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Women and the Holy City - The Struggle over Jerusalem's Sacred Space (Hardcover)
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Women and the Holy City - The Struggle over Jerusalem's Sacred Space (Hardcover)
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Jerusalem's Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif is the holiest place in
the world for Jews, the third holiest place for Muslims and a
constant feature in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet the
gendered dimensions of inter-communal disputes over sacred space in
Jerusalem, as well as in other holy places around the world, have
been largely neglected, as have women's roles in these
site-specific conflicts. An implicit association of women with
peaceful politics and syncretic religious practices has obscured
the fact that women are often key actors in inter-communal
contestation of holy places. This study looks to three contemporary
women's movements in and around Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade: Women
for the Temple - a Jewish Orthodox movement for access to Temple
Mount; The Murabitat - Muslim women activists devoted to the
protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Jewish claims; and Women of the
Wall - a Jewish feminist mobilization against restrictive gender
regulations at the Western Wall. Lihi Ben-Shitrit demonstrates how
attention to gender and to women's engagement in conflict over
sacred places is essential for understanding what makes contested
sacred sites increasingly 'indivisible' for parties in the
inter-communal context.
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