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After the official conference in Bloudan, a largely secret meeting was held in Damascus by more activist delegates called the Conference of Nationalist Youth. The meeting called for stronger action to unite Arab youth and preparatory committee was established to organize a second, larger conference to be held in Europe. Participants included Yunus al-Sab'awi, Kazem al-Solh, Taqi al-Din Solh, Farid Zayn al-Din, Wasfi Kamal, Munir al-Rayyes, Uthman al-Hawrani, Farhan Shubaylat, [[Akram Zuaiter]] and Sabri al-Asali.<ref>Raghid, Sulh. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Lebanon_and_Arabism.html?id=_p8wswEACAAJ Lebanon and Arabism: National Identity and State Formation], I.B. Tauris, 2004. pp.67-6.</ref>

After the official conference in Bloudan, a largely secret meeting was held in Damascus by more activist delegates called the Conference of Nationalist Youth. The meeting called for stronger action to unite Arab youth and preparatory committee was established to organize a second, larger conference to be held in Europe. Participants included Yunus al-Sab'awi, Kazem al-Solh, Taqi al-Din Solh, Farid Zayn al-Din, Wasfi Kamal, Munir al-Rayyes, Uthman al-Hawrani, Farhan Shubaylat, [[Akram Zuaiter]] and Sabri al-Asali.<ref>Raghid, Sulh. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Lebanon_and_Arabism.html?id=_p8wswEACAAJ Lebanon and Arabism: National Identity and State Formation], I.B. Tauris, 2004. pp.67-6.</ref>

A venomous brochure, dubbed the <i>Arab Nein Kampf</i><ref name=ec-16feb2014/> was  distributed at the Bludan conference, entitled "Islam and Jewry." It has been described as history's "first text that propagated sheer Jew-hatred in an Islamic context by mixing selected anti-Jewish episodes of Mohammed’s life with the so-called wickedness [sic] of Jews in the 20th century."<ref>"[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/islamic-antisemitism-how-it-originated-and-spread Matthias Küntzel: Islamic Antisemitism: How It Originated and Spread]," July 3, 2018.<blockquote><font size=1>

A venomous brochure, dubbed the <i>Arab Nein Kampf</i><ref name=ec-16feb2014/> was  distributed at the Bludan conference, entitled "Islam and Jewry." It has been described as history's "first text that propagated sheer Jew-hatred in an Islamic context by mixing selected anti-Jewish episodes of Mohammed’s life with the so-called wickedness [sic] of Jews in the 20th century."<ref>"[http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/islamic-antisemitism-how-it-originated-and-spread [[Matthias Küntzel]]: Islamic Antisemitism: How It Originated and Spread]," July 3, 2018.<blockquote><small>

Islamic antisemitism did not develop spontaneously but was invented and used as a means to an end. This process began about 80 years ago in the context of Arab attempts to stop the Zionist immigration to Palestine which considerably increased in the 1930s.

Islamic antisemitism did not develop spontaneously but was invented and used as a means to an end. This process began about 80 years ago in the context of Arab attempts to stop the Zionist immigration to Palestine which considerably increased in the 1930s.

The first text that propagated sheer Jew-hatred in an Islamic context by mixing selected anti-Jewish episodes of Mohammed’s life with the so-called wickedness [sic] of Jews in the 20th century was a 31-page brochure in the Arabic language with the title Islam and Jewry, published on August 18, 1937 in Cairo.

The first text that propagated sheer Jew-hatred in an Islamic context by mixing selected anti-Jewish episodes of Mohammed’s life with the so-called wickedness [sic] of Jews in the 20th century was a 31-page brochure in the Arabic language with the title Islam and Jewry, published on August 18, 1937 in Cairo.

In September 1937, this pamphlet achieved significance through its distribution at the “National Arab Congress” in Bludan, a health resort in Syria, 30 miles (50 kilometres) northwest of Damascus...

In September 1937, this pamphlet achieved significance through its distribution at the “National Arab Congress” in Bludan, a health resort in Syria, 30 miles (50 kilometres) northwest of Damascus...

While historians have still to answer important questions about Islam and Jewry and Bludan, the political context which facilitated the emergence of Islamic antisemitism is quite clear....

While historians have still to answer important questions about Islam and Jewry and Bludan, the political context which facilitated the emergence of Islamic antisemitism is quite clear....

The brochure itself culminates in the following call: “Do not tolerate the partition plan, for Palestine has been an Arab country for centuries and shall remain Arabic forever.”</font></blockquote></ref> [[Ahmad Shukeiri]] also helped spread his message <i>which he described as a European Crusade against Islam, and declared that the Arab people would rise and fight world Jewry...</i><ref>The Palestine Post, 12 September 1937. [https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1937/09/12/01/article/37 Page 4].<blockquote><font size=1>

The brochure itself culminates in the following call: “Do not tolerate the partition plan, for Palestine has been an Arab country for centuries and shall remain Arabic forever.”</small></blockquote></ref> [[Ahmad Shukeiri]] also helped spread his message <i>which he described as a European Crusade against Islam, and declared that the Arab people would rise and fight world Jewry...</i><ref>The Palestine Post, 12 September 1937. [https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1937/09/12/01/article/37 Page 4].<blockquote><font size=1>

Bludan Congress Against Partition

Bludan Congress Against Partition

Ahmed Shukeiri of Acre.  

Ahmed Shukeiri of Acre.