A hudna (from the Arabic هدنة meaning "calm" or "quiet") is a truce or armistice. [1] It is sometimes translated as "cease-fire". In his medieval dictionary of classical Arabic, the Lisan al-Arab, Ibn Manzur defined it as: "hadana: he grew quiet. hadina: he quieted (transitive or intransitive). haadana: he made peace with.

Oct 2, 2024 · In the labyrinth of Middle Eastern diplomacy, few concepts are as misunderstood—or as potentially consequential—as the Islamic notion of hudna. Derived from the Arabic word for "calm" or "quiet", a hudna is often simplistically translated as a ceasefire or truce.

May 22, 2007 · Over the course of history, hudna became the standard term to describe a cessation of hostilities during jihad. Muslims distinguished the hudna from other forms of disengagement, such as those applied to tribal feuds, clashes between city factions, rebellions against the monarch or his provincial governors, or fitna , sedition or civil strife.

Jun 22, 2012 · As a torrent of Gaza aerial attacks hit southern Israel, the Gaza regime offers an occasional hudna to stop firing, a term which is too often misconstrued to mean a “truce” or a “cease fire.”

How binding is the hudna? For Hamas, the hudna represents the transfer of an Islamic means of conflict resolution from intertribal conflicts to international relations. The common denominator for Hamas is Islamic jurisprudence, not interna-tional law. In Islamic jurisprudence, the hudna is recognized as a binding and legiti-mate contract.

Less known is that Hamas has its own recipe for solving the conflict with Israel peacefully. The core principle of this recipe is the Islamic concept of hudna, the extended ceasefire. To learn more about Hamas’s hudna proposals, PRIO research staff interviewed Hamas leaders in …

Jan 22, 2006 · Mr. bin Laden, apparently addressing the American people, offered a "truce" -- hudna, in Arabic -- saying it could be "long-term" and would provide an opportunity to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jul 12, 2006 · Hudna is a classical Islamic solution for intractable conflicts. In English it is usually translated simply as “truce.” Unfortunately, the word “truce” usually means merely a mutually agreed interlude of a false peace in the course of a protracted conflict.

There can be no assumption that anyone seeking hudna has any intention of surrender or permanent cessation of hostilities; just a time to rest, regroup and revive.

Nov 1, 2006 · We Palestinians are prepared to enter into a truce — a “hudna” — to bring about an immediate end to the occupation and to initiate a period of peaceful coexistence during which both sides ...