Posted on 03/30/2007 4:16:02 PM PDT by SmithL
Yeah, they're real interested in protecting religion, alright. Just read this and be convinced of their noble intentions:
"Our Fundamental condition for cooperating with Germany was a free hand to eradicate every last Jew from Palestine and the Arab world"
-Grand Mufti of Palestine 1930's
Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini
"The Mufti was one of the initiators of the systematic extermination of European Jewry and had been a collaborator and adviser of Eichmann and Himmler in the execution of this plan... He was one of Eichmann's best friends and had constantly incited him to accelerate the extermination measures."
Adolf Eichmann`s deputy Dieter Wisliceny in his Nuremberg Trials testimony
In 1940, King Ghazi (son of King Faisal I) died, leaving only his four-year-old son to govern. Emir Abdul-Illah, the regent for the young Iraqi king, felt the need to bring Rashid Ali al-Kaylani into the government as the prime minister, despite the latter`s support for Nazi Germany and links with al-Husseini. The new head of state immediately shifted the policies of Iraq in favor of Nazi Germany, guaranteeing supply of natural resources to Hitler and refusing to cut ties with Italy. The former Mufti of Jerusalem and his surrogates frequently acted as the government`s representatives with foreigners. Kaylani also asked from Hitler the right to "deal with Jews" in Arab states - a request that was granted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Ali_al-Kaylani
To spur them on to victory, the Mufti delivered a speech in Berlin on March 1, 1944, to an audience of Hanzar troops in which he said: Kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases god, history, and religion. This saves your honor. God is with you.
On that day, future Islamic terrorists received their marching orders.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/3/3/154714.shtml
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