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In the Oct 26, 1938 issue, it states "Allah is the guardian of the people of Palestine who have neither [[Hitler]] nor a nation for them."

In the Oct 26, 1938 issue, it states "Allah is the guardian of the people of Palestine who have neither [[Hitler]] nor a nation for them."

==The Islamic ''Mein Kampf''==

===The Islamic ''Mein Kampf''===

The 1937 brochure '''''Islam and Jewry''''' (Arabic: ''Islam wa-l-Yahud'') is a 31-page text published in [[Cairo]] on August 18, 1937, and widely distributed at the [[Bloudan Conference of 1937]] in Syria.<ref name="Kuentzel-Antisemitism">{{cite web |last=Küntzel |first=Matthias |title=Islamic Antisemitism: How It Originated and Spread |url=http://matthiaskuentzel.de |website=Matthias Küntzel Academic Website |date=July 3, 2018 |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>  

The 1937 brochure '''''Islam and Jewry''''' (Arabic: ''Islam wa-l-Yahud'') is a 31-page text published in [[Cairo]] on August 18, 1937, and widely distributed at the [[Bloudan Conference of 1937]] in Syria.<ref name="Kuentzel-Antisemitism">{{cite web |last=Küntzel |first=Matthias |title=Islamic Antisemitism: How It Originated and Spread |url=http://matthiaskuentzel.de |website=Matthias Küntzel Academic Website |date=July 3, 2018 |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>  

The historical designation of the text as the foundation or forerunner of an "Islamic ''Mein Kampf''" stems primarily from the research of German political scientist and historian '''[[Matthias Küntzel]]'''.<ref name="Kuentzel-Antisemitism" /> In his work documenting Nazi Germany's ideological influence on the Middle East, Küntzel argues that the brochure served a purpose analogous to Adolf Hitler's ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' by establishing a foundational, text-based blueprint for modern Islamic antisemitism.<ref name="Kuentzel-PDF">{{cite journal |last=Küntzel |first=Matthias |title=Nazi Propaganda in the Middle East and its Repercussions in the Postwar Period |journal=Scholarly Paper |url=https://semanticscholar.org |pages=112–115 |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>

The historical designation of the text as the foundation or forerunner of an "Islamic ''Mein Kampf''" stems primarily from the research of German political scientist and historian '''[[Matthias Küntzel]]'''.<ref name="Kuentzel-Antisemitism" /> In his work documenting Nazi Germany's ideological influence on the Middle East, Küntzel argues that the brochure served a purpose analogous to Adolf Hitler's ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' by establishing a foundational, text-based blueprint for modern Islamic antisemitism.<ref name="Kuentzel-PDF">{{cite journal |last=Küntzel |first=Matthias |title=Nazi Propaganda in the Middle East and its Repercussions in the Postwar Period |journal=Scholarly Paper |url=https://semanticscholar.org |pages=112–115 |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>

=== Key Details & Context ===

==== Key Details & Context ====

* '''The Publisher:''' The pamphlet was published and popularized by the prominent Palestinian-Egyptian journalist and author ''Mohamed Ali Eltaher''.<ref name="LoC">{{cite web |title=An Arab Nationalist Survival Against All Odds: Muhammad Ali Eltaher |url=https://loc.gov |website=Library of Congress Blogs |date=June 2017 |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>

* '''The Publisher:''' The pamphlet was published and popularized by the prominent Palestinian-Egyptian journalist and author ''Mohamed Ali Eltaher''.<ref name="LoC">{{cite web |title=An Arab Nationalist Survival Against All Odds: Muhammad Ali Eltaher |url=https://loc.gov |website=Library of Congress Blogs |date=June 2017 |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>

* '''The Ideological Link:''' Historians view the text as a critical turning point in the region, as it combined select anti-Jewish episodes from early Islamic history with 20th-century Western antisemitic conspiracy theories.<ref name="Gale">{{cite journal |title=Islamic Antisemitism: Its Genesis, Meaning, and Effects |journal=Gale Academic OneFile |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA592241068&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=24741817&p=AONE&sw=w |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>

* '''The Ideological Link:''' Historians view the text as a critical turning point in the region, as it combined select anti-Jewish episodes from early Islamic history with 20th-century Western antisemitic conspiracy theories.<ref name="Gale">{{cite journal |title=Islamic Antisemitism: Its Genesis, Meaning, and Effects |journal=Gale Academic OneFile |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA592241068&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=24741817&p=AONE&sw=w |access-date=June 15, 2026}}</ref>

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=== Mobilization and Motivation of Muslims ===

==== Mobilization and Motivation of Muslims ====

The 1937 document was strategically deployed to motivate the Arab public to forcefully reject the [[Peel Commission]]'s partition plan through specific framing mechanisms:

The 1937 document was strategically deployed to motivate the Arab public to forcefully reject the [[Peel Commission]]'s partition plan through specific framing mechanisms:

* '''The Nazi Connection:''' The distribution of this pamphlet at the Bloudan Conference directly coincided with the onset of covert logistical and financial links between Nazi Germany and the Grand Mufti, '''[[Amin al-Husseini]]'''.<ref name="Kuentzel-PDF" /> It acted as an ideological vehicle, blending European antisemitic conspiracy theories with selective Islamic scripture for mass public distribution.

* '''The Nazi Connection:''' The distribution of this pamphlet at the Bloudan Conference directly coincided with the onset of covert logistical and financial links between Nazi Germany and the Grand Mufti, '''[[Amin al-Husseini]]'''.<ref name="Kuentzel-PDF" /> It acted as an ideological vehicle, blending European antisemitic conspiracy theories with selective Islamic scripture for mass public distribution.

===Nazi SS Muslims===

====Nazi SS Muslims====

In [[WW2]] it was used in motivation for the Mufti's [[SS]] Moslems recruits.

In [[WW2]] it was used in motivation for the Mufti's [[SS]] Moslems recruits.

=== Influence on Later Islamist Writers ===

==== Influence on Later Islamist Writers ====

The ideological framework established in ''Islam and Jewry'' laid the direct groundwork for subsequent Islamist theoreticians, most notably '''[[Sayyid Qutb]]''', the leading intellectual of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].  

The ideological framework established in ''Islam and Jewry'' laid the direct groundwork for subsequent Islamist theoreticians, most notably '''[[Sayyid Qutb]]''', the leading intellectual of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].