
Hitler’s Palestinian Ally: Grand Mufti Amin Al-Husseini
Although less known than his distant cousin, Palestine Liberation Organization founder Yasser Arafat, Jerusalem grand mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini (1897-1974) played a prominent role in pre-1948 Palestine. As one of the ‘founding fathers’ of Palestinian nationalism, Al-Husseini remains a respected figure in Palestinian society. The grand mufti – praised by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as […]