Language:
French
Year of publication:
2009
Titel der Quelle:
Controverses; revue d'idees
Angaben zur Quelle:
11 (2009) 272-286
Keywords:
Fondation pour la mémoire de la Shoah
;
Jews Historiography
;
Islam Theology
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
Abstract:
Criticizes "Aladin", a project launched in 2009 by the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah (FMS) under the patronage of UNESCO, the aegis of the UN's "Alliance of Civilizations", and in partnership with the Organisation de la Conférence Islamique. The purpose of the project is to make available in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish information about the Shoah, Judeo-Arabic relations, and Jewish culture. Argues that "Aladin" is a political and moral mistake. The FMS has put aside the dispute between the Arab-Muslim and Jewish world in order to secure the image of the Shoah in Arab-Muslim opinion, and thereby "transcendentalize" the memory of the Shoah, dissociating it from the historical and political situation of the Jews, and the survival of Israel and the Jewish people. This symbolic barter of Israel for the sacralization of the Shoah is complemented by the barter of the memory of Oriental, Sephardic Jews for Muslim acceptance. States that FMS has rewritten the history of the Sephardic Jews, denying their humiliation and suffering in the Arab countries throughout history. The Muslims are flattered at the expense of Christianity and Europe, and the desire for peace and dialogue in "Aladin" is complemented by a war within the Occidental "camp". Concludes that "Aladin" legitimizes political resentment of Israel, deepens paternalistic Ashkenazi disdain for the Sephardi world, and, in depoliticizing the Arab-Jewish conflict for the benefit of the memory of the Shoah, relegates Jewish existence to an antiquated past. Warns that this depoliticization has political consequences.
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