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  Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini
In 1937 the Grand Mufti expressed his solidarity with Germany, asking the Nazi Third Reich to oppose establishment of a Jewish state, stop Jewish immigration to Palestine, and provide arms to the Arab population.
The Grand Mufti lost his office of President of the Supreme muslim Council, his membership on the Waqf committee, and was forced into exile in Syria in 1937.
The Mufti was one of the initiators of the systematic extermination of European Jewry and had been a collaborator and adviser of Eichmann and Himmler in the execution of this plan.
www.palestinefacts.org /pf_mandate_grand_mufti.php   (1373 words)

  
  Mufti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In theocracies like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and in some countries where the constitution is based on sharia law, such as Egypt, the Grand Mufti Mufti rules if capital punishment is in accord with Islamic jurisprudence and the sharia and sometimes overrules criminal courts.
Mufti also refers to ordinary clothes, especially when worn by one who normally wears, or has long worn, a military or other uniform.
Mufti Day is an event at certain schools in which students are permitted to wear ordinary clothing, instead of the usual school uniform.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mufti   (782 words)

  
 Grand Mufti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grand Mufti's fataawa (plural of "fatwa") are not binding precedents in areas of civil laws regulating marriage, divorce, and inheritance.
In countries such as Australia where the office of Grand Mufti receives no official seal of government imprimatur, clerics can be elected to the position by one segment of the Islamic community in that country and yet not be recognised by other Muslim communities in that country.
Republic of Uzbekistan's Grand Mufti, Shaikh Abdurahman Bakhromov.
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 Amin al-Husayni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 auspices of the then High Commissioner, Sir Herbert Samuel.
The Committee, presided by the Mufti, proclaimed an Arab general strike and called for nonpayment of taxes, shutting down of municipal governments and demanded an end to Jewish immigration, a ban on land sales to Jews, and national independence.
The Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah, gave the position of Grand Mufti of the Jordanian part of divided Jerusalem to someone else, and Haj Amin al-Husayni was in contact with the Arab conspirators of King Abdullah's assassination in 1951, while still living in exile in Egypt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Mufti_of_Jerusalem   (3381 words)

  
 Grand Mufti -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The title Grand Mufti refers to the highest official of religious law in a (One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam) Sunni (A believer or follower of Islam) Muslim country.
The Grand Mufti issues legal opinions and edicts, (A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority) fatwa, on interpretations of Islamic law for private clients or to assist judges in deciding cases.
The Grand Mufti's fataawa (plural of " (A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority) fatwa") are binding precedents in areas of civil laws regulating marriage, divorce, and inheritance.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Grand_Mufti.htm   (620 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
The Mufti was one of the initiators of the systematic extermination of European Jewry and had been a collaborator and advisor of Eichmann and Himmler in execution of this plan...He was one of Eichmann's best friends and had constantly incited him to accelerate the extermination measures.
In 1941 Haj Amin al-Husseini, who had been appointed Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the British and was the leading Arab in Palestine during the British Mandate, fled to Germany.
At the Nuremberg Trials, Adolf Eichmann's deputy Dieter Wisliceny (subsequently executed as a war criminal), testified that "The Mufti was one of the initiators of the systematic extermination of European Jewry and had been a collaborator and adviser of Eichmann and Himmler in the execution of this plan...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Grand-Mufti-of-Jerusalem   (3602 words)

  
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During the interview the mufti said he endorsed the phenomenon of the suicide bombers, as it was part of the Palestinian people's legitimate resistance.
In the 1940s the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, was the most powerful and influential leader of the Palestinians.
In 1993 the Palestinian Authority was established, and the grand mufti was appointed by the Palestinians' political leader, chairman Yassir Arafat.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3316183,00.html   (725 words)

  
 Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini
In 1937 the Grand Mufti expressed his solidarity with Germany, asking the Nazi Third Reich to oppose establishment of a Jewish state, stop Jewish immigration to Palestine, and provide arms to the Arab population.
The Grand Mufti lost his office of President of the Supreme Moslem Council, his membership on the Waqf committee, and was forced into exile in Syria in 1937.
The Mufti was one of the initiators of the systematic extermination of European Jewry and had been a collaborator and adviser of Eichmann and Himmler in the execution of this plan.
www.trebach.org /mideast/GrandMuftiHajAminal-Husseini.htm   (1368 words)

  
 [Projekat Rastko] Carl K. Savich - Islam under the Swastika: The Grand Mufti and the Nazi Protectorate of ...
The Grand Mufti was a precursor of both the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and of the Palestinian national struggle and movement to maintain a Palestinian state.
The Grand Mufti was instrumental in the organization and formation of many Muslim units and formations in the Waffen SS and Wehrmacht.
The Bosnian Muslim delegation consisted of the grand mufti of Mostar, Omer Dzabic, Ibrahim Fejic, hadzi-Ahmed Karabeg, and Oman Sehic.
www.rastko.org.yu /rastko-bl/istorija/kcsavic/csavich-islam_e.html   (9190 words)

  
 Bosnian Moslems recruited the Nazi SS by Yasser Arafat's 'Uncle'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, just hours before hosting the Pope, gave a series of press interviews, first telling the AP: "The figure of 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust is exaggerated and is used by the Israelis to gain international support… It’s not my problem.
The Mufti’s protests with the SS were successful, as the children were sent to death camps in Poland instead.
The Grand Mufti el-Husseini is venerated as a hero by the PLO.
www.eretzyisroel.org /~jkatz/recruited.html   (1493 words)

  
 Turning the West Bank into another "Bosnia"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Under the initiative of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem-a powerful Moslem leader exiled in Berlin-Bosnian Moslems volunteered to serve in the ranks of the German Waffen-SS.
Moslems living in Bosnia, Yugoslavia, responded to the call of the exiled grand Mufti of Jerusalem and enlisted as volunteers in the German army.
At an early stage the mufti was aware of the extermination of the Jews and he tried to persuade the Axis to extend the extermination to North Africa and Palestine.
www.eretzyisroel.org /~jkatz/bosnia.html   (1388 words)

  
 Haj Amin El Husseini (Hussayni)- Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin El Husseini- definition
The Mufti's role in war crimes was well documented, but he escaped detention in France where he was awaiting trial, and later led the Palestinian civil war against the Jews, in opposition to the UN partition plan.
The significance of the Mufti and his party in Palestinian society and in the history of Zionism and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was critical and must not be ignored.
For the Zionists, the Mufti represented the threat of imminent genocide, and his leadership and statements gave the Zionists to understand that the war with the Palestinians was a take-no-prisoners us-or-them life or death struggle.
www.zionism-israel.com /dic/Haj_Amin_El_Husseini.htm   (2165 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Arafat's Hitler-loving role model
For the mufti, the meeting with Hitler was the culmination of an eight-year effort to convince the Nazis to forge an alliance with the Palestine Arab Higher Committee he headed.
The mufti found his soul mate in the German führer, who was prepared to accept him as an "honorary Aryan" because of the red beard and blue eyes he had inherited from his Circassian mother.
The mufti's nephew Faisal al-Husseini was a leading PLO spokesmen in the territories until his death on May 31, 2001, and regularly received journalists at Orient House, the de facto (and illegal) seat of Palestinian government in predominantly Arab East Jerusalem.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35563   (2905 words)

  
 The Grand Mufti Hajj Amin al-Husseini   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Haj Amin al-Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Palestine since1921 and the uncontested leader of the Palestinian struggle against Zionism and the British colonialism of Palestine up to 1948 when Palestine was to be devoured by the new invaders, but turned out to be indigestible.
He was elected as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem after the death of his brother Mufti Kamel, and eventually was elected as the president of the Supreme Muslim Council.
As a matter of fact, the deceased incumbent Mufti was Kamel al-Husseini, the brother of Hajj Amin; Taher al-Husseini, their father was the Mufti of Jerusalem for more than 40 years until his death in 1908, when his son Kamel succeeded him on 1908 for the most prestigious job in Ottomani-ruled Palestine.
www.jerusalemites.org /leaders/Amin_Al_Husseini.htm   (941 words)

  
 The Jawa Report: Grand Mufti Condemns Consulate Attacks (sort of)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Grand Mufti Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik said in a statement that anyone who enters the kingdom with the permission of its leaders has a promise of security and should not be attacked.
Notice that while the MSM gives the Grand Mufti a pass on his condemnation of 9/11, if you actually read his words you realize that in the Grand Mufti's mind 9/11 was wrong because it killed Muslims.
When the Grand Mufti recently told young Muslims not to go to Iraq to join 'the resistance' not because the Jihad was wrong per se, but because it was a waste (ie, practical grounds).
mypetjawa.mu.nu /archives/058527.php   (349 words)

  
 Haj Amin al-Husseini
Appointed Mufti of Jerusalem by the British in 1921, Haj Amin al-Husseini was the most prominent Arab figure in Palestine during the Mandatory period.
Known later as the Grand Mufti, al-Husseini was able to establish himself as the preeminent Arab power in Palestine.
One of the mufti's most successful projects was the restoration of the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa mosque.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/mufti.html   (409 words)

  
 The Mufti and the Fuhrer
In 1945, Yugoslavia sought to indict the Mufti as a war criminal for his role in recruiting 20,000 Muslim volunteers for the SS, who participated in the killing of Jews in Croatia and Hungary.
The Husseini family continued to play a role in Palestinian affairs, with Faisal Husseini, whose father was the Mufti's nephew, regarded until his death in 2001 as one of their leading spokesmen in the territories.
Record of the Conversation Between the Fuhrer and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem on November 28, 1941, in the Presence of Reich Foreign Minister and Minister Grobba in Berlin, Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945, Series D, Vol.
www.us-israel.org /jsource/History/muftihit.html   (432 words)

  
 Saudi women should stay veiled says grand mufti - Global Affairs Forum, Politics, Law, Science, Health
The mufti's statement will be seen by Saudi liberals as an attempt by the religious establishment to put the brakes on a momentum for change in the kingdom which has been building up over the past year.
But now the Grand Mufti of the Republic Nasser Farid Wassel has declared that virginity is a fixable commodity--in cases of rape, it is hilal (permissible), he said on 16 October, for women to have abortions and operations to "restore" their virginity.
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (self-proclaimed with the "great" by the way) was infamous for hatred of Jews, he was obsessed with it so much that he made deals with other Arab countries that screwed over OTHER Arabs just to get back at the Jews.
www.globalaffairs.org /forum/showthread.php?t=19150   (1069 words)

  
 Who was the Grand Mufti, Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Grand Mufti lost his office of President of the Supreme muslim Council, his membership on the Waqf committee, and was forced into exile in Syria in 1937.
The Grand Mufti, a Nazi in the truest sense of the word just as Kofi Annan and Mahmoud Abbas are also Nazi's after the mold of Adolf Hitler in their anti-Judaism, sat on a contrived throne over the city of Jerusalem, which was liberated by British Soldiers under General Allenby shortly before Christmas 1917.
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was a unique political figure in his outstanding relations with continental Europe, I can think of no other Arab who has been better aligned with western powers.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/846987/posts   (2973 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Home News | Secondary smoking conundrum
For his part, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi believes smoking cigarettes or water-pipes is a choice that should be made by the two spouses.
Last year, the Mufti stated that a woman who was a rape victim is entitled to undergo surgery "to regain her virginity." The Sheikh of Al-Azhar disagreed, saying this would be cheating.
Wassel was appointed Grand Mufti in 1996, replacing Tantawi who had served in the post for 10 years.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/500/eg3.htm   (605 words)

  
 grand Mufti of Jérusalem Hadj Amin Al Husseini
Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
The Mufti noted that the Arabs supported the Axes Power in the hope that they would provide a final solution to the problem of the Jews- the commun enemy of the people of Europe and of the Arab nation.
Israeli historian of extrem left recall of the significant role of the mufti in the fight of Arabic against the Zionism.
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 Grand Mufti of Pakistan Questions Criticism of Taliban   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Mufti Rafi Usmani, the Grand Mufti of Pakistan, has denied the assertion that the destruction of statues is an un-Islamic act.
The Grand Mufti of Pakistan also questioned the right of the world leaders to criticize Taliban.
Mufti Rafi Usmani further said that it is a mistake to think that the Taliban are a bunch of ignorant people.
www.themodernreligion.com /jihad/afghan/mufti-pak.html   (291 words)

  
 Osama Bin Laden, Al Qeida
Record of the Conversation between the Fuhrer and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem on November 28, 1941, in the Presence of Reich Foreign Minister and Minister Grobba in Berlin.
The Mufti then mentioned the letter he had received from Germany, which stated that Germany was holding no Arab territories and understood and recognized the aspirations to independence and freedom of the Arabs, just as she supported the elimination of the Jewish national home.
The Grand Mufti thanked him for it and stated in conclusion that he was taking his leave from the Fuhrer in full confidence and with reiterated thanks for the interest shown in the Arab cause.
www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com /gallery/index.htm   (5442 words)

  
 The Mufti and the Fuhrer
In 1945, Yugoslavia sought to indict the Mufti as a war criminal for his role in recruiting 20,000 Muslim volunteers for the SS, who participated in the killing of Jews in Croatia and Hungary.
The Husseini family continued to play a role in Palestinian affairs, with Faisal Husseini, whose father was the Mufti's nephew, regarded until his death in 2001 as one of their leading spokesmen in the territories.
Record of the Conversation Between the Fuhrer and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem on November 28, 1941, in the Presence of Reich Foreign Minister and Minister Grobba in Berlin, Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945, Series D, Vol.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/muftihit.html   (432 words)

  
 AFP: Oman's Grand Mufti to mull verdicts on US, German women in murder cases
The criminal court reached a verdict against Dana Gerlish, a physiotherapist, and her wheelchair-bound Omani alleged lover, both in their 30s, who were accused of murdering her father, a court source told AFP after the brief session.
Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Khalili has 60 days to "look into the case and give his opinion," before it can be publicised, the source said.
The mufti is authorised either to uphold the sentence or reduce it.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200405/ai_kepm463915   (264 words)

  
 Grand Mufti rebuffs Scientology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Grand Mufti of Russia rejects collaboration with "rotten Scientologists"
Grand Mufti of Russia Talgat Tajuddin stated in an Interfax interview that he had "sent the Scientology sect to the devil."
The Grand Mufti believes that the methods of the Scientologists are like those of the "Vakhabites* and other religious extremists that catch stray sheep." "All of them come from the same school: they zombify people and steal them away from reality," reasoned Talgat Tajuddin.
www.lermanet.com /cisar/russia/010706a.htm?FACTNet   (155 words)

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