NEW JERSEY JEWISH STANDARD: It is hard to see how anyone can understand contemporary extremist Islam or the Arab-Israeli conflict without some awareness of the central role played by Haj Amin al-Husseini, the mid-20th-century grand mufti of Jerusalem, in the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s — and, indeed, historians have written a fair amount about his notorious exploits. Yet, in an America where one in four 17-year-olds cannot identify Adolf Hitler on a multiple choice test, it is fair to say that the particulars of al-Husseini’s life remain largely unknown to most people, even those who proffer strong opinions on "why they hate us." By calling attention to this truly evil man who commanded the loyalty of millions of Arabs and Muslims years before there was an Israel or Palestinian refugees, the authors of "Icon of Evil" have done an important service. The more people who read this book the better.
David Dalin and John Rothmann rightly describe al-Husseini as the link "between the old fascism and the new," between the old European anti-Semitism and "the new radical Islamic anti-Semitism that has spread and metastasized throughout the Arab world in the decades since World War II." The mufti directed the Arab struggle against Zionism and Israel in the decades preceding and following the independence of the Jewish state. Though he failed to achieve any of his own declared goals, he became a poignant, honored, even legendary symbol for leaders of movements as diverse as the PLO, Hamas, Al Qaeda, the Iraqi Ba’ath regime, the Holocaust denial campaign, and the Muslim Brotherhood. This Truly Evil Man,’ the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem >>> By Neil J Kressel | August 29, 2008
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