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"Trusted Al-Husseini"

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MUHAMMAD AMIN AL-HUSSEINI (ARABIC: الحاج أمين أمين الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني الحسيني AL-HUSSEINI HAS INFLUENCED MORE THAN ANY OTHER LEADER ON THE DESIGN OF THE IDEOLOGY THAT DENIES THE RIGHT OF THE JEWISH STATE TO EXIST. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS ANTI-SEMITISM AND HIS SWEEPING OPPOSITION TO ZIONISM, AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RIOTS AND ATTACKS ON THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL AND ARAB COUNTRIES AND EVEN COLLABORATED WITH NAZI GERMANY AND SUPPORTED THE FINAL SOLUTION.

BETWEEN 1921 AND 1937 HE SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME MUSLIM COUNCIL. IN THE EARLY 1930S, IT REACHED THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITION OF THE ARABS OF ISRAEL. WITH THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT ARAB REBELLION IN 1936, HE SERVED AS THE HEAD OF THE SUPREME ARAB COMMITTEE. IN OCTOBER 1937, THE MANDATE GOVERNMENT FLED AND LEFT ISRAEL. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AN OPERATION WITH NAZI GERMANY AND ESTABLISHED THE SS AS MUSLIM VOLUNTEER UNITS. DUE TO HIS ACTIONS IN WORLD WAR II, HE WAS DECLARED A WAR CRIMINAL. DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, THE ARABS OF ISRAEL WERE EXPELLED FROM THEIR EXILE.

FIRST OF HIS LIFE, 1895-1920

AMIN AL-HUSSEINI WAS BORN IN JERUSALEM TO THE AL-HUSSEINI FAMILY IN 1895 (1313 FOR CONVERSION). HE WAS THE SON OF THE MUFTI OF JERUSALEM IN THOSE DAYS, TAHR AL-HUSSEINI, WHO DURING HIS TENURE STRUGGLED WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND SETTLEMENT IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
AFTER TAHR'S DEATH IN 1908, HE WAS A MUTTER AL-HUSSEINI, HIS SON OF HIS FIRST WIFE FROM THE MUFTA AND HALF BROTHER OF AMIN, THE MUFTI OF JERUSALEM AFTER HIM. AMIN WAS BORN TO ZINOV, HIS FATHER'S SECOND WIFE, WHO GAVE ANOTHER SON, KATHRARI, AND WAS SHOT DURING WORLD WAR I.

TRUSTED IN JERUSALEM. HIS PRIMARY EDUCATION WAS DONE IN THE "ROOM" AND THEN IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL "AL-AUDADI". HE STUDIED TURKISH AT A GOVERNMENT AND FRENCH SCHOOL IN CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES, AND EVEN ATTENDED THE JEWISH SCHOOL OF “ELANCE” IN JERUSALEM, IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ALBERT RESHI.

ACADEMY AND EARLY CAREER
IN 1913, AL-HUSSEINI TRAVELED TO MECCA WITH HIS MOTHER AND THUS HELD THE HOLIDAY TEAM. THAT SAME YEAR, HE TRAVELED WITH HIS COUSIN, JACOB, TO STUDY THEOLOGY AND ARABIC AT AL-AZAHR UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, BUT DID NOT COMPLETE HIS STUDIES. IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE STUDY, RASHID REEDA AND WENT TO STUDY WITH HIM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY. RASHID REEDA IS LATER CONSIDERED A SPIRITUAL FATHER OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. AL-HUSSEINI WAS OFTEN INVITED TO HIS HOME AND WAS DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY HIS VIEW OF WESTERN CULTURE AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO ISLAM THAT MUST BE DEALT WITH BY A RETURN TO A CLEAR WAY OF LIFE FROM WESTERN INFLUENCE AND THE LINK OF RELIGION TO THE NATIONAL AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE. AT THE SAME TIME, RELIGIOUS STUDIES HAVE ALSO STUDIED RELIABLY AT THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY, WHERE IT BEGAN TO ORGANIZE A GROUP OF PALESTINIAN STUDENTS (MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS) WHO SOUGHT TO BRING PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS THE DANGER IN ZIONISM.

IN 1914, HE BEGAN STUDYING AT THE ISTANBUL MILITARY ACADEMY. WHEN WORLD WAR I BROKE OUT, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND FOUGHT FOR TWO YEARS ON THE FRONT AS AN OFFICER. IN AUGUST 1916 HE WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICER IN THE 46TH DIVISION. HE SERVED AS GOVERNOR OF IZMIR AND THEN AS AN ARTILLERY OFFICER IN THE BLACK SEA. A RELIABLE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN A SIGNIFICANT FIGHTING, AS THE TURKS DID NOT SEND ARAB OFFICERS OR ORDERERS TO THE BATTLEFIELD. IN HIS MEMOIRS, HE REPORTED DISPUTES WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE TURKISH BRIGADE, WHO HAD ANNEXED THE ARAB SOLDIERS. IN NOVEMBER 1916, AFTER COCA-COLA IN DETROIT, HE RECEIVED A THREE-MONTH VACATION AND RETURNED TO JERUSALEM. AT THE END OF THE HOLIDAY PERIOD, HE STAYED HOME AND DID NOT RETURN TO THE UNIT. THAT SAME YEAR, HE BEGAN TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ARAB REBEL OF PRESIDENT HUSSEIN BEN ALI, THROUGH A BRITISH AGENT OPERATING IN ISRAEL. POSSIBLY ACTIVE