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Revision as of 23:51, 25 November 2006 by RolandR (talk | contribs) (Added citation for alleged extremism of views)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
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”.
According to the Arab Association for Human Rights, during 2005 students complained about offensive remarks in Bukay's lectures, including: “we should shoot terrorists in the head in front of their families” as a deterrent and “destroy a whole house, with everyone in it,” in order to get rid of one wanted person; that “the Arabs are just alcohol and sex”, and that “the Arabs are stupid and have contributed nothing to humanity.” Dr. Bukay denies making the comments attributed to him.
The Anti-Defamation League, an American Jewish organisation whose mission is "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike", 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."
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.