Misunderstanding Islam, Misunderstanding Al Aqsa

The discussion ranges from coverage of a series of events held in the European
Parliament in September 2023, including an important meeting on the treatment of Muslim prisoners in the US prison in Guantánamo, to academic insights from Edward Said and Samuel Huntington, and political insights from former diplomat Alastair Crooke.

There is an ultra-nationalist movement in Israel, facilitated unwittingly by prevailing Western prejudices, that is dedicated to making Israel into a purely Jewish State and expelling Palestinians. The Al Aqsa Mosque is to become the site of a restored Jewish Temple on this vision and so religious hatred must be whipped up against Islam. From an opposing perspective, the message of this pamphlet is that such purposeful trampling on the concept of religious tolerance needs to be exposed and protected against.