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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)ISNI
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.
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