Word: mufti
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...Jamali: "Supporting the aspirations of the Jews [in Palestine] means very clearly a declaration of war. . . . This is an invitation to fighting." Even Arabs saw they had gone too far when Emil Ghory, a Christian Arab on the Palestine Arab Higher Committee, defended his pro-Nazi boss, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, with an un-Christian outburst: "The Jews are questioning the record of an Arab spiritual leader. Does that come properly from the mouth of a people who have crucified the Founder of Christianity...
...away from Lake Success, another Arab nodded approvingly at Cattan's performance. From his beflowered villa in Cairo's Qubba Gardens (guarded inside by Palestinian gunmen, outside by Egyptian troops), Haj Amin el Husseini, onetime Mufti of Jerusalem and Nazi collaborator, directed the work of the Arab Higher Committee. Said he: "We go to New York, but we are under no obligations to accept any solution unless it is favorable. If unfavorable, we will fight...
Fawzi (rhymes with frowzy) and the wily Mufti had made plenty of it for Britain before and during World War II. They had plotted and carried out antiBritish riots and killings in Palestine a decade ago. Early in 1941, when Britain's war fortunes were at lowest ebb, they had sparked revolt in Iraq. A slippery guerrilla, Fawzi harassed the British for months with desert forays against their vital oil pipelines. When British fortunes turned, the Mufti and Fawzi got away separately to Germany...
Last week the Mufti was busy with plans in which his old pal Fawzi would be very handy. The Mufti came up with a tax on Palestine Arabs to raise $900,000 to fight Zionism. Part of the money would go to two Arab "scout armies" called Futuwa and Najada (together they number about 10,000). Among their avowed purposes is persuasion of Palestine Arabs not to sell land to Jews. The Mufti had his picture taken as he reviewed a visiting Najada detachment. The picture turned out remarkably like the one he had taken in 1943, while reviewing...
Blustery Fawzi, who had organized other armies for the Mufti, assigned himself a leading role. Said he: "I'm ready to go back [to Palestine] when the time is ripe. The Arabs will fight rather than accept partition and I am ready to lead that fight...