Azzam Tamimi
Azzam Tamimi (sometimes spelled Azam Tamimi; born 1955,
Early life and education
Tamimi was born in 1955 and lived in Hebron in the West Bank—then under the control of Jordan, hence his Jordanian citizenship—until he was seven. His family then moved to Kuwait.[1] His father had fought against Israel.[1][clarification needed]
After high school, Tamimi moved to London to attend college. In 1979, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Combined Sciences from the University of Sunderland.[1][2] In 1998 he completed a PhD in Political Theory from the University of Westminster.[2]
Career
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In addition to his involvement with television, he has written for such publications as The Guardian.[3] He is also an author of various books.[citation needed]
Finsbury Park Mosque reformation
In 2005, Tamimi led a group of trustees in reforming the Finsbury Park Mosque, which was previously under the control of Abu Hamza al-Masri.[4][5]
Political positions
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War on Terror
Tamimi has pointed out that the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In 2004, Tamimi stated that, as a Jordanian, he would never confer legitimacy upon Israel, "a state that is created on land robbed from my father, from my grandfather and from my mother".[8] He also classifies Zionism as a racist ideology.[9]
Nonetheless, Tamimi favours talks between Hamas and Israel, believing that co-existence between Palestinians and Israel may be possible. He has stated that "peace may still be achieved by talking about how to co-exist."[10] Elaborating on this he has also said that "Hamas would only agree to a negotiated settlement based on the idea of a hudna (longterm ceasefire). In reality, of course, that would mean recognising Israel will exist within agreed-upon borders for a given period of time. It does not, however, mean recognising that where Israel sits is no longer Palestinian".[9] For the long run, Tamimi advocates what he calls a post-apartheid South African solution, in which Israel "is dissolved just like apartheid was, and all people within mandatory Palestine become equal citizens".[9]
He believes that antisemitism in Arab societies can be attributed to a response to modern political Zionism and that it is an aberration of traditional Islamic practices.[11]
In January 2006, Tamimi wrote that if Israel withdrew from territories occupied in 1967, Hamas would end its armed resistance.[12]
Shortly before the invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israel in late 2008, Tamimi argued for continuation of a truce that had been maintained for five months between Hamas and Israel and for ending Israel's Blockade of the Gaza Strip, which he described as a "siege".[13]
Martyrdom
In November 2004, while being interviewed for the
References
- ^ a b c Grace Halsell (December 1998). "Palestinian Islamist Azzam Tamimi Defines Hamas, PLO Differences and Calls for Dialogue With Both". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 1998, pp. 23–24.
- ^ a b "IslamonLine.net". Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ "Azzam Tamimi | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ Dominic Casciani and Sharif Sakr (7 February 2006). "The battle for the mosque". BBC News.
- ^ "Finsbury Park Mosque: "Its more than just a mosque now"".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: On Whose Side? danielpipes.org, an archive of MSNBC 25 July 2005
- ^ [1], Stop Bush Rally, 20 November 2003.
- ^ Interview with Dr Azzam Al-Tamimi, Institute of Islamic Political Thought danielpipes.org, originally at BBC Hardtalk, 2 November 2004.
- ^ a b c Interview: Azzam Tamimi, Middle East Policy, Summer 2006.
- ^ The unrealistic terms being imposed upon Hamas are no basis for talks, The Guardian, 5 November 2007.
- ^ Webman, Esther. “The Challenge of Assessing Arab/Islamic Antisemitism.” Middle Eastern Studies 46, no. 5 (2010): 677–97. Page 690.
- ^ Hamas will make a deal, The Guardian, 30 January 2006.
- ^ End the siege of Gaza, The Guardian, 21 November 2008.
- ^ "Dr Azzam Al-Tamimi". BBC. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Controversial Palestinian academic hails 'martyrdom' U.K. event". Haaretz. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
External links
- UK foreign policy under spotlight, Expoislamia in Manchester's MEN Arena.
- Articles by Azzam Tamimi in The Guardian
- UK police to investigate Muslim scholar's call for martyrdom[permanent dead link], The Jerusalem Post, 23 August 2006.