Contesting Symbolic Landscape in Jerusalem : Jewish/Islamic Conflict over the Museum of Tolerance at Mamilla Cemetery

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reiter, Yitzhak.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--Law and legislation.

Building laws--Jerusalem.

Cemeteries--Law and legislation--Jerusalem.

Islamic cemeteries--Jerusalem--History.

Mamilla cemetery (Jerusalem)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Museum of Tolerance and Human Dignity (Jerusalem)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc. -- Jerusalem.

Building laws--Legal status, laws, etc--Jerusalem.

Building laws.

Muslims--Law and legislation--Jerusalem.

Muslims.

Islamic cemeteries--Law and legislation--Jerusalem.

Islamic cemeteries.

Jewish museums--Law and legislation--Jerusalem.

Jewish museums.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Museum of Tolerance and Human Dignity (Jerusalem).

Mamilla cemetery (Jerusalem).

Local Subjects:

Arab-Israeli conflict--Law and legislation.

Building laws--Jerusalem.

Cemeteries--Law and legislation--Jerusalem.

Islamic cemeteries--Jerusalem--History.

Mamilla cemetery (Jerusalem)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Museum of Tolerance and Human Dignity (Jerusalem)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc. -- Jerusalem.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2006, a dispute broke out regarding an initiative by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles (backed by Israeli authorities) to construct a Museum of Tolerance (MoT) in West Jerusalem. The museum was to be built on a plot of land that in the past had been part of the historic Muslim Mamilla Cemetery. Debate centered on whether construction of a museum dedicated to human dignity on Muslim cemeterial land was justified. Yitzhak Reiter presents the public and legal dilemmas at the individual level, the political level, and at the universal level, integrating a multidisciplinary approach inv

Contents:

Front Cover; About the Book and About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Mamilla Cemetery and the Chronology of the Dispute; Chapter 2: The Struggle over the Symbolic Landscape: Zionization Versus Palestinization and Islamization; Chapter 3: The Waqf in the National-Religious Struggle of the Arab-Muslim Minority in Israel; Chapter 4: The Struggle over the Jurisdiction of the Shari'a Court; Chapter 5: The Sanctity of Cemeteries in Islam: Science, Belief, and Interpretation

Chapter 6: The Palace Hotel and Other Precedents of Construction over Muslim CemeteriesChapter 7: "What Is Abhorrent to You, Do Not Do to Your Friend": Comparative Legal Perspective; Chapter 8: "Hidden from Sight": The High Court Verdict; Chapter 9: The Role of Judicial Tribunals in Resolving Conflicts over Holy Places; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-78284-150-4