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An outspoken [[anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]], he had a very close friendship with [[Adolf Hitler]] and visited Islamic [[SS]] units, such as the Handschar Brigade. Al-Husseini also supported Hitler's deadly "Final Solution." In 1945, Al-Husseini was captured with many Nazis at Nuremberg and was labeled a war criminal, but he escaped and fled to [[Egypt]], where he lived until his death in 1973. | An outspoken [[anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]], he had a very close friendship with [[Adolf Hitler]] and visited Islamic [[SS]] units, such as the Handschar Brigade. Al-Husseini also supported Hitler's deadly "Final Solution." In 1945, Al-Husseini was captured with many Nazis at Nuremberg and was labeled a war criminal, but he escaped and fled to [[Egypt]], where he lived until his death in 1973. | ||
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| + | * Pushed to the Hebron 1929 massacre where an Arab "mob slaughtered 63 Jews while over 400 were saved by local Arab families" | ||
| + | <ref>[https://m.jpost.com/features/in-thespotlight/this-week-in-history-the-1929-hebron-massacre/ 'This Week in History: The 1929 Hebron Massacre,' by Michael Omer-Man, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 26, 2011]</ref> <ref> [https://www.nytimes.com/1929/09/19/archives/moslems-denounce-mufti-of-palestine-opposition-group-holds-him.html 'Moslems Denoince Mufti of Palestine,' by Joseph M. Levy. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1929]</ref> | ||
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| + | * Helped in Nazi pushed Arab massacre of Jews in Iraq 1941. The FARHUD, where between 180 - 780 Jews died and 1,000 injured at the hands of Arab-Nazi Futuwwa under Rashid 'Ali. | ||
| + | <ref>[https://www.c-span.org/video/?297544-1/the-farhud-roots-arab-nazi-alliance-holocaust Edwin Black : 'The Farhud: Roots of the Arab-Nazi Alliance During the Holocaust,' C-Span, Dec.19.2010]</ref> <ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/195902 'When Nazism met Arabism. When Baghdad Burned: The June 1941 Farhud Massacre.' E. Black , Israel National News, 27/05/15]</ref> <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_cUgAQAAIAAJ&q=farhud+shavuot 'By the Rivers of Babylon,' Khalid Kishtainy, Quartet, 2008, pp.76,90]</ref> <ref>['Farhud memories: Baghdad's 1941 slaughter of the Jews.' By Sarah EhrlichReporter, Witness, BBC, 1 June 2011]</ref> <ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-13610702 Carole L. Basri: 'The Jews of Iraq: A Forgotten Case of Ethnic Cleansing,' 2003, p.12 https://books.google.com/books?id=690sAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Futuwwa%22]</ref> | ||
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| + | * Active in organizing SS Nazi Muslim division in Yugoslavia especially detriment to Hungarian Jews. | ||
| + | <ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/the-arab-chapter-of-the-holocaust/ 'The Arab chapter of the Holocaust,' By Dr. M. Kedar, IsraelHayom, May, 2, 2019]</ref> And to Christians in the Balkan <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DLPpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA433 'Britain's Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspectives, 1917-1948,' Michael J Cohen, Routledge, Feb 24, 2014 , p.433]</ref> | ||
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| + | * Met [[Adolf Hitler]] in November-28-1941, | ||
| + | whose agents had to convince themselves he is not "pure arab" in blood <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3q5dFD61V5oC&pg=PA156 'The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives,' Gilbert Achcar, Henry Holt and Company, Apr 27, 2010, p.156]</ref> yet, the nazi leader still refused to shake his hand <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BqbcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA237 Britain's Unfulfilled Mandate for Palestine,' Nick Reynold, Lexington Books, Jun 12, 2014, p.237]</ref> or drink coffee with him <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MORmAAAAMAAJ&dq=&q=%22endorse%22 'The Evasive Neutral: Germany, Britain, and the Quest for a Turkish Alliance in the Second World War,' Frank G. Weber, University of Missouri Press, 1979, p.104]</ref> for considering Arabs inferior. They agreed on cooperation against Jews. <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XH8qTS5xNUIC&pg=PA102 'The Mufti of Jerusalem,' Philip Mattar, 1992, p.102]</ref> | ||
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| + | * Broadcasted over the airways to the [[Muslim]] world anti Jewish incitement to kill [[Jews]]. | ||
| + | <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lMLmK-fmf8kC&pg=PA258 'A Genealogy of Evil: Anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad,' David Patterson, Cambridge University Press, Oct 18, 2010, p.258]</ref> <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SKF_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 'Jihad and International Security,' J. Roshandel, S. Chadha, 2006, p.31]</ref> <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w3D-Od9r198C&pg=PA114 'The Control Factor: Our Struggle to See the True Threat,' Bill Siegel, 2012, p.114]</ref> | ||
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| + | * Prevented rescue of children of Bialystok, 1943. <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DSkendQVMbcC&pg=PA273 'The Jews of Bialystok During World War II and the Holocaust,' Sara Bender, UPNE, 2008, p.273]</ref> <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=r-Xw_mwUrawC&pg=PA88 'Jews for Sale?: Nazi-Jewish Negotiations, 1933-1945,' p.88 Yehuda Bauer, Yale University Press, 1994]</ref> | ||
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| + | * Under his leadership, the 1944 Atlas-Operation, failed, where (some estimate) "a quarter of million people would have died if the plot had succeeded". | ||
| + | <ref>[https://www.jpost.com/blogs/the-view-from-the-uk/hitlers-war-against-jews-continues-in-palestine-394103 'Hitler's war against Jews continues in 'Palestine',' by Richard Mather, Jerusalem Post, March.11.2015]</ref> | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
Revision as of 01:38, July 23, 2020
Haj Mohammed Amin Al-Husseini (1895-1973) was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem during the early 20th century and during World War II.
Life
In 1929 Al-Husseini began to agitate the Arabs to riot against the Jewish community, distributing leaflets and stirring up anti-Jewish sentiment. Among these were leaflets stating that the Jews were planning to take over the al-Aqsa Mosque.[1] These tirades led to the 1929 Hebron massacre, in which 67 Jews were slaughtered.
An outspoken anti-Semite, he had a very close friendship with Adolf Hitler and visited Islamic SS units, such as the Handschar Brigade. Al-Husseini also supported Hitler's deadly "Final Solution." In 1945, Al-Husseini was captured with many Nazis at Nuremberg and was labeled a war criminal, but he escaped and fled to Egypt, where he lived until his death in 1973.
Highlights
- Pushed to the Hebron 1929 massacre where an Arab "mob slaughtered 63 Jews while over 400 were saved by local Arab families"
- Helped in Nazi pushed Arab massacre of Jews in Iraq 1941. The FARHUD, where between 180 - 780 Jews died and 1,000 injured at the hands of Arab-Nazi Futuwwa under Rashid 'Ali.
- Active in organizing SS Nazi Muslim division in Yugoslavia especially detriment to Hungarian Jews.
[9] And to Christians in the Balkan [10]
- Met Adolf Hitler in November-28-1941,
whose agents had to convince themselves he is not "pure arab" in blood [11] yet, the nazi leader still refused to shake his hand [12] or drink coffee with him [13] for considering Arabs inferior. They agreed on cooperation against Jews. [14]
- Under his leadership, the 1944 Atlas-Operation, failed, where (some estimate) "a quarter of million people would have died if the plot had succeeded".
Legacy
Terrorist Yasser Arafat was a distant cousin of him and always revered him as his beloved hero and mentor. In April 1985 Arafat explained he took “immense pride” in being Al-Husseini’s student and emphasized that the Palestine Liberation Organization “is continuing the path” he set.[21]
On January 4, 2013, President of the so-called "State of Palestine" Mahmoud Abbas, spoke glowingly of the legacy of the Godfather of the PLO, the Mufti of Jerusalem.[22]
References
- ↑ Segev, Tom One Palestine, Complete New York: Metropolitan Books (1999) ISBN 0-8050-4848-0
- ↑ 'This Week in History: The 1929 Hebron Massacre,' by Michael Omer-Man, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 26, 2011
- ↑ 'Moslems Denoince Mufti of Palestine,' by Joseph M. Levy. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1929
- ↑ Edwin Black : 'The Farhud: Roots of the Arab-Nazi Alliance During the Holocaust,' C-Span, Dec.19.2010
- ↑ 'When Nazism met Arabism. When Baghdad Burned: The June 1941 Farhud Massacre.' E. Black , Israel National News, 27/05/15
- ↑ 'By the Rivers of Babylon,' Khalid Kishtainy, Quartet, 2008, pp.76,90
- ↑ ['Farhud memories: Baghdad's 1941 slaughter of the Jews.' By Sarah EhrlichReporter, Witness, BBC, 1 June 2011]
- ↑ Carole L. Basri: 'The Jews of Iraq: A Forgotten Case of Ethnic Cleansing,' 2003, p.12 https://books.google.com/books?id=690sAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Futuwwa%22
- ↑ 'The Arab chapter of the Holocaust,' By Dr. M. Kedar, IsraelHayom, May, 2, 2019
- ↑ 'Britain's Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspectives, 1917-1948,' Michael J Cohen, Routledge, Feb 24, 2014 , p.433
- ↑ 'The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives,' Gilbert Achcar, Henry Holt and Company, Apr 27, 2010, p.156
- ↑ Britain's Unfulfilled Mandate for Palestine,' Nick Reynold, Lexington Books, Jun 12, 2014, p.237
- ↑ 'The Evasive Neutral: Germany, Britain, and the Quest for a Turkish Alliance in the Second World War,' Frank G. Weber, University of Missouri Press, 1979, p.104
- ↑ 'The Mufti of Jerusalem,' Philip Mattar, 1992, p.102
- ↑ 'A Genealogy of Evil: Anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad,' David Patterson, Cambridge University Press, Oct 18, 2010, p.258
- ↑ 'Jihad and International Security,' J. Roshandel, S. Chadha, 2006, p.31
- ↑ 'The Control Factor: Our Struggle to See the True Threat,' Bill Siegel, 2012, p.114
- ↑ 'The Jews of Bialystok During World War II and the Holocaust,' Sara Bender, UPNE, 2008, p.273
- ↑ 'Jews for Sale?: Nazi-Jewish Negotiations, 1933-1945,' p.88 Yehuda Bauer, Yale University Press, 1994
- ↑ 'Hitler's war against Jews continues in 'Palestine',' by Richard Mather, Jerusalem Post, March.11.2015
- ↑ https://www.firstthings.com/article/2005/08/hitlers-mufti
- ↑ https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/260526/mufti-hitler-and-palestinians-facts-david-bedein