Godwin's law and Palestine

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Mohammad Amin al-Husayni was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem during the height of the Third Reich, and collaborated closely with the Nazi regime on an issue of mutual interest: the extermination of the Jews. He was particularly involved with Nazi operations in the Balkans, where Muslims from Bosnia and Serbia were actively recruited for the Waffen SS.

As a matter of interest, the Grand Mufti was also a cousin of Yasser Arafat, whose real name was Abd al-Rahman abd al-Bauf Arafat al-Qud al-Husayni. Arafat later shortened it for public consumption, in order to conceal his kinship with the old Nazi collaborator. However, he continued to revere his relative, referring to him privately as “my uncle”.

Granted, the sources are much in disagreement as to whether Arafat was an actual blood relation of the Grand Mufti or not, but there you go, one such source notes, Arafat may have been a counsin or nephew of the Grand Mufti, or merely refered to him as an "uncle" in the patriarchal social ties cultural sense (hey if my godson can call me "uncle" though we're not blood relations, or I can call close friends "cousin" this is something that makes perfect sense to me...)

So much for the Godwin's Law violation of a few days ago....if were going to talk about or even talk around Nazis, then let's at least talk about some real ones....

Palestine's history of bad leadership extends back much further than 40 years...

Comments

[antitool]

Nice. People tend to forget this stuff.