Talk:Islam in Israel and Palestinian territories

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Hi,

Shouldn't this article be called something like "Islam in Israel and Palestine". Islam in West Bank and gaza leads back here. But the West Bank and Gaza are not parts of Israel.Vice regent 21:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

With reference to current voting membership of the United Nations, there is no country of 'Palestine' nor has there been since its inception. Neither was there ever such a country recognised with membership of the League of Nations predating WW2. It is a redundant term referring to a region of that name under British administration in 1948. It is therefore, firstly, inappropriate to include Islam in Palestine as an article on the 'Islam by Country' template. If you wanted to create 'Islam in Palestine', that would be a historical article dealing with one particular religion in a region of the British Mandate that arose from the dissolution of the Ottoman empire in 1918.

We'll keep Islam-by-country articles as only for presently-existing-and-internationally-recognised countries. That rationale explains why Islam in Russia, Islam in Iraq and Islam in Germany are on the template to the exclusion of 'Islam in the USSR', 'Islam in the German Democratic Republic', or 'Islam in Kurdistan'. Former countries and region descriptors superseded by existing countries fall outside the scope of the template. Hence Islam in Palestine redirects here.

NonlisteningFriend 01:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

The West Bank is technically part of Israel but is just considered "disputed" until a peace plan is agreed upon by both sides. Also, I agree, the title is misleading as it is saying Israel is 'Palestine'. --DandanxD 02:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

'Palestine' does not have existence, currently, independent of the existence of the state of Israel. There is merely a Palestinian National Authority exercising governing authority in two regions of Israel that are densely populated with ethnic Arab Palestinians: the West Bank & the Gaza Strip.

Israel = State of Israel, inclusive of the West Bank and Gaza strip pending international recognition of the full political independence of the Palestinian National Authority

Palestine = Regional and political descriptor becoming redundant since the complete succession of the Kingdom of Jordan and State of Israel to the entire territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine, effective at least since July 20, 1949, and continuing to the present day.

Further information: 1949 Armistice Agreements

NonlisteningFriend 01:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)