10.19 Epilogue: Asalin Palasdinawa Mai Matakai Da Yawa, Tunawar Sunayen Wurare Da Gadon Kasa Iri-iri - Falasdinu: Tarihin Shekaru Dubu Hudu | Quran Course

10.19 Epilogue: Asalin Palasdinawa Mai Matakai Da Yawa, Tunawar Sunayen Wurare Da Gadon Kasa Iri-iri - Falasdinu: Tarihin Shekaru Dubu Hudu | Quran Course

A yau, Falasdinawa al'adance da harshensu Larabawa ne, kuma galibi Musulmi ne, amma ba duka ba. Yawan Musulmin Falasdinu an samo asali ne daga Kiristocin Falasdinu da Yahudawan yankin da suka karɓi Musulunci bayan fatar Musulunci a ƙarni na bakwai, kuma sun gaji yawancin al'adu, zamantakewa, addini da harshen tsohuwar Falasdinu, ciki har da na Isra'ilawa, Kan'aniyawa da Filistiyawa (Shaban 1971: 25–161; Donner 1981; Nebel da Oppenheim 2000; Rose 2010; Esler 2011). Haka kuma, kamanceceniyar harshen Larabci da harshen Ugarit na nuna cewa Larabci ba baƙo ne da ya shigo Falasdinu a makare bayan mamayar Larabawa Musulmi a shekara ta 638 miladiyya ba (Ra'ad 2010). Haka nan, Falasdinawa da yawa Larabawa ne Kiristoci waɗanda tushensu a Falasdinu yake tun zamanin da, kuma suna da dogon gado a ƙasar da Almasihu ya rayu. Yayin da yake bayani game da al'adun Falasdinawa masu yadudduka da kuma gadonsu iri-iri, masanin zamantakewa na Falasdinu Samih Farsoun (1937–2005) ya rubuta:

Today the Palestinians are culturally and linguistically Arab and largely but not exclusively Muslim. The Palestinian Muslim population was mainly descended from local Palestinian Christians and Jews who had converted to Islam after the Islamic conquest in the 7th century and inherited many of the social, cultural, religious and linguistic traditions of ancient Palestine, including those of the Israelites, Canaanites and Philistines (Shaban 1971: 25–161; Donner 1981; Nebel and Oppenheim 2000; Rose 2010; Esler 2011). Furthermore, the similarities between their Arabic language and Ugaritic suggests that Arabic was not a late intruder into Palestine from 638 AD onwards, following the Arab Muslim conquest (Ra’ad 2010). Also many Palestinians are Christian Arabs who have historic roots in Palestine and a long heritage in the land where Christ lived. Commenting on the multi-layered cultural identity and diverse heritage of the Palestinians, Palestinian sociologist Samih Farsoun (1937–2005) writes:

Hakika, ba zai zama abin ƙi ba a ce Falasdinawa na yau sun fi zama zuriyar tsoffin Filisiyawa (da Isra'ilawa) fiye da Yahudawan Ashkenazi, waɗanda da yawa daga cikinsu Turawan Turai ne da suka karɓi Yahudanci. Haka kuma a tarihi, sabanin tatsuniyar 'korarwa da komawa', yawancin tsoffin mazauna Yahudawa na asali a ƙasar Falasɗinu sun zauna a ƙasar, amma daga baya, bayan tsararraki da yawa, sun karɓi Kiristanci da Musulunci. A yau kuma, sabanin tarihin da aka ɗaukaka na masu akidar Zionist na Ashkenazi da masu kishin ƙasar Larabawa, ƙara yawan masana ilimin kayan tarihi da masana Littafi Mai Tsarki suna ƙara tabbata cewa kakannin Isra'ilawa ba su taɓa zuwa Masar ba, kuma tsarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na mamayar soji na Kan'ana gaba ɗaya almara ne. Hakika, shaidun kayan tarihi suna karyata Littafin Joshua musamman. Idan Fitowa daga Masar da tafiyar shekaru arba'in a hamada kewaye da Sinai ba za su iya faruwa ba, kuma mamayar soji na 'garuruwan da aka ƙarfafa' na tsohuwar Falasɗinu (bisa ga Kubawar Shari'a 9:1: 'manyan garuruwa masu ganuwar da take kai sama') kayan tarihi sun karyata gaba ɗaya, to su wane ne waɗannan Isra'ilawa, Filisiyawa ko Kan'aniyawa?

Indeed, it would not be unreasonable to argue that the modern Palestinians are more likely to be the descendants of the ancient Philistines (and Israelites) than Ashkenazi Jews, many of whom were European converts to Judaism. Certainly historically, in contrast to the myth of ‘exile and return’, many of the original Jewish inhabitants of ancient Palestine remained in the country but had accepted Christianity and Islam many generations later. Today, however – in contrast to the mythologised Ashkenazi Zionist and Arab nationalist historiographies – more and more archaeologists and biblical scholars are convinced that the ancestors of the Israelites had never been in Egypt and that the biblical paradigm of a military conquest of Cana’an was completely fictional. Indeed, the archaeological evidence undermines, in particular, the Book of Joshua. If the Exodus from Egypt and the forty-year desert journey around Sinai could not have happened and the military conquest of the ‘fortified cities’ ancient Palestine (according to Deuteronomy 9:1: ‘great cities with walls sky-high’) were totally refuted by archaeology, who, then, were these Israelites, Philistines or Canaanites?