Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. 1895-July 4, 1974, أمين الحسيني, alternatively known as al-Husseini, el-Husseini, Al-Hajj Amin or Haj Amin), was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim religious leader. A member of Jerusalem's most prominent family, his most important positions were as Mufti of Jerusalem and President of the Supreme Muslim Council. Known as the "Grand Mufti of Jerusalem", he received this title in 1921 after the death of his father (the Mufti of Jerusalem) under the auspi ...

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• Amin al-Husayni - Early life
• Amin al-Husayni - Palestinian nationalism
• Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II
• Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war
• Amin al-Husayni - In Nazi-occupied Europe
• Amin al-Husayni - The Holocaust
• Amin al-Husayni - Post-war activities
• Amin al-Husayni - Mufti's influence
• Amin al-Husayni - Footnotes

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Viewing the Balfour Declaration as a betrayal of the Arabs by the British, al-Husayni organized violent anti-Zionist demonstrations in Jerusalem in 1920. His speeches called for unity with Syria, as he had not yet adopted the Palestinian nationalism for which he would become known a few years later. One such demonstration, in April, 1920, turned into violent attacks against Jews, and in the ensuing riots 5 Jews and 4 Arabs were killed. Several Jews and Arabs were sentenced to prison terms for their parts in the riots, with al-Husayni being sentenced to ten years imprisonment in absentia, si ...

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Amin al-Husayni, Amin al-Husayni - Early life, Amin al-Husayni - Palestinian nationalism, Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II, Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war, Amin al-Husayni - In Nazi-occupied Europe, Amin al-Husayni - The Holocaust, Amin al-Husayni - Post-war activities, Amin al-Husayni - Mufti's influence, Amin al-Husayni - Footnotes

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Yasser Arafat's interview with the London-based Arabic language newspaper Al Sharq al Awsat was reprinted by a leading Palestinian daily Al Quds (August 2, 2002): Interviewer: I have heard voices from within the Palestinian Authority in the past few weeks, saying that the reforms are coordinated according to American whims... Arafat: We are not Afghanistan. We are the mighty people. Were they able to replace our hero Hajj Amin al-Husseini?... There were a number of attempts to get rid of Hajj ...

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Amin al-Husayni, Amin al-Husayni - Early life, Amin al-Husayni - Palestinian nationalism, Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II, Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war, Amin al-Husayni - In Nazi-occupied Europe, Amin al-Husayni - The Holocaust, Amin al-Husayni - Post-war activities, Amin al-Husayni - Mufti's influence, Amin al-Husayni - Footnotes

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Amin al-Husayni was born in Jerusalem in 1895 (some sources say 1893). He attended Al-Azhar University in Cairo (where he founded an anti-Zionist society) and studied Islamic Law for about one year. In 1913 at the age of 18, al-Husayni made the pilgrimage to Mecca and received the honorific of Hajj. Prior to World War I, al-Husayni studied at the School of Administration in Istanbul. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, al-Husayni joined the Ottoman Turkish army, received a commission as an artillery officer and was assigned to t ...

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Amin al-Husayni, Amin al-Husayni - Early life, Amin al-Husayni - Palestinian nationalism, Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II, Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war, Amin al-Husayni - In Nazi-occupied Europe, Amin al-Husayni - The Holocaust, Amin al-Husayni - Post-war activities, Amin al-Husayni - Mufti's influence, Amin al-Husayni - Footnotes

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After the war, al-Husayni fled to Switzerland, was detained and put under house arrest in France, but escaped and was given asylum in Egypt. Zionist groups petitioned the British to have him indicted as a war criminal. The British declined, partly because they considered the evidence indecisive but also because such a move would have added to their growing problems in Egypt and Palestine, where al-Husayni was still pop ...

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Amin al-Husayni, Amin al-Husayni - Early life, Amin al-Husayni - Palestinian nationalism, Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II, Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war, Amin al-Husayni - In Nazi-occupied Europe, Amin al-Husayni - The Holocaust, Amin al-Husayni - Post-war activities, Amin al-Husayni - Mufti's influence, Amin al-Husayni - Footnotes

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Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war. In 1933, within weeks of Hitler's rise to power in Germany, al-Husayni sent a telegram to Berlin addressed to the German Consul-General in the British Mandate of Palestine saying he looked forward to spreading their ideology in the Middle East, especially in Palestine and offered his services. Al-Husayni's offer was rejected at first out of concern for disrupting Anglo-German relations by allying with an anti-British leader. But one month later, Al-Husayni secretly met the German Consul ...

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Amin al-Husayni, Amin al-Husayni - Early life, Amin al-Husayni - Palestinian nationalism, Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II, Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war, Amin al-Husayni - In Nazi-occupied Europe, Amin al-Husayni - The Holocaust, Amin al-Husayni - Post-war activities, Amin al-Husayni - Mufti's influence, Amin al-Husayni - Footnotes

Read more here: » Amin al-Husayni: Encyclopedia II - Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II

Amin al-Husayni was born in Jerusalem in 1895 (some sources say 1893). He attended al-Azhar University in Cairo (where he founded an anti-Zionist society) and studied Islamic Law for about one year. In 1913 at the age of 18, al-Husayni made the pilgrimage to Mecca and received the honorific of Hajj. Prior to World War I, al-Husayni studied at the School of Administration in Istanbul. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, al-Husayni joined the Ottoman Turkish army, received a commission as an artillery officer and was assigned to t ...

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Amin al-Husayni, Amin al-Husayni - Early life, Amin al-Husayni - Palestinian nationalism, Amin al-Husayni - Nazi ties and World War II, Amin al-Husayni - Pre-war, Amin al-Husayni - In Nazi-occupied Europe, Amin al-Husayni - The Holocaust, Amin al-Husayni - Post-war activities, Amin al-Husayni - Mufti's influence, Amin al-Husayni - Footnotes

Read more here: » Amin al-Husayni: Encyclopedia II - Amin al-Husayni - Early life