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The following are examples of the clearly 'Holy War' jihad in WW2:Whether by Islamic leaders, Mullahs and "activists" or even by the general public in the Muslim world who Islamicized Hitler in its glorification. ISLAMICIZING HITLER"The closed circle: an interpretation of the Arabs," David Pryce-Jones, Ivan R. Dee: 2002 (ISBN 1566634407, 9781566634403), p. 201Preposterously, Hitler himself was Islamicized on the radio and by word of mouth as "Abu Ali," and in Egypt at least was referred to as "Muhammad Haidar." As such, he was prayed for in every village, ...http://books.google.com/books?&id=VCQXAQAAIAAJ&dq=muhammad+haidar"The Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism: Adolf Hitler and Haj Amin Al-Husseini," Chuck...

During the 1920s, Britain cobbled together bits of the defunct Ottoman empire and created Iraq. An Arabian prince, driven into exile by the al Saud family, was made king, to insure that Iraq remained pro-British. But when World War II began in 1939, Arab nationalists became pro-German. The anti-Semitism of the Nazis appealed to Arabs, who resented the way Britain was deciding how new Arab nations would be set up, and for supporting continued Jewish settlement in Palestine. As Greece fell to the Germans and the Afrika Korps was advancing across North Africa towards Egypt, pro-German Iraqi army officers staged...