Hitler’s Mufti http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2009/0901fea3.asp
Recent work by historians and apologists has revealed that an influential, international religious leader was also an ardent supporter of Adolf Hitler. His name was not Pope Pius XII but Hajj Amin al-Husseini. This Grand Mufti of Jerusalem recruited whole divisions of fanatics to fight and kill in the name of extremism.
Revered in some circles today as one of the fathers of modern radical Islam, al-Husseini has been the subject of a number of modern studies. Scholars such as David Dalin, John Rothmann, Chuck Morse, and others have courageously brought al-Husseini’s actions to light. “Hitler’s Mufti,” as many have called him, had a direct hand in some of the darkest moments of the Holocaust, the slaughter of tens of thousands of Christians, and the formation of some of the most hate-filled generations of modern history. Al-Husseini is a testament to the way that evil finds evil.
A Radical Shaped by War
Al-Husseini was born sometime in the late 1890s in Jerusalem when that city was in the hands of the dying Ottoman Empire. He belonged to an old family of nobles and was the son of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Tahir al-Husseini. Sent to Cairo for his education, he studied Islamic jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University and then at the Cairo school Dar al-Dawa wal-Ershad (The Institute for Propagation and Guidance) founded by a Syrian member of the Muslim Salafi sect (one of the most extreme in Islam). The school, a haven for radical thought, gave al-Husseini an early grounding in practical revolutionary planning. Al-Husseini went on to the College of Literature at Cairo University and then the Ottoman School for Administrators in Istanbul, which trained future leaders of the then far-flung Ottoman Empire.
After taking the mandatory pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) in 1913, al-Husseini was drafted into the Ottoman Army. He was assigned to the College of Reserve Officers and subsequently named to an infantry regiment as a non-commissioned officer. With the onset of World War I in 1914, the Ottoman Empire entered into the bloody conflict as a member of the Central Powers with Germany and Austria. Al-Husseini found himself in an inefficient army that, compared to the highly mechanized forces of the West, was lacking in leadership and modern equipment. He soon heard of the genocide of the Armenian people—one of the most horrendous incidents in the terrible global conflict.
In 1916, al-Husseini departed the Ottoman Army on disability leave and spent the rest of the war in Jerusalem. Angered by the decision of the Allied victors to deny Arab participation in the discussions leading to the Treaty of Versailles, al-Husseini was even more infuriated by the sudden increase of Jewish immigrants into British-controlled Palestine. An ardent anti-Semite who hated Jews with a deep fervor, he first came to the attention of the British in 1920 when he organized riots against Jews. Charged with inciting violence that left five Jews dead and another 211 injured, he fled to Syria and was sentenced in absentia to 10 years’ imprisonment…
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Oh goody, you found the Pit. Saves me the trouble of starting the inevitable thread. No I can’t be arsed to read whatever drivel you’ve stolen from some other website in this your umpteenth thread of anal seepage.
Look fuckwit, it’s hard enough being a conservative around here without asshats like you spamming the board with bullshit. All you got is this lame ass cut and paste crap, and that shit don’t fly here. Kindly go fellate a goat. And then go away. Far away.
Oh, that’s lovely. You’re a credit to your… …whatever you are.
“Recent discoveries ”??? Are you that much of a retard? I’ve been hearing of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem all my life, he’s the living proof that all Palestinians are Nazis at heart.
Already a thread here in honor of our soon to be departed troll, Oak .
LOL. Well, at this time tomorrow, I’m still going to have posting privileges here. I wouldn’t bet on you being able to say the same.
Ahhh…I missed it. Thanks for the info.
A real conservative would not debase himself with such language.
The last time I used that word was in Junior High School. Perhaps you should redirect that question at yourself.
I did not write the article. If you do not like it, send your complaint to the author.
Dude, Big Billy Goat Gruff is so gonna PWN your worthless ass.
I find it very revealing that all responses have been a personal attack on me rather than a thoughtful response about the article’s contenet.
terryobrien80:
The last time I used that word was in Junior High School. Perhaps you should redirect that question at yourself.
I did not write the article. If you do not like it, send your complaint to the author.
Well, then you should use the word “discoveries” a bit more. I’m sure it managed to find a way in my conversation quite a few times since high school.
May as well get a pool going. I say Terry is banned before Noon central today. And I think I may be on the high side.
Here is another pool. I don’t care
And you call yourself a conservative. Right, you and Stalin and Mao.
Lobohan
February 11, 2011, 10:46am
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Of course. How else could you have gotten to your classes?
>Amazon.com
Excellent book:
Icon of Evil: Hitler’s Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam
http://www.amazon.com/Icon-Evil-Hitlers-Mufti-Radical/dp/1400066530
Product Description
A chilling, fascinating, and nearly forgotten historical figure is resurrected in a riveting work that links the fascism of the last century with the terrorism of our own. Written with verve and extraordinary access to primary sources in several languages, Icon of Evil is the definitive account of the man who during World War II was called “the führer of the Arab world” and whose ugly legacy lives on today.
In 1921, the beneficiary of an appointment the British would live to regret, Haj Amin al-Husseini became the mufti of Jerusalem, the most eminent and influential Islamic leader in the Middle East. For years, al-Husseini fomented violence in the region against the Jews he loathed and wished to destroy. Forced out in 1937, he eventually found his way to the country whose legions he desperately wished to join: Nazi Germany.
Here, with new and disturbing details, David G. Dalin and John F. Rothmann show how al-Husseini ingratiated himself with his hero, Adolf Hitler, becoming, with his blonde hair and blue eyes, an “honorary Aryan,” while dreaming of being installed Nazi leader of the Middle East. Al-Husseini would later recruit more than 100,000 Muslims in Europe to fight in divisions of the Waffen-SS, and obstruct negotiations with the Allies that might have allowed four thousand Jewish children to escape to Palestine. Some believe that al-Husseini even inspired Hitler to implement the Final Solution. At war’s end, al-Husseini escaped indictment at Nuremberg and was harbored in France before being given a hero’s welcome in Egypt.
Icon of Evil chronicles al-Husseini’s postwar relationships with such influential Islamic figures as the radical theoretician Sayyid Qutb and Saddam Hussein’s powerful uncle, General Khairallah Talfah, and his crucial mentoring of the young Yasser Arafat. Finally, it provides compelling evidence that al-Husseini’s actions and writings serve as inspirations today to the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations pledged to destroy Israel and the United States.
http://www.amazon.com/Icon-Evil-Hitlers-Mufti-Radical/dp/1400066530
tagos
February 11, 2011, 10:54am
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Yea. Maybe someone should start a thread on ‘Hitler’s Pope’ and throw in a jibe at all the good Protestant Germans busy shovelling people into gas chambers to give you some sense of perspective.
Recent research? This stuff has been in the history books for the last 50 or 60 years.
Closing this because the OP has been banned.