Writing by Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal

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The Nazi-Muslim Brotherhood Alliance

The Nazi-Muslim Brotherhood Alliance

In 1941, Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, faced arrest by the British in Israel. He ran to Berlin as an honored guest of the Nazis.

Al-Husseini secretly met with Hitler of that year to solicit support for the “removal” of the Jews from Israel in favor of “Arab independence” (wink wink).

He also visited the Nazi concentration camp Trebbin.

From Berlin, al-Husseini broadcast Arabic-language, pro-Nazi propaganda via shortwave radio, urging Muslims to join the Axis cause and to “kill the Jews” wherever they found them.

He also helped recruit a Muslim Waffen-SS division in Bosnia, the “Handzar”.

Meanwhile, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna, and other members voiced admiration for certain aspects of Nazi ideology — its militarism and centralized leadership.

The Muslim Brotherhood distributed Arabic translations of works like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and selections from Mein Kampf.

After the war, al-Husseini escaped French imprisonment and was warmly welcomed in Cairo by al-Banna and the Muslim Brotherhood leadership.

Al-Banna is reported to have described al-Husseini as a “miracle of a man” and pledged loyalty against the Zionists.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s military wing, the “Secret Apparatus,” established in the late 1930s to fight the British and Zionists, was seen by some as an invention tied to coordination with al-Husseini and Hitler’s regime.

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