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(Hebrew & Arabic follow English- עברית וערבית אחרי אנגלית- العربيه والعبريه تتبع الانجليزيه)
Tower of David Forum for Religious Leaders - 26.11.2025
The encounter began with the Qadi's description of his experiences at the International Jewish Lawyers Conference, where he was the only non-Jewish person. The conference was heavily focused on rising anti-Semitism, which led to a conversation about the status of minorities and their relations with the majority.
There was agreement that while in Europe Christianity, and also Judaism, had to go through a process of coping with the rise of secular currents, including giving up positions of power, in Islam this process is only at its beginning and already today we can see a growing openness to encountering the other.
Meanwhile, in the last hundred years politics has influenced religious discourse and caused it to become more radical.
An example that came up is the commonly quoted phrase about Jews as sons of apes as a derogatory nickname. In actual fact, the source in the Quran is actually one of respect for the commandments of the Jewish religion. The Quran tells of the members of a Jewish fishing village who saw that there were not many fish during the week, while on Shabbat there were many, and therefore they decided to desecrate the Sabbath and set traps for fish. In response to the desecration of the Sabbath, God turned them into monkeys.
The encounter touched on a few other topics but did not deal with the planned topic, which was left for the next encounter.
Reported: Yehuda
פורום מגדל דוד למנהיגים דתיים- 26.11.2025
המפגש החל עם תיאור חוויותיו של הקאדי בכנס עוה"ד היהודיים הבינלאומי, בו היה היחיד שאינו יהודי. בכנס היה עיסוק רב באנטישמיות הגואה וזה הוביל לשיחה על מעמדם של מיעוטים ויחסיהם עם הרוב.
היתה הסכמה שבעוד שבאירופה הנצרות, וגם היהדות, נאלצו לעבור תהליך של התמודדות עם עליה של זרמים חילוניים, כולל ויתור על עמדות כח, באסלאם התהליך הזה רק בתחילתו וכבר היום אפשר לראות פתיחות גדילה למפגש עם האחר.
בינתיים, במאה השנים האחרונות הפוליטיקה משפיעה על השיח הדתי וגורמת לו להקצין.
דוגמא שעלתה היא הציטוט הנפוץ על היהודים כבני הקופים ככינוי גנאי. באמת המקור בקוראן הוא דווקא של כבוד למצוותיה של דת היהודית. הקוראן מספר על בני כפר דייגים יהודי שראו שאין הרבה דגים במהלך השבוע ואילו בשבת יש הרבה ולכן החליטו לחלל את השבת ולשים מלכודות לדגים. בתגובה לחילול השבת, האל הפך אותם לקופים.
המפגש נגע מעט בעוד נושאים אבל לא עסק בנושא המתוכנן, שנשאר למפגש הבא.
דיווח: יהודה
منتدى برج داود للقادة الدينيين- 26.11.2025
بدأ اللقاء بوصف تجربة القاضي في مؤتمر المحامين اليهود الدولي، حيث كان الشخص الوحيد غير اليهودي. وقد تَناوَل المؤتمر بشكلٍ واسع موضوعَ تصاعد معاداة السامية ؛ مما قاد إلى نقاش حول مكانة الأقليات وعلاقاتها مع الأغلبية.
اتّفق المشاركون على أنّ المسيحية، ومعها اليهودية في أوروبا، خاضتا مسارًا من التكيّف مع تنامي التيارات العلمانية، شمل التخلّي عن بعض مواقع النفوذ؛ أمّا في الإسلام فما يزال هذا المسار في بداياته، رغم بروز مؤشرات متزايدة على الانفتاح على لقاء الآخر.
وفي المقابل، خلال المئة سنة الأخيرة، تؤثر السياسة على الخطاب الديني وتدفعه نحو مزيد من التطرّف.
ومن الأمثلة التي طُرحت: الاقتباس الشائع الذي يصف اليهود بأنهم “أبناء القردة” كإهانة. لكن في الحقيقة، مصدره في القرآن مرتبط باحترام وصايا الديانة اليهودية. إذ يروي القرآن قصة أبناء قرية من الصيادين اليهود الذين لاحظوا قلة السمك خلال أيام الأسبوع وكثرته يوم السبت، فقرروا انتهاك حرمة السبت ووضع شباك لصيد السمك. وردًا على تدنيس السبت، حوّلهم الله إلى قردة.
تطرّق اللقاء قليلًا إلى مواضيع أخرى، لكنه لم يتناول الموضوع المخطط له، وتم تأجيله إلى اللقاء القادم.
تقرير: يهودا
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