Icon of Evil, David G. Dalin
Icon of Evil, David G. Dalin
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Icon of Evil
Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam

Author: David G. Dalin, John F. Rothmann

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/08/2008

Synopsis

In the 1920s, Hajj Amin-al-Husseini was the political and spiritual leader of the Palestinian Arabs. A vicious anti-Semite, he led numerous pogroms against Jewish settlers. During World War II, al-Husseini allied himself and his people with Hitler; he lived in Germany, met with Hitler, encouraged "the final solution," and became close friends with Himmler and other Nazis. After the war, al-Husseini escaped (he would certainly have been convicted at Nuremberg for war crimes) and fled to Egypt. His standing only rose, and in Egypt he was instrumental in fomenting Nazi-style anti-Semitic propaganda there. He also became the mentor to a new generation of radical "Islamo-fascist" Arab leaders. Foremost among them: Yasser Arafat.

About David G. Dalin

David G. Dalin, Ph.D., an ordained rabbi, is a professor of history and political science at Ave Maria University. He has written on the role of Jews in the political history of the United States, and he has lectured widely on Pope Pius XII and the Jews in World War II and on the relationship between Pope John Paul II and the Jews. He holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He completed his seminary studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on July 17, 2023

This fascinating and revealing book outlines the life and career of the malignant Mufti Haj Al Husseini, a close collaborator of Hitler and a violent hater of Jews and Zionism. It explores explores his legacy of hate and terror that permeates the Islamic jihad and venomous and bottomless against Jews......more

Goodreads review by Philip on May 01, 2017

This has to be the most frightening and disheartening book I've read in a long time. Frightening because it spells out, in chilling detail, what would have happened if the British had lost at El Alamein, and the mufti had been able to assist Hitler in murdering the Jews living in the Middle East. An......more

Goodreads review by Lori on January 10, 2012

The authors make a case for the connection between the Nazis and radical Islam in this interesting book. I found it especially interesting in comparison to arguments made in The Lemon Tree: A Muslim, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East. Both books make it painfully clear that the issues between......more

Goodreads review by David on March 08, 2009

I read this book in a week for a fellowship program I'm a part of (Write on For Israel). The book was extremely well-researched and gave a historically accurate and extremely interesting account of the grand mufti of Jerusalem, who collaborated with Hitler to exterminate the Bosnia Jews. Even though......more

Goodreads review by Ron on February 22, 2009

Spurred on my the author who I listen to on the radio, I bought this book and found it very interesting. This book brings to light what I'd have to think NOBODY knew. The muslem who all muslems looked up to in the 30's thru the 50's. This man hated jews so strongly that he ended up being best frie......more

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