March 28, 2005 Hudna/ Tahdiyya/ Cooling Off

March 28, 2005 Islam Says No to Jewish Homeland and State of Israel

Hudna/ Tahdiyya/ Cooling Off

Indeed, the mosque address by the Official Palestine Authority Cleric in Gaza came only hours after a much-heralded meeting in Cairo Egypt calling for a pseudo-ceasefire against Israeli targets, known in Arabic as a “tahdiyya” or “cooling-off”.

The term “tahdiyya”, which has become a bit of a buzz-word in Israel has rarely if ever been heard in diplomatic parlance, and it apparently came into use because the HAMAS and Islamic Jihad terror groups were unwilling to agree even to use the term “hudna” an Arabic term for a temporary cease-fire between a Muslim and a non-Muslim

Source: Israelbehindthenews.com, “Incitement from Official PA Cleric in Friday Mosque Sermon,” by Dr. Michael Widlanski, March 27, 2005.