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Shouldn't this article be called something like "Islam in Israel and Palestine". Islam in West Bank and gaza leads back here. But the West Bank and Gaza are not parts of Israel. Vice regent 21:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
The West Bank is technically part of Israel but is just considered "disputed" until a peace plan is agreed upon by both sides. Also, I agree, the title is misleading as it is saying Israel is 'Palestine'. -- DandanxD 02:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I felt that this article had a lot of great information in the religious area, but needed significant additions discrimination tab. The Muslim's in Israel face much more discrimination than what was lead on this article. Ejcohenemory1 ( talk) 23:50, 10 November 2019 (UTC)Ejcohenemory
"The small Circassian community is composed of Sunni Muslims uprooted from the Caucasus in the late 19th Century, much before the beginning of the Zioinist movement, and settled in the Galilee by Ottoman authorities."
That is simply incorrect. The first Aliya occurred in 1880, only a few years after the arrival of the Circassians. I'm deleting this part. TFighterPilot ( talk) 14:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
The result of the split proposal was: split made per consensus. GreyShark ( dibra) 18:02, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
While I realize the article is fairly short at this point, I'd like to see it split as soon as is practical. This doesn't seem like a good case for WP:AND, and I should think the state of Islam in Israel and Islam in the Palestinian territories are very different indeed. Compare to, say, Islam in Canada and Islam in the United States, where bordering countries with very similar treatment of Muslims nevertheless have separate articles. -- BDD ( talk) 23:09, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
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I removed a large chunk of text (“History”) that I found was irrelevant to the topic, large unsourced and sometimes plainly wrong. If You find anything useful and relevant in the removed text please feel free to re-introduse it.
I replaced that with a proper background to the topic, namely the position of Islam in Palestine under the Ottoman and British Empire. Then I wrote a text on what should be the topic of the article, the position of Islam in Israel, which was largely ignored by the article until now. Jokkmokks-Goran ( talk) 01:05, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
My changes:
• The lede: Mainly irrelevant background info on the Haram al-Sharif. The Haram is not part of Israel and is well covered in other pages such as Islam in Palestine and Temple Mount. I therefore removed it.
• History section: Nothing about Israel or Islam in Israel. Largely irrelevant history of Palestine (Muslim conquest, Crusades, British conquest etc.). Well covered in other pages such as History of Palestine, Islam in Palestine or Muslim history in Palestine. I removed it and replaced it with a background section on the position of Islam under the Ottoman period (ruling majority community) and British period (autonomous majority community). If you explain why these removed sections are relevant in the page on Islam in Israel, I am prepared to discuss it.
• I added a section on the position of Islam in Israel, which was not previously included. Islam is the largest minority religion in Israel, but it lacks the autonomy other religions (Christians and Druze) enjoy in Israel. I also discussed the widespread destruction of Moslem mosques and cemeteries, which was not previously covered.
There was no original research or POV. If you want me to add further sources, please indicate where and I will be happy to oblige.
This is not the first time you reverse whole-sale additions without any reason. Please stop your disruptive behaviour. Jokkmokks-Goran ( talk) 11:50, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Your changes introduced a substantial point of view push, without prior discussion or agreement, As a small example, your replaced "Christians, Jews, and Samaritans were mostly tolerated as dhimmi." with an unsourced claim that says almost the opposite (" Christian and Jewish minorities were granted substantian internal autonomy." )- and put that, without any source , into the lede- spelling mistakes included. You complain about the history section containing pre-Israel stuff, and yet put in the Ottoman empire situation into the lede. These are just two Please discuss every change you want to make here first and get agreement for it beforehand.
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reverted this, as it added manifestly fake information to Wikipedia. The assertion that Islam is not a "recognized religion in Israel" is as fake as could be, considering that Islam appears on national ID cards as a religion and that an extensive Sharia court system is funded by the Israeli state and is overseen by
qadis appointed by the Israeli state.
11Fox11 (
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Islam was not a recognized religious community when the area was governed by the Ottomans. This was carried over into the British legal system when they occupied the territory and subsequently received a mandate to administer it, and after that, into the Israeli legal system which inherited the British system. In practical terms, there is no difference between the status of Islam in Israel and that of Judaism or various Christian sects - as your own source says, the Shari'a courts are recognized and integrated within the state legal system, to the same level as Rabbinical courts. The various Islamic sects can apply for formal recognition as a "religious community" but they have not done so, presumably because it is of no practical significance. If you want to describe this situation in detail per this paragraph in the article, that's fine. But to put a misleading statement like "Islam is not a recognized religion in Israel" into the lede as you have done is not allowed. — Preceding
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Bullshit. "The Qadis Appointment Committee is established under the Qadis Law, 5721-1961 (SEFER HAHUKIM [BOOK OF LAWS, the official gazette, SH] No. 339 p. 118, as amended). The Committee is composed of nine members, including the President of the Sharia Court of Appeals and an additional Qadi selected by the sitting Qadis; Israel’s Minister of Justice and a Muslim member or deputy member of government selected by the Minister of Justice; three Knesset (parliament) members, at least two of whom are Muslim; and two lawyers, at least one of whom is Muslim, selected by the Israeli Bar Association. The Minister of Justice serves as chairperson of the committee. (Id. § 4.)" — Preceding
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A similar committee appoints Rabbinical court judges, and as written, it is not even guaranteed that that committee has a Jewish majority, unlike the Qadis' committee, which is guaranteed by law to have a Muslim majority. — Preceding
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Unfortunately very few scholars agree with your discription.
You're funny. Where do you think that quote I gave you comes from? It is from the US Library of Congress. But you can read the law for yourself:
http://www.knesset.gov.il/review/data/eng/law/kns4_qadis_eng.pdf - see (4) — Preceding
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Kenosha, why don't you show your true face?
Jokkmokks-Goran ( talk) 01:35, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Several editors have told you your editing is inappropriate. Start listening instead of these personal attacks. — Preceding
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Kenosha, why don't you show your true face?
Jokkmokks-Goran ( talk) 01:35, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Several editors have told you your editing is inappropriate. Start listening instead of these personal attacks. — Preceding
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It cannot be that EVERYTHING I wrote was wrong. So why delete everything? Jokkmokks-Goran ( talk) 02:28, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
It actually could be that everything you wrote is wrong or inappropriate. Why don't you explain the changes you want to make, one by one, and see if there is agreement for them. As a start. I've already explained why putting "Islam was not granted the status of a recognized religion in Israel, which meant that the Muslim community was denied the autonomy granted to all the other major religious communities in Israel." in the lede is not appropriate. — Preceding
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OK, I will not - for the time being - delete anything from the article, as has been suggested by some of my critics. I still think that irrelant material should be deleted. Bur I'm perfectly willing to debate what is irrelevant.
I will do everthing step by step, leaving ample time to discuss and suggest other formulations. I then beg my critics not to delete my every word but to suggest changes or supplying sources.
I start with the important question of the formal status of Islam in Israel.
Jokkmokks-Goran ( talk) 03:01, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
this is better, but some problems remain, starting with this: In the 4th paragraph you added, you state "But it was now Jewish civil servants (from the Ministry of Religious Affairs or the Ministry of Interior) who were appointing the Muslim Qadis (judges) in Shari’a courts and the members of religious councils. " - this is unsourced, and false, as I have shown earlier- there is an Israeli government commision which by law has a Muslim majority which appoints Qadis.
Kenosha Forever (
talk) 04:23, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
I think the Riyan comment to Grossman , form a popular book, is undue weight, and should be removed. I would also take out the "finally" from the phrase "Finaly passed", so as to avoid the unsupported pOV that it was dragging its feet on this.
Kenosha Forever (
talk) 00:51, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Another issue: In the History section, you added this abut the Supreme Muslim Council ". The council was abolished in 1948." - I beliv ethats; wrng. The council continued to function, under Jordanian rule, until 1951.
Kenosha Forever (
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user:Jokkmokks-Goran Please fix the references the PELED books is from 2001 not 2009 and it contains only 239 pages --
Shrike (
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I don't know who are the "others" that insist we keep the wrong SMC info, But no one has veto power over the contents. If we (in this discussion) all agree the paragraph is wrong and possibly irrelevant, we can remove it.
What is the source for the claim that " The appointments made in the beginning had no legal basis."?
Kenosha Forever (
talk) 14:58, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Who said that this was without legal authority?
Kenosha Forever (
talk) 00:54, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
You are reading far too much into this. According to the POC, the authority was given to the British High Commissioner. (see POC article 57: "the constitution and jurisdiction of Religious Courts established at the date of this Order may be varied by Ordinance or Order of the High Commissioner."). The POC was terminated by Britain in the Palestine Act, 1948. The Subsequent Israeli Knesset, as its first law (The Law and Administrative Ordinance - פקודת סדרי השלטון והמשפט), reinstated the POC as it was before termination, except for specific articles which were cancelled. Among those things canceled (by article 12(b) ) were any authorizations given to the Crown or any of its representatives (including, inter alia, the authority to determine the constitution of religious courts given by POC(57)), and any such authorities were transferred, according to article 14(a) , to the government of Israel. So, if the High Commissioner had the authority to change the constitution of the Religious Courts, this authority was now vested with an Israeli minister. And Hirshberg himself rejected any such claim that he lacked authority to make these appointments (your very same source, p. 59, last paragraph) and Palmon was involved in such appointments earlier, and did not dispute their legality at the time. The most you can say is that according to Peled, no specific body in Israel was legally authorized to appoint qadis. (i.e attribute this claim to Peled).
Kenosha Forever (
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I believe Peled's explanatory comment ("In 1949, the Mandatory law granting the Supreme Muslim Council the sole authority to appoint qadis remained on the books. Since this institution had ceased to exist after May 1948, no specific body in Israel was legally authorized to appoint qadis,") is wrong, on two counts, and explained why: (1) The POC most certainly did not grant the SMC the sole authority to appoint qadis, in fact, is says almost the opposite - giving the High Commissioner the authority to modify the makeup of the qadi-appointing body as he pleases (article 57 of the POC) and (2) this authority given to the HC in the POC was explicitly transferred over to the government of Israel in the The Law and Administrative Ordinance. I don't think Peled is an activist, I just think she got this part wrong, or maybe just phrased it carelessly, because it is not central to her thesis, which is that the state of affairs in those early years was not the result of some mendacious plan to hurt Islam, but rather the outcome of mundane political power struggles (in this case between the Minister of Religious Affairs, and the Legal advisor to the Minister. And Hirshberg most certainly rejected the charges that he was acting without authority. Note that if you want to get pedantic about it, even Palmon doesn't say these were done without authority - he just casts doubt about the authority, according to Peled. Questioning the authority is not the same as saying it is w/o authority.
Back to the article - it currently says one thing that is clearly wrong or at least very misleading: The first Qadis Law was passed in 1953, not 1961. The word "finally" which I think should be removed, was in the source next to 1953, not 1961, further highlighting why I think this editorial comment does not belong. We should clarify that the a nine-member Appointment Committee set up by the 1961 law mandates "at least" 5 muslim members, not 5. There could be more. Finally, I'd like to see a the exact source used for "the affairs of the Muslim community were to a large extent controlled directly by the Israeli government".
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An article about Islam in Israel must be allowed to include expressions of the opinions of Muslims in Israel without being branded as [POV] and therefore deleted. As has happened in this article systematically. Even when these opinions were expressed by non-extremist Jewish/Israeli authors.
There are very clear legitimate grounds for Muslim grievances against the State of Israel. I therefore think that this article must address these points:
Without these points, the article becomes ridiculous.
That said, I think the article could also reflect some quite interesting and maybe positive (in the Western point of view) developments of Shari’a jurisprudence in Israel.
Jokkmokks-Goran ( talk) 03:12, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Yes, neutrally voiced criticisms form notable sources should be in this article.
Kenosha Forever (
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The source for statistics on Arabic populations in the country (16) is no longer accessible. I am not savvy enough with Hebrew to find where the document has been moved to on the Israeli government's website. 2605:A601:A82C:4C00:3887:3D97:2A92:FAE ( talk) 22:20, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
"Most Israeli Jews (79%) say Jews deserve preferential treatment in Israel. But they do not see an inherent contradiction between a Jewish homeland and a functioning democracy."
I thought of adding this statement ad-verbatim from the cited PewResearch survey in the discrimination which is probably very relevant to how discrimination is viewed towards the Muslim minority in Israel. Omar Jabarin ( talk) 15:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC)