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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 for his political opinions. 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”. Bukay claims that expert historians agree with this position. | ||
| According to the ], 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.” | According to the ], 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.” An investigation by the Rector of Haifa University found that the students had been lying. | ||
| 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." | |||
| ==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
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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 for his political opinions. 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”. Bukay claims that expert historians agree with this position.
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.” An investigation by the Rector of Haifa University found that the students had been lying.
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.