Primary Sources Excerpt from The Mufti and the Palestinian National Movement, Philip Matter, Columbia University Press, New York, 1988, p.126 Quotes from the Mufti of Jerusalem, 1921-1970 Secondary Sources Appointment of Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini, Shira Klein, COJS April 11, 1921, with Yasser Arafat and Mahmud Abbas April 11, 1921 Herbert Samuel British High Commissioner […]
Herbert Samuel British High Commissioner supports the appointment of Haj Amin al-Husseini as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem “I saw Haj Amin Husseini on Friday and discussed with him at considerable length the political situation and the question of his appointment to the office of grand Mufti. Mr. Storrs was also present, and in the […]
“…we prefer to be annihilated in our entirety to becoming a minority in our country.” – Mufti of Jerusalem. Click here for more on The Mufti of Jerusalem and Yasser Arafat. Says Partition of Palestine Will Be Resisted, U. S. Oil Interests May Suffer BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 10 (UP).—The Haj Amin El-Husseini, exiled Mufti of […]
Partition was seen by the Palestinians as imposing unilateral and intolerable sacrifices on themselves…The area of the Jewish state according to the UN plan would actually be larger than that of the proposed Palestinian state (5,500 square miles as compared with 4,500 square miles) at a time when the Jews constituted no more than 35 […]
JERUSALEM, April 8 (AP)-The Arabs’ Judean army drove the Haganah garrison out of the hilltop stronghold of Kastel today. Arab officials said Abdul Khadder Huseini, a cousin of the Mufti, was killed while personally leading the Arab attack. Husseini was commander of the Judean army which operates in the hills around Jerusalem. Haganah, the Jewish […]
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Recording in his diary his meeting with Hitler, Mufti Haj Amin El-Husseini wrote: The words of the Fuehrer on the 6th of Zul Qaada 1360 of the Hejira [which falls on the 21st of November 1941] Berlin, Friday, from 4-30 P.M. till a few minutes after 6: The objectives of my fight are clear. Primarily, […]
The 1920s saw the appearance of a recognized head of the Muslim community in Palestine, a position which had never existed under Ottoman rule. Its holder—Haj Amin al-Husseini—soon became the most powerful political figure in Arab Palestine and the foremost leader of the Palestinian nationalist movement. His path to power began with his appointment as […]
April 11, 1921 British High Commissioner Samuel supporting the appointment of Haj Amin Husseini as the new Mufti of Jerusalem “I saw Haj Amin Husseini on Friday and discussed with him at considerable length the political situation and the question of his appointment to the office of grand Mufti. Mr. Storrs was also present, and […]