| Mordechai Kedar in al-Jazeera about Jerusalem & Islam |
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mkedar@mail.biu.ac.il Dr. Mordechai Kedar
of Bar-Ilan University defends the Jewishness
of Jerusalem, the Jewish capital for over
3000 years. He also defends the right of
Israelis to settle in Judea and Samaria, the
West Bank.
Gil Ronen
"We were here when your forefathers were
drinking wine, burying their daughters alive
and worshipping idols" -- this was just one
of Bar Ilan University political scientist
Dr. Mordechai Kedar's ripostes to questions
by an Al Jazeera interviewer two weeks ago,
in an interview that has received rave
reviews from Israel-lovers the world over for
its forcefulness. "They did not expect me to
take the discussion to history and especially
not to religion," Kedar told Israel National
News. But discuss religion he did in the
above video, reminding his interviewer that
Jerusalem was not mentioned even once in the
Koran and saying directly in fluent Arabic
that "Jerusalem is not on the negotiating
table," and that "Jerusalem belongs to the
Jews, period."
"This was very aggravating" for the
Al-Jazeera interviewer, Kedar explained,
"because in the Islamic view, Islam came into
the world to replace Judaism and
Christianity, not to live side by side with
them. And here, all of a sudden, the Jews are
coming from exile and building their state
again and G-d forbid they also regained
Jerusalem." Judaism is thus regaining its
meaning, and Islam is challenged by this, the
Bar-Ilan professor explained. "The mere
existence of the State of Israel and the fact
that we are in Jerusalem is some kind of
challenge to the legitimacy of Islam in their
eyes," Kedar explained.
"This is not pro-Israel public relations,"
Dr. Kedar told Israel National News. "This is
a battle for the Arab heart, which Israel is
apparently losing because Israel gave up on
the main tool which should have served it,
which is an independent Israeli Zionist
satellite channel in Arabic." Many Arabs, he
said, would consider changing their views if
such a channel were available.
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| Everywomen [Al - Jazeera] |
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The second case,in involved Siti
Fatimah/Revathi, 29, who was born to Indian
parents who had converted to Islam.
Despite being registered as a Muslim, she was
nevertheless brought up as a Hindu by her
grandmother.
"She sees herself as a Hindu and declared
herself as one on March 21, 2001, through a
statutory declaration.
"She changed her name to Revathi Masoosai,"
said Bukit Mertajam MP and DAP Wanita Chief
Chong Eng.
She eventually married and gave birth to a
daughter in Malacca on Dec 19, 2005.
Two days later, three men and a woman who
introduced themselves as officials from
Malacca Islamic Religious Department came to
ask her to hand over her daughter to them.
She refused.
In January, Revathi was taken into custody
and taken to Pusat Pemulihan Akidah in Ulu
Yam, Selangor, for rehabilitation for 100
days and was expected to be discharged by
April 18, following a Syariah Court
directive.
In the meantime, Siti Fatimah/Revathi's
15-month-old daughter was taken away by the
department, a policeman, a lawyer and Siti
Fatimah/Revathi's mother.
Chong said she hoped the authorities would
not resort to breaking up the family and
urged them to reunite the family and find a
more humane solution to the problem.
A memorandum on the matter was later
submitted to Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. ada beberapa topik yg
dibincangkan tapi yg aku tengok cuma part
siti fatimah tu je.
Siti fatimah ni dilahirkan dalam keluarga
india muslim. tapi kahwin dengan india hindu.
ditunjukkan gambar perkahwinan style hindu
diaorg. Kemudian dapat anak dan masa
pendaftaran anak tu yg timbul keraguan, sebab
di ic nama melayu tapi suami india.
ditunjukkan juga luahan hati suami india siti
fatimah ni.
ada juga ditunjukkan pendapat mak siti
fatimah ni yg Islam bersama anak siti
fatimah.
kemudian ditunjukkan rakaman pertemuan suami
siti fatimah dan siti fatimah di pagar pusat
pemulihan ulu yam. ada mikrofon tersorok
dalam badan so boleh dengar perbualan. kesian
pulak kat siti fatimah masa ni.
kemudian ada perbincangan antara seorang
peguam ke apa yg bekerja di UIA dan zainah
anwar dari SIS. ok juga apa yg peguam ni
kata, dia kata siti fatimah ni dibesarkan
dalam keluarga Islam sebenarnya, dan kena
tunggu apa yg mahkamah syariah putuskan
nanti. aku tengok macam kurang bernas sikit
cakap peguam ni.. tapi boleh faham la apa yg
disampaikan.
zainah anwar tak banyak cakap. baru aku tau
ni rupanya zainah anwar ni.
komen aku: bagus juga tengok torrent ni, at
least kita tahu isu semasa yg tak keluar di
suratkhabar atau pun tv tempatan yg lain.Â
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