More on Hitler's Mufti

After having written on the Mufti of Jerusalem twice ( here and here ), I picked up my mail yesterday on the way to my daughter's and found the latest Crisis Magazine with the cover photo being that of Haj Amin al-Husseini reviewing Bosnia Muslim recruits to the Waffen-SS, and the cover headline of Hitler's Mufti. The story itself is now online.

The story on page 10 is written by Ronald J Rychlak with the full title being Hitler's Mufti
The Dark Legacy of Haj Amin al-Husseini. Another photo, a full two pages in size, shows him "in the company of Geman SS and Bosnian members of the Waffen-SS during an official visit to Bosnia".

The description of the article is as follows:

Hitler’s Mufti: The Dark Legacy of Haj Amin Al-Husseini
Ronald J. Rychlak argues that while Pius XII wasn’t the Nazi collaborator recent books have claimed him to have been, Hitler did have a strong religious ally—the grand mufti of Jerusalem.

Something that I have known from studying over the years is that this Mufti was appointed by the British. This is also stated in this article.

The author goes on to trace his actions, including several periods of exile, to Lebanon, to Iraq, to Iran, to Italy as a guest of Mussolini, and then finally to Germany where he was given lodging and "a generous monthly stipend" where he used radio and pamphlets to broadcast calls for Jihad against the Allies on Axiz stations that broadcast his speeches into countries with 'significant' Muslim populations, telling them, among other things, that 'they could save their souls by massacring Jewish infidels in their midst' (quoting author of Mufti of Jerusalem, Maurice Pearlman).

It seems, perhaps, that this topic may be getting more publicity than it has for a very long time. In my estimation, it is LONG overdue.

The relationship with Arafat, and the actions of the militant Islamic terrorists is more understandable, and perhaps more threatening, when one knows the roots and history of where it began. Without knowing this, many today believe that Arafat and others may truly have been interested in peace.... something that I personally have found to be hard to believe.

When one knows this part of history, and then also reads/hears Walid Shoebat, one gets a very different perspective of things than that which we are often spoon fed on much of today's main stream media.

Speaking of Walid Shoebat, just at his site to get his url, and learned that Princeton University has cancelled the planned speaking engagement of three former 'terrorists' that was to be held on Dec 8 (the announcement made on Dec 5). According to the press release issued by Walid's website,

Princeton University has cancelled a speaking event by three former Middle East terrorists because it says that the use of the word "terrorist" in the promotion for the event is “too inflammatory.”


The three speakers are listed on his site as follows:

The speakers will discuss the terrorist mindset. A question and answer session will follow.

Walid Shoebat is from a prominent family in Bethlehem. After joining the PLO, he took part in numerous acts of violence against Israel including the bombing of a bank. He was also involved in the attempted lynching of an Israeli soldier. Feature stories on Mr. Shoebat have aired on the BBC, FOX News, MSNBC, CBS and have been published in the Telegraph and Calgary Sun.

Zak Anani was a leader of the most notorious Arab gangs prior to Lebanese civil war. Before he age 16, he killed numerous Arabs in gang warfare and hated the West.

Ibrahim Abadallah was born and raised in Dearborn Michigan to a Jordanian father. At 17 he emigrated to Israel, where he joined the PLO. He injured many Israelis while rioting and throwing Molotov cocktails at them.

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