Posted on 09/27/2021 9:47:23 AM PDT by Conservat1
Voices from the Arab press: 'Haj Muhammad Hitler'
By The Media Line.
The Jerusalem Post, December 10, 2020
A TURKISH copy of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ on display at a bookstore in Istanbul.
(photo credit: REUTERS/FATIH SARIBAS)
A weekly selection of the opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world
'HAJ MUHAMMAD HITLER'
Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt, December 6
In 1925, Egyptian scholar Ali Abdel Raziq published his book Islam and the Foundations of Governance, in which he argued against a role for religion in politics. Consequently, he was dismissed from his job under the direction of King Fuad, who aspired to become a caliph to the Muslims and supported the nascent Muslim Brotherhood movement.
Notably, at the exact same time, Europe witnessed the publication of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, laying out his racist ideology and vision that paved his way to the leadership of the Nazi Party, which riled Germany in 1933. What is striking here is that both worlds – Europe and the Arab world – suffered from the illusion of grand power and racial supremacism, each in its own way. Both worldviews drew strong inspiration from a long-lost past.
While Egyptian and the Arab Islamists drew inspiration from the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Hitler and his Nazi Party looked back at their country’s defeat in World War I. In both contexts, a radical movement managed to creep in from the fringe of society and assume center stage by pushing the masses to ruminate over the past and galvanizing them to adopt a fictional future. The Muslim Brotherhood, just like the Nazi Party, clung to a humiliating historical defeat in order to stir the public’s feelings and mobilize the masses in its favor.
Religion, just like politics, has been made by men. Therefore, it is subject to human bias and human interests. The strange convergence between Nazism and Islamic jihad was most apparent during World War II, when Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, traveled to Berlin to meet with Hitler, declaring jihad against the Allies, led by Britain. In fact, there were rumors floating throughout the Arab world that Husseini gave Hitler the title “Haj Muhammad Hitler” after teaching him the theory of Islamic martyrdom.Following World War II and the defeat of Nazism, the Western world finally rid itself of fascist movements that espoused radical ideologies. But in the East, and especially in the Arab world, the concept of political Islam continued to develop and grow into a destructive ideology. The West isolated itself against ideological extremism by uprooting Nazism, while in the Arab world, thousands of Hitler sympathizers grew up speaking Arabic and professing Islam.
Unfortunately, while Europe escaped its problematic legacy with Nazism, the Middle East became a hotbed for many of its radical ideologies. While Europe turned its face toward freedom and democracy, many in the Arab world, inspired by “Haj Muhammad Hitler,” began openly adopting Islamic fascism.
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AMIN AL-HUSSEINI
Radical Islamic Jihad and pan-Arabism in its violent form find a common root in Amin Al Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He is the vector of European fascism into the modern Islamic world, both religious and secular. One cannot understand today’s turbulent world without this information.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180146/http://www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com/amin_en.html
Derka derka Muhammad jihad.
Never lose sight of this!
I’m all for removing religion from politics and government.
Once people are elected into government, politics and religion should be banned from being considered in all decisions made by whatever government level.
Democrats are all about making government decisions based on how those decisions will help their party. Many republicans are guilty of the same.
Politicking/campaigning should not be allowed by any government official, and it campaigning/politicking are necessary, then it should occur only within 6 months before elections.
God would like a word with you.
Which version of God would that be?
Link doesn’t work - article appears to be deleted.
You’ll find out.
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