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| '''David Bukay''' is a Professor of Middle East Studies at the ]. He is the author of ''Islamic Fundamentalism and the Arab Political Culture''. He specializes in the ]; inter-Arab relations and the |
'''David Bukay''' is a Professor of Middle East Studies at the ]. He is the author of ''Islamic Fundamentalism and the Arab Political Culture''. He specializes in the ]; inter-Arab relations and the Palestinian question; international ] and fundamental ]; theoretical issues and political applications in the ]; ]'s foreign policy towards ] and ]; the culture approach to understanding the Middle-East. | ||
| Bukay has been criticised for allegedly espousing extreme anti-Arab racism. In his 2003 book ''Arab-Islamic Political Culture: A Key Source to Understanding Arab Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict'', he wrote: “There is no condemnation, no regret, no problem of conscience among Arabs and Muslims, anywhere, in any social stratum, of any social position”, and he distributed a document to his students stating that “when an Arab or a Muslim opens his remarks with the expression wallahi, he is apparently intending to lie”. | |||
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| The ], an American Jewish organisation whose mission is , has protested at Bukay's remarks, stating: "Such generalizations are very disturbing. Dr. Bukay's article falls into the trap of old and hurtful stereotypes, which express prejudices that are liable to be very destructive. We, the Jews, should know better than anyone that we must not engage in utterances of this kind." | |||
| ==Criticism== | |||
| ⚫ | According to the ], in 2005 students alleged that Bukay made a number of offensive and anti-Arab remarks in his lectures - Bukay denies making the comments attributed to him. The AAHR also took issue with a number of statements he made in an article titled "The First Cultural Flaw in Thought: The Arab Character"; the latter was also criticized by the ], which stated it "falls into the trap of old and hurtful stereotypes, which express prejudices that are liable to be very destructive..."<ref name=ArabHRA></ref> | ||
| ==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
| ===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
| * ''Total Terrorism in the Name of Allah: The Emergence of the New Islamic Fundamentalists''. Shaarei-Tikva: Ariel Center for Policy Research, 2002. | * ''Total Terrorism in the Name of Allah: The Emergence of the New Islamic Fundamentalists''. Shaarei-Tikva: Ariel Center for Policy Research, 2002. | ||
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David Bukay is a Professor of Middle East Studies at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Arab Political Culture. He specializes in the Arab-Israeli conflict; inter-Arab relations and the Palestinian question; international terrorism and fundamental Islam; theoretical issues and political applications in the Middle-East; Asad's foreign policy towards Israel and Lebanon; the culture approach to understanding the Middle-East.
Criticism
According to the Arab Association for Human Rights, in 2005 students alleged that Bukay made a number of offensive and anti-Arab remarks in his lectures - Bukay denies making the comments attributed to him. The AAHR also took issue with a number of statements he made in an article titled "The First Cultural Flaw in Thought: The Arab Character"; the latter was also criticized by the Anti-Defamation League, which stated it "falls into the trap of old and hurtful stereotypes, which express prejudices that are liable to be very destructive..."
Publications
Books
- Total Terrorism in the Name of Allah: The Emergence of the New Islamic Fundamentalists. Shaarei-Tikva: Ariel Center for Policy Research, 2002.
- Arab-Islamic Political Culture. Shaarei-Tikva: Center for Policy Research, 2003.
- Ed.: Muhammad's Monsters: A Comprehensive Guide to Radical Islam for Western Audiences. Green Forest, Ar.: Balfour Books, 2004.
- Arafat, the Palestinian National Movement and Israel: The Politics of Masks and Paradox. New York: Mellen Press, 2005.
Articles
- Zionists, Post-Zionists and Pseudo-Zionists: The Media Leftist Complex and the al-Aqsa Intifadah, in: S. Sharan (ed.). Israel and the Post-Zionists. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2003.
- The New Islamic Anarchistic Groups, in: D. Bukay. Muhammad’s Monsters.