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| '''David Bukay''' is a doctor who teaches in the ] Department at the ]. He is the author of ''Islamic Fundamentalism and the Arab Political Culture''. He specializes in the ]; inter-Arab relations and the ]; international ] and fundamental ]; theoretical issues and political applications in the ]; ]'s foreign policy towards ] and ]; the culture approach to understanding the Middle-East. | '''David Bukay''' is a doctor who teaches in the ] Department at the ]. He is the author of ''Islamic Fundamentalism and the Arab Political Culture''. He specializes in the ]; inter-Arab relations and the ]; 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 |
Bukay has been criticised by several people, including neo-nazi Kurt Nimmo, some Arab radicals and Jewish leftist extremists (including a Trotskyite named David Merhav), for supposedly being "anti-Arab". Bukay speaks and writes Arabic fluently. 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 ], during 2005 |
According to the anti-Israel ], during 2005 a student (who was not in fact registered in Bukay's class) complained about offensive remarks in Bukai's lectures, including allegedly: “we should shoot terrorists in the head in front of their families” as a deterrent and “destroy a whole house, with everyone in it,” that “the Arabs are just alcohol and sex”, and that “the Arabs are stupid and have contributed nothing to humanity.” A committee appointed by the Rector of the University of Haifa investigated the charges and found they were baseless. | ||
| ⚫ | The ], an American Jewish organisation whose mission is , has protested |
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| ⚫ | The ], an American Jewish organisation whose mission is , has protested Bukay's alleged 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." As noted, it was later confirmed by the University of Haifa that no such racist remarks had been made, and the ADL had simply fired off criticism prematurely. A campaign of vilification has been launched against Bukay by the fanatically anti-Israel extremists in the "ALEF" chat list that operates under the auspices of the University of Haifa. | ||
| Bukay is a regular analyst for a number of journals, including Middle East Quarterly and Nativ. | |||
| ==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
| * Bio | |||
| * "The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings" | |||
| * "Total Terrorism in the Name of Allah: The Emergence of the New Islamic Fundamentalists" | |||
| ===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
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David Bukay is a doctor who teaches in the Political Science Department 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 by several people, including neo-nazi Kurt Nimmo, some Arab radicals and Jewish leftist extremists (including a Trotskyite named David Merhav), for supposedly being "anti-Arab". Bukay speaks and writes Arabic fluently. 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 anti-Israel Arab Association for Human Rights, during 2005 a student (who was not in fact registered in Bukay's class) complained about offensive remarks in Bukai's lectures, including allegedly: “we should shoot terrorists in the head in front of their families” as a deterrent and “destroy a whole house, with everyone in it,” that “the Arabs are just alcohol and sex”, and that “the Arabs are stupid and have contributed nothing to humanity.” A committee appointed by the Rector of the University of Haifa investigated the charges and found they were baseless.
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 Bukay's alleged 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." As noted, it was later confirmed by the University of Haifa that no such racist remarks had been made, and the ADL had simply fired off criticism prematurely. A campaign of vilification has been launched against Bukay by the fanatically anti-Israel extremists in the "ALEF" chat list that operates under the auspices of the University of Haifa.
Bukay is a regular analyst for a number of journals, including Middle East Quarterly and Nativ.
Publications
- Bio
- "The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings"
- "Total Terrorism in the Name of Allah: The Emergence of the New Islamic Fundamentalists"
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.