Hudna

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Hudna is an Arabic word sometimes translated as "peace", but is more correctly as "cease-fire" or "temporary truce." A hudna is limited in time or events, but is renewable. [1] It has the implication that it is advantageous to Muslims, although it may also benefit other parties.[2]

The name derives from a treaty in force between 628 and 630, written in the town of al-Hudaybiyya, on the border of Mecca.

References

  1. ↑ Paul Scham and Osama Abu-Irshaid (June 2009), Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility, United States Institute of Peace
  2. ↑ Mustafa Abu Sway (6 August 2006), The Concept of Hudna (Truce) in Islamic Sources (Preliminary Article), PASSIA (Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs)
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