The effects of Islamization on Muslim-Christian relations within Israel’s Arab community before and after the ‘Arab Spring’

Ilan Shdema; Ido Zelkovitz; Moshe Sharabi

doi:10.1080/13537121.2022.2041314

The effects of Islamization on Muslim-Christian relations within Israel’s Arab community before and after the ‘Arab Spring’

Ilan Shdema, Ido Zelkovitz, Moshe Sharabi

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Abstract

This article examines the effects of Islamisation processes among Israeli Muslim Arabs on their intercommunal relations with Christian Arabs before and after the ‘Arab Spring’, based on 45 in-depth interviews held prior to and after this momentous event. The findings show the complex role played by Islamisation in Muslim-Christian relations, causing tensions and distancing at times while promoting intercommunal cooperation on other instances. They also reveal that in addition to the Islamic Movement, three other main socio-religious subsets played a role in Islamisation: secular, traditional and Salafi. Finally, since the onset of the ‘Arab Spring’, the religious identity of Israeli Muslims has remained central but the power of Islamic segments seems to have declined. Under these circumstances, Muslims and Christians tended to grow socially distant from each other, though no substantial tensions were evident.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	208-231
Number of pages	24
Journal	Israel Affairs
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2022.2041314
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Both authors are partially supported by grant MTM2012-31298, MINECO, Spain and Grupo de Investigación CADEDIF, UCM. The second author, Manuel Villanueva-Pesqueira, also partially supported by a FPU fellowship (AP2010-0786) from the Government of Spain.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements Both authors are partially supported by grant MTM2012-31298, MINECO, Spain and Grupo de Investigación CADEDIF, UCM. The second author, Manuel Villanueva-Pesqueira, also partially supported by a FPU fellowship (AP2010-0786) from the Government of Spain.

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© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords

Arabs
Christians
Islamisation
Israel
Muslims
‘Arab Spring’

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
History
Political Science and International Relations

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