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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, Inc.
Published: 07/08/2008
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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."Pritchard's reading is compelling and invites repeated listens." ---AudioFile