Ibn Khaldun Centre for Human and Social Sciences at Qatar University ( QU) organised a virtual scientific lecture recently, entitled: “Zionist claims to the historical and religious right in Jerusalem: Presentation and criticism”.
Prof Mohamed Khalifa Hassan, professor of Religions and Dialogue of Civilisations at QU, delivered this lecture as part of the Accordance, one of the five structures in which the Ibn Khaldoun Centre operates at QU, against the background of the current Israeli attacks on Jerusalem and Palestinians, especially the citizens of Gaza.
The lecture started with Dr Jassim al-Jazaa, as the moderator. An Islamic history lecturer, he delivered a message in which he stressed that our current battle is a battle of consciousness, since the current generation lacks knowledge, thinking, and facts about their adversary and the Zionist movement, indicating that the beginning of the solution to any problem is awareness of it.
Prof Khalifa emphasised that Zionism's arguments that Jews have a historical and religious right to Palestine, which dates back long before Zionism, are unfounded and contradict Palestine's and Jerusalem's histories. As a result, Jewish orientalism, followed by Zionist orientalism, and now Israeli orientalism, acted on a fabrication. He said that Jerusalem had been subjected to the greatest fraud in human history.
Dr Khalifa demonstrated the falsity of Zionism's arguments with historical evidence, demonstrating that the Jews have never had a state in their existence, starting from the date of their migration to Egypt and passing through the exit from Egypt and the diaspora for forty years. He also described the various stages of captivity, in addition to falling under the authority of different types of empires, such as the ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Christian, Arab, and Islamic Arab states. He added that the Jewish history was a history of those empires that ruled the ancient East, a history that is devoid of any ownership of them.
When reviewing the religious history, according to Dr Khalifa, “It becomes clear that the Jewish religion is from the manufacturer of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivity, and was not made in Palestine, this also includes the Jewish religious books such as the Torah, the books of the prophets, the Old Testament and the Babylonian Talmud also written in Iraq, with the exception of the Palestinian Talmud, which is considered weak. And it is not used except for some unhappy groups.”
The lecture started with Dr Jassim al-Jazaa, as the moderator. An Islamic history lecturer, he delivered a message in which he stressed that our current battle is a battle of consciousness, since the current generation lacks knowledge, thinking, and facts about their adversary and the Zionist movement, indicating that the beginning of the solution to any problem is awareness of it.
Prof Khalifa emphasised that Zionism's arguments that Jews have a historical and religious right to Palestine, which dates back long before Zionism, are unfounded and contradict Palestine's and Jerusalem's histories. As a result, Jewish orientalism, followed by Zionist orientalism, and now Israeli orientalism, acted on a fabrication. He said that Jerusalem had been subjected to the greatest fraud in human history.
Dr Khalifa demonstrated the falsity of Zionism's arguments with historical evidence, demonstrating that the Jews have never had a state in their existence, starting from the date of their migration to Egypt and passing through the exit from Egypt and the diaspora for forty years. He also described the various stages of captivity, in addition to falling under the authority of different types of empires, such as the ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Christian, Arab, and Islamic Arab states. He added that the Jewish history was a history of those empires that ruled the ancient East, a history that is devoid of any ownership of them.
When reviewing the religious history, according to Dr Khalifa, “It becomes clear that the Jewish religion is from the manufacturer of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivity, and was not made in Palestine, this also includes the Jewish religious books such as the Torah, the books of the prophets, the Old Testament and the Babylonian Talmud also written in Iraq, with the exception of the Palestinian Talmud, which is considered weak. And it is not used except for some unhappy groups.”