Haj amin al-husseini yasser arafat biography
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Yasser Arafat
President of Palestine (1929–2004)
"Yasir Arafat" redirects here. For other uses, see Yasir Arafat (disambiguation).
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Yasser Arafat[a] (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunyaAbu Ammar,[b] was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004.[3] Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.
Arafat was born to Palestinian parents in Cairo, Egypt, where he spent most of his youth. He studied at the University of King Fuad I. While a lärling, he embraced Arab nationalist and anti-Zionist ideas. Opposed to the 1948 creation
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Hitler’s Palestinian Ally: Grand Mufti Amin Al-Husseini
Although less known than his distant cousin, Palestine Liberation Organization founder Yasser Arafat, Jerusalem grand mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini (1897-1974) played a prominent role in pre-1948 Palestine. As one of the ‘founding fathers’ of Palestinian nationalism, Al-Husseini remains a respected figure in Palestinian society.
The grand mufti – praised by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as a “hero” and a “pioneer” – gained most of his notoriety, however, as a Nazi collaborator. During World War II, the cleric served as an Arab ally and propagandist for the Third Reich in Berlin, continuing the campaign of antisemitic incitement he started in Palestine.
Amin al-Husseini: Fanning the Flames of Anti-Jewish Sentiment
Born into a wealthy and influential Jerusalemite family during the Ottoman rule over Palestine, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini was destined to becom
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Amin al-Husseini
1882–1974
Early Life, Education, and Political Influences
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, known as Hajj Amin al-Husseini, was born in Jerusalem in 1895 into one of the city’s most prominent Muslim families, whose members considered themselves to be descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (ashraf).
At the time of his birth, al-Husseini's father, Tahir, served as Mufti of Jerusalem, a position his father, Mustafa, held before him.1 In fact, the Husseinis dominated the prestigious post of mufti in Jerusalem from the late 18th century until the 20th, “with few interruptions,”2 and they occupied several other of the city’s important political, diplomatic, and religious positions.
Al-Husseini’s father, Tahir, served as Mufti of Jerusalem.
With their considerable influence in the city, the family was thus very much part of Jerusalem’s nobility, and they owned significant land in and around Jerusalem, as well as across Palestine. As historian Philip Mattar