Privatizing the Temple Mount (Haram es-Sharif) and the Western Wall (Kotel): A Swiftian Suggestion for Solving the Religious Freedom Problems
Abstract Proposals abound in Israel to address the question of pluralistic access to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. Each of these proposals has been a source of great controversy. In this article, we propose a Swiftian solution of privatization. We propose that the government of Israel sell...
| Published in: | Journal of law, religion and state |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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| In: |
Journal of law, religion and state
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745, Gulliver's travels
/ Temple Mount (Jerusalem)
/ Temple (Jerusalem)
/ Religious practice
/ Quarreling
/ Religious freedom
/ Privatization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBL Near East and North Africa XA Law ZA Social sciences ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Privatization
B Private Property B Public Forum B Religious Freedom B Jonathan Swift B Temple Mount B Western Wall |
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| Summary: | Abstract Proposals abound in Israel to address the question of pluralistic access to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. Each of these proposals has been a source of great controversy. In this article, we propose a Swiftian solution of privatization. We propose that the government of Israel sell the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, and many other holy sites to specific faith groups that will then operate them as private property, with the ability to restrict various rights within them. This proposal is based on a model adopted and implemented in Salt Lake City, Utah, to address various questions regarding access to property purchased by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law, religion and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22124810-2020009 |