Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The sacred and the profane: Sadat's speech to the Knesset |
Author: | Salem-Babikian, Norma |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | Middle East Journal |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 13-24 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Egypt Israel |
Subjects: | heads of State State visits speeches (form) |
About person: | Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (1918-1981) |
External link: | http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1290819297 |
Abstract: | The relationship between the Arabic language and Islam is so intimate that few Arab political leaders can avoid using a language infused with Islamic symbols. In the case of Sadat and, more specifically, on the occasion of his Jerusalem visit, approximately one third of his Knesset speech (November 20, 1977) dealt with religious themes. What are the implications of Sadat's use of religious terminology in the political context of his speech in Jerusalem? In order to demonstrate the interplay between the political and the reglious, the question is dealt with in two parts: 1) Did the 'political' or the 'secular' context of the speech transfrom the traditionally 'religious' themes which Sadat used? 2) Did his use of 'religious' themes have any political functions? Notes, fig. |