Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East”
One of the reviews of Rubin’s book reveals:
“…look at the career of Hajj Amin al-Husaini who came to prominence in the 1920s and 30s. Most of this has been covered in better detail elsewhere but what is new here is evidence that at the end of WW I in 1917 operating out of Damascus he had acted as a double agent for the English and later for the French. Nor were his ambitions limited to Palestine – between 1918 and 1920 he worked for the General Syrian Congress as a lobbyist for an enlarged Syrian state including today’s Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories with the Faisal as King. Beyond his connections as a member of one of Jerusalem’s leading Arab families and in spite of his conviction the previous year for instigating the Nabi Musa riots and lack of religious qualifications, his family was able to convince the British to name him “Grand Mufti” of Jerusalem (which he later changed to “Palestine”) and place him as head of the newly created Supreme Muslim Council who’s sinecures provided him with both income and power base for years to come.”
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Germany's grand First World War jihad experiment
One of the reviews of Rubin’s book reveals:
“…look at the career of Hajj Amin al-Husaini who came to prominence in the 1920s and 30s. Most of this has been covered in better detail elsewhere but what is new here is evidence that at the end of WW I in 1917 operating out of Damascus he had acted as a double agent for the English and later for the French. Nor were his ambitions limited to Palestine – between 1918 and 1920 he worked for the General Syrian Congress as a lobbyist for an enlarged Syrian state including today’s Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories with the Faisal as King. Beyond his connections as a member of one of Jerusalem’s leading Arab families and in spite of his conviction the previous year for instigating the Nabi Musa riots and lack of religious qualifications, his family was able to convince the British to name him “Grand Mufti” of Jerusalem (which he later changed to “Palestine”) and place him as head of the newly created Supreme Muslim Council who’s sinecures provided him with both income and power base for years to come.”
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Germany's grand First World War jihad experiment
Introduces the unlikely prophet of modern day jihad as 54 year old German aristocrat, adventurer and diplomat Max von Oppenheim (suggested reading by Hugh Fitzgerald in 2006 Quote pasted below in next comment...
Noting the Telegraph article suggests Muhammedans could never be whipped up into a cohesive force to reckon with..not by infidel propaganda.
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