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How Nazis courted the Islamic world during WWII
Deutsche Welle ^ | 11.13.2017 | Nastassja Shtrauchler

Posted on 11/14/2017 4:22:26 PM PST by Olog-hai

Tens of thousands of Muslims fought for the Nazis in World War Two. DW spoke with historian David Motadel about whether pragmatism or anti-Semitism drove Adolf Hitler’s overtures and why some Muslim leaders backed him. […]

At the height of the war in 1941-1942, when German troops entered Muslim-populated territories in the Balkans, North Africa, Crimea, and the Caucasus, and approached the Middle East and Central Asia, Berlin began to see Islam as politically significant. Nazi Germany made significant attempts to promote an alliance with the “Muslim world” against their alleged common enemies — the British Empire, the Soviet Union, America and Jews.

In the war zones, Germany engaged with a wide range of religious policies and propaganda to promote the Nazi regime as the patron of Islam. As early as 1941, the Wehrmacht distributed the military handbook “Islam” to train its soldiers to behave correctly towards Muslim populations. On the eastern Front, the Nazi occupiers ordered the rebuilding of mosques, prayer halls, and madrassas — previously destroyed by Moscow — and the re-establishment of religious rituals and celebrations in order to undermine Soviet rule.

German military authorities also made extensive efforts to co-opt Islamic dignitaries. German propagandists in the eastern territories, the Balkans, and North Africa tried to use religious rhetoric, vocabulary and iconography to mobilize Muslims. They politicized sacred texts like the Quran as well as religious imperatives, most notably the concept of jihad, in order to foment religious violence for political ends.

From 1941 onwards, the Nazi Wehrmacht army and the paramilitary SS recruited tens of thousands of Muslims, mainly to save German blood. …


(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: History; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: germany; islam; rop; worldwar2

1 posted on 11/14/2017 4:22:26 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Courted?
Courted?

The Nazis were French kissing and allowing their Obamaholes to be explored by the Muzzies.


2 posted on 11/14/2017 4:29:55 PM PST by Da Coyote
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“They politicized sacred texts like the Quran as well as religious imperatives, most notably the concept of jihad, in order to foment religious violence for political ends.”

Its the German Nazi’s fault! Taqiyya ... Hitler virtually plagiarized the koran. Who is this guy trying to fool? Millennials?


3 posted on 11/14/2017 4:29:58 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Olog-hai

4 posted on 11/14/2017 4:34:55 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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5 posted on 11/14/2017 4:36:07 PM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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To: Olog-hai
WWII killed off the manhood of Germany and Europe (including all of England and so much of America).

Satan has prepared Europe for his own troops (warriors for Allah) and they are moving in.

And the women folk (Frau Merkel at the lead) are most inviting.

"Come in and kill...but rape us first."

6 posted on 11/14/2017 4:38:00 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: Olog-hai

i think it is helpful for DW, a leading German media outlet, to be informing its public about this history. thank you, DW


7 posted on 11/14/2017 4:44:19 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Olog-hai

On the other hand, the Nazis were stirring up the Muzzis in Palestine by shipping thousands Jews to the Middle East despite the best efforts of the British and later the Soviets. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005470


8 posted on 11/14/2017 4:54:35 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Olog-hai

bkmk


9 posted on 11/14/2017 4:56:16 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Olog-hai

The Germans hoped to :Set the East Ablaze” with a major jihad during WWI as well. No surprise that the Nazis replayed the same tune, with the anti-Semitism turned up.


10 posted on 11/14/2017 5:12:49 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Olog-hai

Chickens coming home to roost ?


11 posted on 11/14/2017 5:17:51 PM PST by captain_dave
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It is known that Hitler said islam was a real mans religion. He loved muslimes.
he considered Christianity to be a sissy religion for little girls and not for men.
12 posted on 11/14/2017 5:28:08 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Olog-hai

www.Tellthechildrenthetruth.com


13 posted on 11/14/2017 5:39:17 PM PST by Garvin (Add rember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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75% of the Nazi hierarchy escaped to the ME after the war. Mein Kampf is still a best seller there since everyone in the Muslim Brotherhood are required to read it.


14 posted on 11/14/2017 6:02:20 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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It’s a great way to control a population, which is why leftists love the muzzies.


15 posted on 11/14/2017 8:32:36 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: RoosterRedux

your words are so chilling, yet so true.


16 posted on 11/14/2017 10:07:59 PM PST by Finatic (Sometimes I think it would be nice to just get it on and get it over with. Once and for all.)
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