Hitler's Mufti?

For those in the Washington, DC, area, a “book event” on Tuesday, August 2, may be of interest. Note especially the claim about "the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini," who "became Hitler's staunch ally and a promoter of the Holocaust":

It is ironic that sixty years after the Holocaust – with anti-Semitism virulent among Islamic fundamentalists and growing rapidly among secular Europeans – the liberal media in the West has tried to blame Pope Pius XII (and even the Catholic Church as a whole) for anti-Semitism. Was Pope Pius XII secretly in league with Adolf Hitler? No, says Rabbi David G. Dalin, in his revealing new book, The Myth of Hitler's Pope. In fact, as Pope Pius XII worked to save Jews from the Nazis, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, became Hitler's staunch ally and a promoter of the Holocaust, with a legacy that feeds radical Islam today. In this shocking and thoroughly documented book, Rabbi Dalin explodes the myth of Hitler's pope and condemns the myth-makers for not only rewriting history, but also for denying the testimony of Holocaust survivors, hijacking the Holocaust for unseemly political ends, and ignoring the real threat to the Jewish people.

Call (202) 675-175 for more information or check out the wesbite at the Heritage Foundation.

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See also the well-written review/article in the current First Things by Paul Scalia.