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AN FEINNEALACHT IDIR AN tSÚLAIREAS AGUS AN ISLAMACHTA: CÁS NA PALISTÍN

Bhí an Dr, Ioslam Jad

Toghcháin reachtacha a reáchtáladh sa Bhruach Thiar agus i Stráice Gaza i 2006 a tugadh chun cumhacht don ghluaiseacht Ioslamach Hamas, a bhí mar thromlach ar Chomhairle Reachtaíochta na Palaistíne agus freisin ar an gcéad rialtas tromlach Hamas. Mar thoradh ar na toghcháin sin ceapadh an chéad aire baineann Hamas, a rinneadh mar Aire Gnóthaí na mBan. Idir Márta 2006 agus Meitheamh 2007, ghlac beirt airí éagsúla ó Hamas an post seo, ach bhí deacracht ag an mbeirt acu an Aireacht a bhainistiú mar ní baill de Hamas iad formhór a fostaithe ach gur le páirtithe polaitíochta eile iad, agus ba bhaill de Fatah a bhformhór, an ghluaiseacht cheannasach a rialaíonn formhór institiúidí de chuid Údarás na Palaistíne. Tháinig deireadh le tréimhse dian streachailt idir mná Hamas in Aireacht Gnóthaí na mBan agus baill baineanna Fatah tar éis do Hamas seilbh a ghlacadh ar chumhacht i Stráice Gaza agus titim a rialtais sa Bhruach Thiar dá bharr – streachailt rud a ghlac seal foréigneach uaireanta. One reason later cited to explain this struggle was the difference between secular feminist discourse and Islamist discourse on women’s issues. In the Palestinian context this disagreement took on a dangerous nature as it was used to justify perpetuating the bloody political struggle, the removal of Hamas women from their positions or posts, and the political and geographical divides prevailing at the time in both the West Bank and the occupied Gaza Strip.
This struggle raises a number of important questions: should we punish the Islamist movement which has come to power, or should we consider the reasons which led to Fateh’s failure in the political arena? Can feminism offer a comprehensive framework for women, regardless of their social and ideological affiliations? An féidir le dioscúrsa ar fhoras coiteann do mhná cabhrú leo a gcomhspriocanna a bhaint amach agus a chomhaontú? An bhfuil paternalism i láthair ach amháin i Ioslamach idé-eolaíocht, agus ní sa náisiúnachas agus tírghrá? Cad atá i gceist againn le feimineachas?? An bhfuil feimineachas amháin ann, nó feimineachas éagsúla? Cad atá i gceist againn le Ioslam – An é an ghluaiseacht ar a dtugtar an t-ainm seo nó an reiligiún, an fhealsúnacht, nó an córas dlí? Ní mór dúinn dul go dtí bun na saincheisteanna seo agus iad a bhreithniú go cúramach, agus ní mór dúinn aontú orthu ionas gur féidir linn cinneadh a dhéanamh níos déanaí, mar feiminigh, dá mba cheart ár gcáineadh ar an atharthacht a dhíriú ar reiligiún (Creideamh), ba cheart a bheith teoranta do chroí an chreidmhigh agus gan ligean dó smacht a ghlacadh ar an domhan i gcoitinne, nó an dlí-eolaíocht, which relates to different schools of faith which explain the legal system contained in the Quran and the sayings of the Prophetthe Sunnah.

Palestine Question and Islamic Movement

Azzam TAMIMI

The top leadership of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood (Bráithreachas) in the Gaza Strip heldan emergency meeting on the evening of Wednesday 9 Nollaig 1987 to deliberate what todo a day after the Palestinian uprising (Intifada) erupted. The eruption was ignited by the coldbloodedmurder of several Palestinian laborers at the hands of an Israeli army trailer driver. Theseven men, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Bhí an Dr. Abd Al-Aziz Al-Rantisi, Shihadah mícheart, Abd Al-FattahDukhan, Muhammad Shamah, Ibrahim Al-Yazuri and Isa Al-Nashar, took the historic decision totransform the Ikhwan organization in Palestine into a resistance movement that was called Harakatal-Muqawamah Al-Islamiyah (The Islamic Resistance Movement) known from then on by theacronym HAMAS.Although the decision was triggered by the unplanned simultaneous popular uprising, SheikhYassin and his comrades had been preparing for that eventuality for many years. They had for toolong been detached from the earlier history of the movement when it was best known for puttingup the most credible resistance to the Zionists who founded the Jewish state on land taken from thePalestinians by force in 1948.Intended to be a comprehensive reform movement, the Ikhwan was originally Egyptian buthas since its inception grown into a global network. The mother organization was founded byHassan Al-Banna (1906-1949) in the Egyptian town of Al-Ismailiyah in 1928 where he taught at aprimary school not far from the headquarters of the British occupation troops’ garrison. Combiningelements of spirituality acquired from his association with the Hasafiyah Sufi order with thepristine monotheistic teachings of Islam learned inside the Salafi school of Muhammad RashidRida (1865-1935) – a disciple and close associate of Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905), Al-Banna’sproject had a great popular appeal. Soon after its birth, the Ikhwan movement grew rapidly withinEgypt and beyond it. Inside Egypt, it had four branches in 1929, 15 isteach 1932, 300 by 1938 and morethan 2000 isteach 1948. By 1945, it had half a million active members in Egypt alone. Between 1946 and1948, Ikhwan branches were opened in Palestine, An tSúdáin, Iraq and Syria.

Goldstone Report On Israel’s War On Gaza

Goldstone in Gaza

1. On 3 April 2009, the President of the Human Rights Council established the United Nations
Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict with the mandate “to investigate all violations of
international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been
committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza
during the period from 27 Nollaig 2008 agus 18 January 2009, whether before, during or
after.”
2. The President appointed Justice Richard Goldstone, former judge of the Constitutional Court
of South Africa and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former
Yugoslavia and Rwanda, to head the Mission. The other three appointed members were:
Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics
and Political Science, who was a member of the high-level fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun
(2008); Ms. Hina Jilani, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, who was a
member of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur (2004); and Colonel Desmond
Travers, a former Officer in Ireland’s Defence Forces and member of the Board of Directors of
the Institute for International Criminal Investigations.
3. As is usual practice, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR) established a secretariat to support the Mission.
4. The Mission interpreted the mandate as requiring it to place the civilian population of the
region at the centre of its concerns regarding the violations of international law.
5. The Mission convened for the first time in Geneva between 4 agus 8 May 2009. Additionally,
the Mission met in Geneva on 20 May, ar 4 agus 5 Iúil, and between 1 agus 4 Lúnasa 2009. Tá an
Mission conducted three field visits: two to the Gaza Strip between 30 May and 6 June, agus
between 25 June and 1 Iúil 2009; and one visit to Amman on 2 agus 3 Iúil 2009. Several staff of

1. On 3 April 2009, the President of the Human Rights Council established the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict with the mandate “to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from 27 Nollaig 2008 agus 18 January 2009, whether before, during or after.”

2. The President appointed Justice Richard Goldstone, former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, to head the Mission. The other three appointed members were Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, who was a member of the high-level fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun (2008); Ms. Hina Jilani, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, who was a member of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur (2004); and Colonel Desmond Travers, a former Officer in Ireland’s Defence Forces and member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for International Criminal Investigations.

3. As is usual practice, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) established a secretariat to support the Mission.

4. The Mission interpreted the mandate as requiring it to place the civilian population of the region at the centre of its concerns regarding the violations of international law.

5. The Mission convened for the first time in Geneva between 4 agus 8 May 2009. Additionally, the Mission met in Geneva on 20 May, ar 4 agus 5 Iúil, and between 1 agus 4 Lúnasa 2009. The Mission conducted three field visits: two to the Gaza Strip between 30 May and 6 June, and between 25 June and 1 Iúil 2009; and one visit to Amman on 2 agus 3 Iúil 2009. Several staff ofthe Mission’s secretariat were deployed in Gaza from 22 May to 4 Iúil 2009 to conduct field investigations.

6. Notes verbales were sent to all Member States of the United Nations and United Nations organs and bodies on 7 May 2009. On 8 June 2009 the Mission issued a call for submissions inviting all interested persons and organizations to submit relevant information and documentation to assist in the implementation of its mandate.

7. Public hearings were held in Gaza on 28 agus 29 June and in Geneva on 6 agus 7 Iúil 2009.

8. The Mission repeatedly sought to obtain the cooperation of the Government of Israel. After numerous attempts had failed, the Mission sought and obtained the assistance of the Government of Egypt to enable it to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.

9. The Mission has enjoyed the support and cooperation of the Palestinian Authority and of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations. Due to the lack of cooperation from the Israeli Government, the Mission was unable to meet members of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. The Mission did, ach, meet officials of the Palestinian Authority, including a cabinet minister, in Amman. During its visits to the Gaza Strip, the Mission held meetings with senior members of the Gaza authorities and they extended their full cooperation and support to the Mission.

10. Subsequent to the public hearings in Geneva, the Mission was informed that a Palestinian participant, Mr. Muhammad Srour, had been detained by Israeli security forces when returning to the West Bank and became concerned that his detention may have been a consequence of his appearance before the Mission. The Mission is in contact with him and continues to monitor developments.