciation (Nazareth), 1, 154, 155 Ben-Gurion, David, 2, 29,105,150, 170n2, 176n71, 194n41; approach to Arab integration, 9; cancels Ministry ofMinority Affairs, 38; on education, 97; minority policy and, 17-18; People's Council and, 17; 230 policy decisions by, 4; security concerns of, 9 Beno~'(ehuda, 101,102, 114, 115,116, 193n29, 194n35 Benziman, Uzi, 9 Biran, Avraham, 92, 93 Bligh, Dr. Alexander, 144 Bosnia-Hercegovina, 41, 44-46 British Mandate, 46,148, 170n7, 172n35; defining holy places, 79-80; education system of, 98, 99, 194n44; Emergency Laws, 36; establishment of Supreme Muslim Council in, 6; High Commissioner in, 36, 78; legislation under, 6; policy during, 2; preservation of Ottoman structure by, 6; Supreme Muslim Council during, 29, 44 Burla, Y, 108, 111 Cemeteries, 86, 87, 88, 91, 140, 191n74 Christian community, 24; autonomy of, 7, 11; Catholic education in, 113, 114; charitable endowments administration, 42; decline of, 129; 1948 War and, 7; preferential treatment of, 4, 7, 77; religious instruction for, 7; role in improvement of religious study, 16; size ofpopulation, 24 Christian Fraternity Club, 111, 112, 113 Church ofthe Nativity, 188n23 Circassian community, 194n41; education in, 105 Cohen, Tuvia, 87 Committee for the Disbursement of WaqfFunds, 139 Committee for the Preservation of Muslim Religious Monuments, 83 Communism, 62,111,112,129,132, 133,138,143;urban,43 Compulsory Education Law, 194n41 Conciliation Commission for Palestine, 76,78,163-164 INDEX Criminal Code Ordinance (1936),71, 187n14 Cultural: assimilation, 101-102, 104, 105; autonomy, 2,15,102,135 Custodia di Terra Sancta, 80 Custodian for Absentee Property, 4, 22, 25,32,49,50,124,137,148, 178n33; administration of non-holy waqf property, 52 Dafni, R., 118 Dahamshe, Abdul Malik, 136 Dana, Nissim, 125 Darwish, Shaykh Abdallah Nimr, 128, 130, 134,144,203n67 Defense Ordinance (1937), 175n67 Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, 133, 138, 140 Department of Christian Affairs, 4 Department of Holy Places, 4 Department ofMuslim and Druze Affairs, 4 Deri, Arye, 132, 140 Development Authority, 52, 100 Dinburg, B., 106, 107 Discrimination: against Arab education, 111; educational, 103; government, 133; guarantees against, 21; toward Sephardim, 20, 21, 38, 39 Division ofInternational Organizations, 81 Divon, S., 104 Divorce, 12, 70, 72, 167n6, 186n60; laws, 4 Dotan, Alexander, 48,101,102,103, 193n32 Dotan-Benor debate, 15-16,48,101, 102,103 Druze community, 24, 167n14; autonomy of; 7 Dumper, Michael, 12, 13,51, 138, 179n41,204n79 Eban, Abba, 116 Education: Arab nationalism and, 99, 101; autonomy in, 102; ofChristian Arabs, 98; compulsory, 54, 55, 99, 191nl, 194n41; curricula, 103, 104, 108; monolinguallmonocultural policy, 102; as priority, 97; privately funded, 192n7; as substitute for political radicalism, 101; suppression of nationalist ideas and, 99; toleration ofArab ethnicity in, 102; Torah study in, 1 Education, Islamic, 97-120; Arab discontent with...