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[[File:Muhammad al-Ashmar.jpg|thumb|Muhammad al-Ashmar]]
[[File:Muhammad al-Ashmar.jpg|thumb|Muhammad al-Ashmar]]
Born in Syria into a rich home.
Born in Syria into a rich home.
Arab riots resumed in late 1937 after Palestinian Arab objections to the recommendations of the Peel Commission, which called for Palestine's partition into Jewish and Arab states. The newly established, Damascus-based Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine of exiled Palestinian figures under Hajj Amin al-Husseini's leadership requested that al-Ashmar, along with al-Qawuqji, lead rebel forces in Palestine in November 1937,<ref>Thomas, Martin. Empires of Intelligence: Security Services and Colonial Disorder After 1914. United Kingdom, University of California Press, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lgZwF1MGUx8C&pg=PA381#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 381]</ref> but this effort was unsuccessful.<ref>Frisch, Hillel. The Palestinian Military: Between Militias and Armies. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2010, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLdwp_4BZhMC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false p.22]</ref>
Arab riots resumed in late 1937 after Palestinian Arab objections to the recommendations of the Peel Commission, which called for Palestine's partition into Jewish and Arab states. The newly established, Damascus-based Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine of exiled Palestinian figures under Hajj Amin al-Husseini's leadership requested that al-Ashmar, along with al-Qawuqji, lead rebel forces in Palestine in November 1937,<ref>Thomas, Martin. Empires of Intelligence: Security Services and Colonial Disorder After 1914. United Kingdom, University of California Press, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lgZwF1MGUx8C&pg=PA381#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 381]</ref> but this effort was unsuccessful.<ref>Frisch, Hillel. The Palestinian Military: Between Militias and Armies. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2010, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLdwp_4BZhMC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false p.22]</ref>
Al-Ashmar still maintained involvement with the revolt from Damascus and issued fatwas sought by Palestinian rebel commanders, often Yusuf Abu Durra and Farhan al-Sa'di, for the assassination of specific local Palestinian leaders who they suspected of collaborating with the authorities.<ref>Kedourie, Elie. Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel (RLE Israel and Palestine). United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Qj6sCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 80]</ref>
Al-Ashmar still maintained involvement with the revolt from Damascus and issued fatwas sought by Palestinian rebel commanders, often Yusuf Abu Durra and Farhan al-Sa'di, for the assassination of specific local Palestinian leaders who they suspected of collaborating with the authorities.<ref>Kedourie, Elie. Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel (RLE Israel and Palestine). United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Qj6sCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 80]</ref>
On advise from the Mufti he extorted money from Syrian Jews for a supposed "Palestinian orphans" as a result of Arab riots.<ref name=ajc/>
On advise from the Mufti he extorted money from Syrian Jews for a supposed "Palestinian orphans" as a result of Arab riots.<ref name=ajc/>
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