Summary
An Islamic religious endowment; in Lybarger’s Chapter 3, the implied framing of Palestine as an inalienable Islamic trust bequeathed to Muslims in perpetuity (Palestinian Chicago — Identity in Exile, PDF p.115-116).
Details
- The endowment concept, elaborated within Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence), renders the Holy Land an inalienable Islamic trust; as recipients, Muslims, especially those for whom Palestine is their national home, incur the responsibility of care and defence of the land — vigilance and struggle in the face of non-Muslim encroachment (PDF p.116 / printed p.95).
- AMP does not explicitly refute the legitimacy of Israel through open references to Palestine as an Islamic patrimony or waqf, unlike Islamist movements in Palestine; its 2013 conference implied the theme by linking Palestine and the Sham as a blessed land to advocacy for Palestine as a “Noble Cause” (PDF p.115-116 / printed p.94-95).
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Palestinian Chicago — Identity in Exile · American Muslims for Palestine · Murabitun