The Tragedy in Palestine

This book is a translation of the book ‘Sanha-e-Aqsa’ (meaning, ‘the tragedy of Al-Aqsa’) that was written by Maulana Maududi in 1969 at the incident of fire in Masjid Al-Aqsa, along with its foreword by Dr. Abdul Ghaffar.
The current translation is an academic exercise to convey the meaning intended by the original authors as clearly as possible rather than presenting the point of view of the translator.
It is clarified that whenever the terms ‘Jew’, ‘Jews’, or ‘Jewish’ are used, they, by no means, refer to all Jews. In most cases, they refer to the Zionists who are a nationalist political movement rather than a religious one (Smith, 2004, p. 30). There are many Jews, orthodox as well as secular, who are against the policies of Israel.
Criticizing Israel and Zionism and their policies is not anti-Semitism as per the definition issued by more than 150 Jewish academics1 . In alignment with that definition, the current text is written with the spirit of freedom of expression for academic reasons. It is to be
noted that Arabs are also considered to be Semitic people (Smith, 2004, p. 5). This work raises the voice for the basic rights of these Semitic people. This, accordingly, cannot be classified as anti-Semitic by any means.