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Islam under the Palestine Mandate - Colonialism and the Supreme Muslim Council (Hardcover)
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Islam under the Palestine Mandate - Colonialism and the Supreme Muslim Council (Hardcover)
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Concerns about the place of Islam in Palestinian politics are
familiar to those studying the history of the modern Middle East. A
significant but often misunderstood part of this history is the
rise of Islamic opposition to the British in Mandate Palestine
during the 1920s and 1930s. Across the empire, imperial officials
wrestled with the question of how to rule over a Muslim-majority
countries and came to see traditional Islamic institutions as
essential for maintaining order. Islam under the Palestine Mandate
tells the story of the search for a viable Islamic institution in
Palestine and the subsequent invention of the Supreme Muslim
Council. As a body with political recognition, institutional
autonomy and financial power, the council was designed to be a
counterweight to the growing popularity of nationalism among
Palestinians. However, rather than extinguishing the revolutionary
capacity of the colonized, it would become a significant opponent
of British rule under its highly controversial president, the Grand
Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husayni. Making extensive use of
primary sources from British and Israeli archives, this book offers
an innovative account of the Supreme Muslim Council's place within
a colonial project that aimed to control Palestinian religion and
politics. Roberts argues against the standard view that the
council's creation was an act of appeasement towards Muslim
opinion, showing how British actions were guided by techniques of
imperial administration used elsewhere in the empire.
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