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On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, calling it Operation Al Aqsa. For journalist Yardena Schwartz, the massacre was a chilling echo of the 1929 Hebron Massacre—the brutal slaughter of nearly 70 Jews, incited by propaganda that Jews sought to seize the Al Aqsa Mosque. At the time, she was deep into writing her first book, Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict. In this episode, Yardena shares how history repeated itself, how the October 7 attack reshaped her book, and why understanding the past is essential to making sense of the present. ___ Read:  Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab Israeli Conflict Listen – AJC Podcasts: The Forgotten Exodus: Untold stories of Jews who left or were driven from Arab nations and Iran Social media influencer Hen Mazzig on leaving Tunisia Chef Einat Admony on leaving Iran Playwright Oren Safdie on leaving Syria Cartoonist Carol Isaacs on leaving Iraq Novelist Andre Aciman on leaving Egypt People of the Pod:  Latest Episode: Higher Education in Turmoil: Balancing Academic Freedom and the Fight Against Antisemitism Held Hostage in Gaza: A Mother's Fight for Freedom and Justice Yossi Klein Halevi on the Convergence of Politics and Religion at Jerusalem's Temple Mount Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. __ Transcript of Interview with Yardena Schwartz: Manya Brachear Pashman: Hello, and welcome to People of the Pod, brought to you by American Jewish Committee. Each week, we take you beyond the headlines to help you understand what they all mean for America, Israel and the Jewish people. I'm your host Manya Brachear Pashman:. In October 2023 journalist Yardena Schwartz was in the middle of writing her first book exploring the rarely talked about 1929 Hebron massacre, in which nearly 70 Jews were murdered, dozens more injured by their Muslim neighbors during riots incited by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who spread lies that Jews wanted to take over the Al Aqsa Mosque. When she heard reports of the October 7 terror attacks by Hamas dubbed Operation Al Aqsa, she realized just how relevant and prescient her book would be, and began drafting some new chapters. Yardena is with us now to discuss that book titled Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine that ignited the Arab Israeli conflict. Yardena, welcome to People of the Pod.  Yardena Schwartz: Great to be here, Manya. Manya Brachear Pashman: So full disclosure to you and our audience. You attended Columbia Journalism School 10 years after I did, and you took Professor Ari Goldman's class on covering religions 10 years after I did that, class had always traveled to Israel, and I had hoped it would be my ticket to go to Israel for the first time, but the Second Intifada prevented that, and we went to Russia and Ukraine. Instead, your class did go to Israel, and that was your first visit to Hebron, correct?  Yardena Schwartz: So it was in 2011 and we went to Hebron for one day out of our 10 day trip to Israel, and it was my first time there. I was the only Jewish student in our class. It was about 15 of us, and I was the only one who had been to Israel. I had been all over Israel, but I had never been to Chevron. And our tour was with Breaking the Silence, an organization of former Israeli soldiers who had served in Hebron or in other parts of the West Bank and wanted Israelis to know what was happening in Hebron and how Palestinians were living there, and the various restrictions that were put in place as a result of terrorist attacks. But nevertheless, you know, those restrictions were extremely disturbing, and that brief visit in 2011 made me really never want to go back to Hebron. And when I moved to Israel two years later to become a freelance journalist there, and, you know, to move to Israel because I loved Israel, and still obviously love Israel, I didn't really go back to Chevron because I, you know, was really troubled by what I saw there. But this book took me, of course, back to Chevron hundreds of times, spending hundreds of hours there. And it came to be, you know, my expertise in this conflict, in my reporting. And you know, of course, Heron is kind of the main character in this book, Manya Brachear Pashman: Tell us how you came to find out about this massacre. Was it mentioned during that class visit in 2011 or was it later that you learned about it? Yardena Schwartz: So that was one of the most interesting things about my early adventure into writing this book, was that I had of course been to have Ron, and yet, during that day that we spent there learning so much about the history of this place, this deeply holy place to so many people, there was no mention of the massacre of 1929, so, you know, I knew that Chevron is, you know, the second holiest city in Judaism, the burial place of Abraham And the matrix and patriarchs of the Jewish people. And you know the first place where King David established his kingdom before Jerusalem. So it was holy before Jerusalem. And yet I had no idea that this ancient Jewish community in Hebron had been decimated in 1929 in one of the worst pogroms ever perpetrated. We all know about the kishineff pogrom of 1904 and yet the pogrom in 1929 in Hebron, perpetrated by the Muslim residents of Hebron, against their Jewish neighbors, was more deadly and more gruesome than the kishineff pogrom, and it effectively ended 1000s of years of Jewish presence in this holy city. And so when I was told by my mentor, Yossi Klein Halevi, the amazing writer, that there was a family in Memphis, Tennessee that had discovered a box of letters in their attic written by a young American man from. Memphis, who had traveled to Chevron in 1928 to study at the Hebron yeshiva, which was at the time, the most prestigious yeshiva in the land of Israel in what was then, of course, British Mandate Palestine. And that this young man had been killed in that massacre. Yet his letters, you know, painted this vivid portrait of what Chevron was before the massacre that took his life. I was immediately fascinated. And I, you know, wanted to meet this family, read these letters and see how I could bring the story to life. And I was introduced to them by, yes, in 2019 so that's when I began working on my book. And you know, as you mentioned, I was still writing the book in 2023 on October 7, and this book I had been writing about this massacre nearly a century ago immediately became more relevant than I ever hoped it would be.  Manya Brachear Pashman: The young American man from Memphis. His name was David Schoenberg. Give our listeners a history lesson. Tell us about this 1929 massacre. So Yardena Schwartz: On August 24 1929 also a Shabbat morning in crevorone, every Jewish family had locked their doors and windows. They were cowering in fear as 1000s of Muslim men rioted outside their homes, throwing rocks at their windows, breaking down their doors and essentially hunting down Jews, much like they did on October 7, families were slaughtered. Women and teenage girls were raped by their neighbors in front of their family members. Infants were murdered in their mother's arms. Children watched as their parents were butchered by their neighbors, rabbis, yeshiva students were castrated and Arabic speaking Jews, you know, Sephardi, Mizrahi, Jews, who composed about half of the Jewish population in Hebron at the time, and were very friendly with their Arab neighbors. You know, they went to each other's weddings and holidays, went to each other's shops, and these people were also slaughtered. It wasn't just the yeshiva students who had come from Europe or from America to study there, or, you know, the Ashkenazi Jewish families. It was, you know, Arabic speaking Jews whose families had been there for generations and had lived side by side in peace with their Muslim neighbors for centuries. They too were slaughtered. Manya Brachear Pashman: Why did their Muslim neighbors turn on them so suddenly and violently? The Yardena Schwartz: rioters that day were shouting Allahu Akbar. They claimed to be defending Islam and Al Aqsa from this supposed Jewish plot to destroy Al Aqsa in order to rebuild the Third Temple. This is what they had been told by their leaders and by Imams and their mosques and in Hebron, that Lai had also extended to the tomb of the patriarchs and matriarchs, which is known in Arabic as the Ibrahimi mosque. Imams there had told Muslims in Hebron that the Jews of Hebron were planning to conquer Ibrahimi mosque in order to turn it into a synagogue. So this incitement and this disinformation that continues to drive the conflict today. Really began in 1929 the rumors about this supposed Jewish plot to destroy Al Aqsa that began in 1928 around the same time that David Schoenberg arrived in Palestine to study at the yeshiva. Manya Brachear Pashman: So in addition to the letters that David Schoenberg wrote to his family back in Tennessee. How else did you piece together this history? How did you go about reporting and researching it? Who kept records?  Yardena Schwartz: So it's really interesting, because I was so surprised by the lack of literature on this really dramatic moment in history, in the history of Israel, the history of this conflict. And yet, despite the fact there are really no books in English, at least, about the massacre and about these riots and what led to them, there were mountains of, you know, testimony from victims and survivors. The British carried out this commission after the riots that produced this 400 page report filled with testimony of British officials, Arab officials, Jewish officials, survivors. So there was just so much material to work with. Also, survivors ended up writing books about their experiences in Hebron, very similar to David's letters, in a way, because they wrote not only about the riots and the massacre itself, but also what they experienced in Hebron before they too, wrote about, you know, the relatively peaceful relations between the city's Jewish minority and the Arab majority. And I also relied on archival newspaper reports so the. Riots really occupied the front pages of American newspapers for about a week, because it took about a week for the British to quell the riots, and they did so with an air, land and sea campaign. They sent warships and war planes from across the British Empire and sent troops from other parts of the British Empire. Because one of the reasons the riots were so effective, in a way, you know, were so deadly, especially in kharag, was because there was just no military force in Palestine. At the time, the British did not have a Palestine military force, and it was only after the 1929 riots that they did have troops in Palestine. Until then, they had the Palestine police force, and that police force was mostly Arabs. In Hebron, for example, there were about 40 policemen under the stewardship of one British police chief, and all but one of those policemen were Arabs, and many of them participated in the massacre or stood by outside of Jewish homes and allowed the mobs to enter the homes and carry out their slaughter. And Manya Brachear Pashman: I'm curious. There was a lot of newspaper coverage, but what about the international community's response beyond the British Empire? Yardena Schwartz: So there were actually protests around the world against the massacre in New York. 35,000 people marched through the streets of Manhattan to protest the British failure to protect their Jewish subjects from these riots. Most of the marchers were Jewish, but nevertheless, I mean 35,000 people. We didn't see anything like that after October 7. Of course, we saw the opposite people marching through the streets of New York and cities around the world supporting the mass of October 7. You know, I mentioned this March in New York, but similar protests were held around the world, mostly in Jewish communities. So in Poland, Warsaw and in England, there were protests against the British failure to protect Jews in Palestine from these riots. And the American government was livid with the British and they sent statements put out, statements to the press, criticizing the British inaction, the British failure to protect the Jewish subjects and the American citizens who were in Palestine at the time, there were eight Americans killed in Hebron on August 24 1929. Out of the 67 Jewish men, women and children who were killed, and all of them were unarmed. The Haganah at the time, you know, the underground Jewish Defense Force that would later become the nucleus of the IDF, the Haganah was active then, mostly in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, there were no Haganah members in Hebron. The Hebron Jewish community was very traditional, very religious, and when Haganah came to Hebron two days before the riots erupted, they because they knew that these riots were going to happen. There had been calls from Arab officials to riot, to attack Jewish communities across Palestine. And so the Haganah came to Hebron to warn Jewish leaders of Hebron that they could either come there to protect them or evacuate them to Jerusalem to safety until the riots subsided and the Jewish leaders of Hebron were unanimous in their opposition. They said, No, you know, we're friends with our Arab neighbors. They'll never hurt us. We trust them. If anything happens elsewhere, it won't happen here. And they believed that because, not only because they had such a good relationship with their Arab neighbors and friends, but also because in previous outbursts of violence in other years, like in 1920 1921 when they were much smaller riots and much less deadly riots. When those riots reached other parts of Palestine, they didn't reach Hebron because of those relations and because they weren't fueled by incitement and disinformation, which was what led the riots of 1929 to be so massive and so deadly, and what led them to be embraced by previously peaceful neighbors. Manya Brachear Pashman: How did that disinformation travel in 1929 How did it reach those neighbors in Hebron? Yardena Schwartz: When we talk about disinformation and misinformation today, we think of it as this, you know, modern plague of, you know, the social media era, or, you know our fractured media landscape. But back in 1929 disinformation was rampant, and it also traveled through Arabic newspapers. They were publishing these statements by Arab officials, mostly the Grand Mufti Hajime Husseini, who was the leader of Palestinian Muslims under British rule, he began this rumor that the Jews of Palestine were plotting to conquer Al Aqsa mosque to rebuild their ancient temple. Of course, Al Aqsa is built upon the ruins of the ancient temples. Temple Mount is the holiest place for Jews in the world. And in 1929, Jews were forbidden from accessing the Temple Mount because it was considered, you know, a solely holy Muslim site. But the closest place they could pray was the Western Wall, the Kotel. And Jews who were demanding British protection to pray in peace at the Western Wall without being attacked by Muslims as a result of this disinformation campaign were then painted by the Arabic press as working to conquer the Western Wall, turn it into a synagogue, and then from there, take Al Aqsa Mosque.  So this disinformation traveled from the very highest of Muslim officials. So the imams in mosques across Palestine, specifically in Al Aqsa and in Hebron, were repeating these rumors, these lies about this supposed Jewish plot. Those lies were then being published in flyers that were put in city squares. Jewish officials were warning the British and telling, you know, they should have known and they should have done more to end this campaign of disinformation, not only to achieve peace in this land that they were ruling over, but also because they were responsible for installing hajamina Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, into his position they had chosen him for that position, that all powerful position. And so they were responsible, in a way, for all of these lies that he was spreading. And yet they took no responsibility.  And even in the commission that they sent to Palestine from London to investigate the causes of the riots, despite the fact that, you know, if you read these, you know, 400 pages, I don't recommend it. It's a tough reading. But, you know, I did that for this book. And it's so clear from all of these hearings that this disinformation campaign was very obvious, very clear and very clearly to blame for the riots. And yet, because saying so would have made the British responsible for so much death, their conclusions in this commission was that it was Jewish immigration to Palestine and Jewish land purchases at the time that had sparked the riots, and that it was this Jewish demonstration, peaceful demonstration at the Western Wall on to Shabaab in August of 1929 that had sparked these riots.  So there's just, you know, this absolute lack of accountability, not only for the Mufti, who retained his position and became even more powerful and more popular as a leader after these riots, but also for the British and instead, you know, the Jewish victims were blamed for their suffering. At the time, Jews were just 20% of the Palestinian population, which was just 1 million people. Of course, today, Israel is home to more than 10 million people. So you know, clearly there was room for everyone. And the Jews at the time were very peaceful. The Haganah was a very, you know, weak, decentralized force, and after these riots, it became much stronger, and Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews, more traditional Jews who had not joined the Haganah before 1929 had not really embraced Zionism before 1929 now agreed that if Jews were going to be safe in our homeland, then we would need our own army. Manya Brachear Pashman: Can we talk a little bit about the turn toward radicalization and extremism during this time, and what role that has played in the years since? Yardena Schwartz: you know, the Zionist leadership was very adamant that Jews in Palestine should not be carrying out attacks against Arabs in Palestine. You know, it should be really about defending Jews, preventing attacks, but not carrying out retaliatory attacks. But as we've seen throughout the century, of this conflict. You know, extremism begets extremism. And you know, when violence is being used by one side, it is going to be used by the other side as well. And so the rise of a more militant form of Zionism was a direct result of 1929 and this feeling of just helplessness and this feeling of relying on this foreign power, the British, to protect them, and realizing that no foreign power was going to protect the Jews of Palestine and that Jews would have to protect themselves, and the radicalism and the extremism within the Muslim population, particularly the Muslim leadership of Palestine, really just accelerated after the massacre, because they saw that it succeeded. I mean, the British punished the Jewish population of Palestine for the riots by vastly limiting Jewish immigration, vastly limiting Jewish land purchases. Notice, I use the word land purchases because, contrary to a lot of the disinformation we hear. Much today, none of this land was being stolen. It was being purchased by Jews from Muslim land owners. Many of them were absentee landowners. Many of them were from the wealthiest families in Palestine. And many of them were members of, you know, this anti Zionist, pro Mufti circle, who were then telling their own people that Jews are stealing your land and evicting you from your land, when, in fact, it was these wealthy Arab landowners who were selling their land to Jews at exorbitant prices. Manya Brachear Pashman: Did you establish a motive for the Mufti and what were his intentions spreading this disinformation? Yardena Schwartz: Great question. So it was very clear. I mean, he never admitted this, but it was very clear what his motives were, and that was to counter the criticism and accusations of corruption that had dogged him for years, until he began this campaign of propaganda which led much of that criticism and much of those stories of his corruption within the Arabic press and among his Arab rivals to essentially disappear, because now they had a much more threatening enemy, and that enemy was the Jewish community of Palestine, who was plotting to destroy Al Aqsa, conquer Al Aqsa, rebuild their temple, take over Palestine and his campaign worked. You know, after that propaganda campaign became so successful, there were very few people willing to stand up to him and to criticize him, because after 1929 when he became so much more powerful, he began a campaign of assassinations and intimidation and violence used against not only his political rivals and dissidents, but also just Anyone who favored cooperation between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. So there were various mayors of Arab cities who wanted to work together with the Jewish community of those cities or with other Jewish leaders to bring about various economic initiatives, for instance. And some of those mayors were assassinated by the muftis henchmen, or they were just intimidated into silence and into kind of embracing his platform, which was that Palestine is and has always been and should always be, a purely Muslim land, and that there is no place for any kind of Jewish sovereignty or Jewish power in that land.  So, you know, the Mufti, in 1936 he ended up leading a violent rebellion against the British. And the British at that point, had gotten tired of ruling Palestine. They realized it was much more work than they were interested in doing, and they were interested in leaving Palestine, handing over governance to the local population to the Jews and Arabs of Palestine, and they had been interested in figuring out what could be done. Could there be a binational state with equal representation, or representative governance? If Jews are 40% of the population and Arabs are 60% then there could be some kind of governance on those ratios, all of those solutions, including a two state solution, which was presented in 1937 all of those solutions were rejected by the grand mufti, and his platform was embraced by the other Arab officials within Palestine, because if it wasn't, they could face death or violence. And he even rejected the idea of Jews remaining in Palestine under Arab rule. You know when the British said to him, okay, so what will be done with the 400,000 Jews who are in Palestine right now? He said they can't stay. So he didn't only reject the two state solution. He rejected, you know, this bi national, equal utopian society that we hear proposed by so many in pro Palestine movement today. You know, all of these solutions have been on the table for a century and always. They have been rejected by Palestinian leaders, whether it was the Grand Mufti or his apprentice, his young cousin, yas Arafat. Manya Brachear Pashman: Ah, okay, so what happened to Grand Mufti Husseini? Did he stick around? So The Mufti was eventually, finally wanted for arrest by the British after his rebellion claimed the life of a British official. Until then, it had only claimed the lives of Jews and Arabs, but once a British official was killed, then the British had decided that they'd had enough of the Mufti, and they ordered his arrest. He fled Palestine. He ended up in Iraq, where he was involved in riots there the far hood in which many Jews were massacred, perhaps hundreds, if not over 1000 Jews were slaughtered in Baghdad, which was at the time home to about. 100,000 Jews. He then fled Iraq and ended up in Berlin, where he lived from 1941 to 1945 in a Nazi financed mansion, and he led the Arab branch of Joseph Goebbels Ministry of Propaganda. He was the Nazi's leading voice in the Arab world, he spread Nazi propaganda throughout the Muslim world and recruited 10s of 1000s of Muslims to fight for the Nazis, including in the Waffen SS and when the war ended, when world war two ended, and the UN wanted him for Nazi war crimes, he was wanted for Nazi war crimes, placed on the UN's list of Nazi war criminals. Once again, he fled, first to France, then to Cairo, eventually settling in Beirut, where he continued to lead his people's jihad against the Jews of Palestine. So when, in 1947, when the UN voted to partition British Mandate Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state so that the British could finally leave Palestine. He declared jihad, and he rejected the Partition Plan, along with every other Arab state which also rejected it. Of course, the Jews of Palestine embraced it, celebrated it, and the very next day after the UN vote, riots erupted throughout Palestine, and he helped. He was kind of pulling the strings of that Jihad taking place in Palestine. And in fact, 1000 Muslim men who he had recruited for the Waffen. SS joined that holy war in Palestine. The Mufti helped create the army of the holy war. Yasser Arafat, who was also in Beirut at the time, also assisted the army of the holy war. He actually fought in the war that began in 1947 alongside the Muslim Brotherhood. So, you know the legacy that the Mufti had? You know, it doesn't end there. It continued to his dying day in 1974 and Arafat took over his mantle as the leader of the Palestinian people. And you know, we see how the disinformation and incitement and rejection of Jewish sovereignty in any part of the ancient land of Israel has continued to be a prominent force in Palestinian politics no matter who was in charge. You know, the Fatah, Mahmoud, Abbas and Hamas, of course, perpetuate the same lies about Al Aqsa. They perpetuate the same denial of a Jewish right to live in peace in our homeland, deny the history of Jewish presence in Israel. So, you know, it's really astounding to me how little is known about the Grand Mufti and how little is known about his impact on this conflict, and particularly in the very beginnings, the ground zero of this conflict in 1929 Manya Brachear Pashman: It's so interesting. We talk so much about Hitler, right? And his antisemitism, but we don't talk about Husseini. Yardena Schwartz: Yeah, and they were good friends. I mean, they met in 1941 shortly after the Mufti arrived, he had a private chauffeur. He was lavishly paid by the Nazis, and he was good friends with Himmler. He toured concentration camps. He knew very well about the final solution. Hitler himself considered the Mufti an honorary Aryan. I mean, the Mufti had blue eyes, fair skin, light hair. Hitler believed that Husseini had Roman blood, and he saw him as someone who could lead the Nazi forces once they arrived in the Middle East. He saw him as, you know, a great ally of the Nazis. He didn't just participate in the Nazis quest to eradicate the Jewish population of Europe and eventually arrive in Palestine, but he also the Mufti worked to convince various European leaders not to allow Jewish refugees from fleeing Europe and not allowing them to come to Palestine. He told them, send them to Poland, and he knew very well what was happening in Poland. Manya Brachear Pashman: So I want to go back to this family in Tennessee, the genesis of this story, and I'm curious. David Schoenberg's niece said that at one point in the book, she said they're Southern, so they sweep ugly under the rug in the south. And so they just didn't talk about that. And when I read that, I thought, actually, that's kind of a Jewish approach, not a southern approach, except we wouldn't say we sweep things under the rug. We move on, right? We treasure our resilience, and we move on from that pain and we build anew. But is moving on really in the Jewish community's best interest? Is that how we end up forgetting and letting this history and this very important history fade?. Yardena Schwartz: Yeah, absolutely. You know, I think it is possible to do both. It is possible to take great pride in our resilience and in our strength and our ability to experience so much devastation and suffering, and yet every time emerge stronger.  I mean, think about the Holocaust. First of all, for many years, we did sweep that under the rug. Survivors were discouraged from speaking about what they went through. They were seen as, you know, especially in Israel, they were seen as, you know, people who went like sheep to the slaughter. It wasn't something to talk about. It was something to move on from. And yet now we are able to hold both in both hands. You know. We're able to honor and commemorate the memory and speak about the atrocities that millions of Jews suffered during the Holocaust, while also celebrating where we went after the Holocaust. I mean, three years after the Holocaust, Israel was born. You know, that's just, on its own, you know, a remarkable symbol of our resilience and our strength as a people. But I think the way we commemorate the Holocaust is a really great example of how we do both how we honor the memory and use that as a lesson so that it never happens again.  And yet, I think that when it comes to the conflict and the various forces that have led us to where we are today, there is this tendency to kind of try to move on and not really speak about how we got here. And it's really a shame, because I think that this is the only way we'll ever find a way out of this tragic cycle of violence, is if we learn how we got here, the forces that continue to drive this conflict after a century, and you know, the people who brought us here. Not only the Grand Mufti, but also, you know, the leaders today who are very much capitalizing on fear and religion, exploiting religion for their own, their own interests, and utilizing disinformation to remain in power. And I think that, you know, we can't afford not to speak about these things and not to know about our own history. It's really telling that, you know, even in Jewish communities, where people know so much about Israel and about this conflict, there is just a complete lack of knowledge of, you know, the very bedrock of this conflict. And I think without that knowledge, we'll never get out of this mess. Manya Brachear Pashman: Yardena, thank you so much. This is such a wonderful book, and congratulations on writing it.  Yardena Schwartz: Thank you so much.  Manya Brachear Pashman: If you missed last week's episode, be sure to tune in for my conversation with Dr Laura Shaw Frank, Director of AJC Center for Education Advocacy. We discussed the delicate balance between combating antisemitism, safeguarding free speech, and ensuring campuses remain safe for all students.  Thank you for listening. This episode is brought to you by AJC. Our producer is Atara Lakritz. Our sound engineer is TK Broderick. You can subscribe to People of the Pod on Apple podcasts, Spotify or Google podcasts, or learn more at ajc.org/PeopleofthePod. The views and opinions of our guests don't necessarily reflect the positions of AJC. We'd love to hear your views and opinions or your questions. You can reach us at PeopleofthePod@ajc.org. If you've enjoyed this episode, please be sure to tell your friends. 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Dimitri and Khalid venture deeper into the weeds of British Mandatory Palestine, including: nefarious British lawfare, land grabs, and an overview of Amin al-Husseini, aka DA GRAND MUFTI OF JERUSALEM, tracing his controversial journey from British-installed compromiser in 1921 to exiled Nazi PR puppet in World War Two. For access to premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, become a subscriber at patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

The Grand Mufti of Australia says Islamophobia must be addressed as police investigate anti-Islam graffiti in Sydney, HSBC Australia sued over its handling of scam claims, and a dramatic draw between Melbourne City and Auckland FC.

Living in the West in 1983, Bezmenov gave a lecture in which he explained “Psychological Warfare, Subversion, and the Control of Society.” It begins:Subversion refers to a process by which the values and principles of an established system are contradicted or reversed in an attempt to sabotage the existing social order and its structures of power, authority, tradition, hierarchy, and social norms. It involves a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system, often carried out by persons working secretly from within. Subversion is used as a tool to achieve political goals because it generally carries less risk, cost, and difficulty as opposed to open belligerency. The act of subversion can lead to the destruction or damage of an established system or government. In the context of ideological subversion, subversion aims to gradually change the perception and values of a society, ultimately leading to the undermining of its existing systems and beliefs.Ayaan Hirsi Ali: we Are Being Subverted (Article) Truth Warrior Roundtable: Israel/Palestine/Islamocommunism More links to research: Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary FaithMarching to Zion – DocumentaryThe Islamic-Vatican ConnectionThe Psychology of Socialism (Gustav LeBon book)Holy Terror: The inside story of Islamic Terrorism (Amir Taheri Book)Operation Atlas 1944Black SeptemberPan-Arabism (Note The Official Flag)Christian SocialismGenocide, Ethnic Cleansings and Apartheid‘Son of Hamas' Mosab Hassan YousefZuheir MohsenPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine10-Point Program of the PLOThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Marxists with a history of global tiesThe Mufti and the Holocaust (Hitler and the Grand Mufti) this happened BEFORE Israel was establishedNazi Propaganda for the Arab worldHamas Covenant 1988: The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance MovementThe Islamic Iranian revolutionKuwait Expels Thousands of PalestiniansSoros/Open Society funding for pro-Palestinian marches:1. https://nypost.com/2023/10/28/news/soros-funneled-15-m-plus-to-groups-rallying-for-hamas/2. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/soros-money-funneling-into-pro-palestinian-groups/ar-AA1li97q3. The Tides Foundation and Tides Center, two affiliated deep-pocketed nonprofit organizations that have long shaped the progressive agenda with philanthropist backers such as George Soros and Bill Gates, granted at least $1 million combined in 2022 to groups behind demonstrations pushing for an Israel-Gaza conflict ceasefire and downplaying Palestinian terror in the Middle East, according to newly filed tax forms reviewed by the Washington Examiner. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hamas-friendly-protest-groups-bankrolled-by-democratic-dark-money-juggernaut-tides/ar-AA1kQ3d7Suggested Reading (Mtsar Articles) Jews & Templars (The Untold Story)The Red Papacy (The Advent of Euro-Communism) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dwtruthwarrior.substack.com/subscribe

Sheikh Riad El-Refa calls for the sacking of Mike Burgess over comments on Sunni Islamic extremism, sparking controversy within the Muslim community and law enforcement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this gripping episode, Jason and Matt welcome back Gavin Nascimento for his 8th appearance on the Free Thought Project podcast. Diving deep into his latest book, "A History of Elitism, World Government, and Population Control," and beyond, Gavin offers an expansive look into how the ruling elite manipulate global affairs, with a special focus on Zionism, Israel, and their role in the quest for world governance. From the geopolitical significance of Palestine and the clandestine Anglo-Jewish partnership to the surprising alliances between Zionists and Nazis, this episode is a journey through hidden chapters of history.  Gavin delves into the radical ideologies shaping Israeli politics, exploring the influence of Marxism, Fascism, and eugenics on the creation of a "New Jew" and the culture of Israel. The conversation also touches on the potential for false flag operations, the dynamics between Netanyahu and Hamas, and the controversial role of the "Grand Mufti" in WWII. This discussion is not only an incredible history lesson but also a crucial exploration of how these past events tie into the ongoing crisis in Gaza, offering unprecedented insights into the complexities of current global events. (Length: 1:28:22) Gavin's Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/History-Elitism-Government-Population-Control-ebook/dp/B0BSS9W4M5/ TFTP Truncated Article: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/be-the-change/a-history-of-world-government-population-control-the-great-reset-vs-the-great-revolution  Previous Podcast We Referenced: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/podcast/podcast-gavin-nascimento-a-history-of-elitism-world-government-population-control Gavin's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GavinNascimento Follow Gavin Here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/truthwarriorgMinds: https://www.minds.com/GavinNascimento/MeWe: https://mewe.com/i-front/gavinnascimentoIG: https://www.instagram.com/truthwarriorgavinBitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/xTnVj0UEtdFn/ LFT - "Know Your Rights" (Children's Book): https://littlefreethinkers.com/ The Above Phone is the combination of secure hardware and free & open-source software, alongside privacy services and accessories to make it the best end-to-end privacy respecting solution available!Learn More About the Above Phone: https://abovephone.com/?above=thefreethoughtproject

The recent Substack post and episode of History Impossible about the significant three root historical causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has largely been well-received. What I didn't expect is that one of the main sources I used for that episode would be willing to speak with me in greater depth about the massively underrated Arab Revolt of 1936-1939. In this episode, we're joined by the scholar, political analyst, and writer Oren Kessler, whose 2023 book Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict should be included as required reading for anyone interested or invested in what has been topping the news since October 7th, 2023.Oren, like myself, is a believer in the notion that the Littlefinger of Palestine, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin al-Husseini, is a figure of massively underrated importance. In this episode, we discuss the Arab Revolt through the eyes of the Mufti and examine just why he and his decisions and his legacy matter in the 21st century, despite him becoming largely forgotten except for his infamous photo op with the Fuhrer of Nazi Germany himself, Adolf Hitler. Oren makes the case that this is giving al-Husseini the short shrift with regards to his impact and we discuss why this should be both self-evident and required for understanding why things have gotten so bad between Israel and Gaza.Thank you and enjoy!History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon, Substack, and PayPal. Please consider donating today to help keep me free and this show alive:David Adamcik Michael Beach Benjamin Elias Borota Johannes Breitsameter Charles C Mind ChatteringsCJ Cliffydeuce CRdaddygorgon Paul DeCoster Nathan Diehl Bob Downing Rob Duval Gavin Edwards Pierre Ghazarian Jayson Griesmeyer Nathan Grote Benjamin Hamilton Peter Hauck Carey Hurst Joseph Hurst Thomas Justesen Mike Kalnins Bryn Kaufman Leah KodnerBenjamin Lee Maddy Mounty of Madness Jose Martinez Mike Mayleben Judy McCoid Kyle Mohney Monica Kostas Moros Ryan Mortenson Ben Mullen Allen Pace Skip Pacheco David Page Molly PanJeff Parrent Jean Peters Brian Pritzl AnaR737PJ Rader Gleb Radutsky Aleksandr Rakitin Phillip Rice Chris Rowe Jon Andre Saether Alison Salo Jake Scalia Emily Schmidt Julian Schmidt Andrew Seeber Cameron Smith Thomas Squeo Brian Steggeman Pier-Luc St-PierreAthal Krishna Sundarrajan Jared Cole Temple ChrisTX Robert VSJonny Wilkie Ricky Worthey F. YouThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5634566/advertisement

We are at a crucial time in America. And the waning of a biblical worldview among younger generations has had catastrophic consequences. The pro-Palestinian support on college campuses, in communities and in the halls of Congress is part of it. Back in 1858 at the close of the Illinois Republican State Convention, then senate candidate Abraham Lincoln quoted the words of Jesus when he warned that "A house divided against itself cannot stand," that America could not be made of half free and half slave states. It was a prophetic statement because in less than three years the American Civil War began. The clash nearly tore the republic apart. Not since before the Civil War has America been so deeply divided, so says Author and historian Os Guinness. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Guinness, the author and/or editor of more than thirty-five books, talks about one of his most recent writings on America's political, philosophical and religious divide... called, "The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and The Future of Freedom. Guinness says there are two competing revolutions going on in the United States. One based on the ideals of the American Revolution of 1776, and the freedoms that come from Judeo-Christian faith handed down at Sinai. The other is based on the misguided ideals of the French Revolution of 1789; postmodernism, radical multi-culturalism, the sexual revolution, the cancel culture, critical race theory all stem from 1789 not 1776. Guinness says, "The distinct voice of the American Revolution largely comes from the Bible and the Book of Exodus and Deuteronomy." He warned also that support of Hamas is support for the extinction of the Jewish people. Says Guinness, "Hitler in 1941, in November invited the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to Berlin, and together they swore to wipe out the Jews. And that radical link between Nazism and Islamism has been powerful ever since, and it was picked up by the Muslim Brotherhood. And of course, Hamas is the paramilitary wing of the Muslim Brotherhood." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On this edition of Parallax Views, Mike Rothschild, a journalist specializing in the topic of right-wing conspiracy culture, joins us to discuss his new book Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories. A follow-up of sorts to his previous book The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything, Jewish Space Lasers delves into the history of virulently antisemitic conspiracy theories concerning the wealthy Rothschild banking family and the popularity of those theories within the American right-wing and it's media ecosystem. How did the Rothschilds become public enemy No. 1 of the fringe right in America? How does the Rothschild conspiracy theory feed into conspiracy theories about George Soros and Black Rock's Larry Fink? And how has the Rothchild conspiracy theory crept from the dark corners of the fringe right into, in many ways, the mainstream of U.S. conservatism? Hopefully this conversation will help answer all of those questions and more! And no, Mike is not related to the famed financial family. In the course of our conversation we'll discuss the history of Rothschild conspiracy theories going back to the era of Napolean and Waterloo, the lucrative grift of antisemitic conspiracy theory peddling, the John Birch Society and Gary Allen's None Dare Call It Conspiracy, the modernist poet Ezra Pound and how his protege Eustace Mullins created an antisemitic narrative around the formation of the Federal Reserve (and how well-known figures like Glenn Beck have picked up on this particular conspiracy theory), the Mormon conspiracy theorist Cleon Skousen and his influence on the American right-wing, David Icke's reptilian conspiracy theories and the New Age/Wellness connection to antisemitic conspiracism, Marjorie Taylor Green's conspiracy theory about the Rothschilds and weather modification, Bill Cooper's UFO conspiracy tome Behold a Pale Horse and the strange hoax known as Quiet Weapons for Silent Wars: An Introductory Programming Manual which claimed to be a top secret document, the Rothschilds and Zionism, Cold War anti-communism and antisemitism, the 1930s movie House of Rothschild starring horror icon Boris Karloff and Hollywood's WWII-era reluctance to alienate Nazi Germany, Nazi propaganda films like The Eternal Jew and Die Rothschilds (aka The Rothschilds' Shares in Waterloo), how antisemitic conspiracy theories distract from truly addressing issues like wealth inequality, the role American evangelist and 700 Club host Pat Robertson had in promulgating Rothschild conspiracy theories, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and much, much more.

The first Pokémon videogames, ‘Red' and ‘Green' were launched in Japan on 27th February, 1996. The franchise went on to be the most successful ever video game to TV adaptation, and the highest selling trading card game in history of cards.  Created by Satoshi Tajiri, the gameplay recalled his childhood obsession for bug-hunting, and made use of Nintendo's new GameBoy connection cable to enable players to swap and collect monsters. But it wasn't until the card-trading game went viral in playgrounds that his company, Game Freak, was accused of encouraging gambling. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the series was re-named for the American market; reveal just how many epileptic seizures were caused by the anime adaptation in one ill-fated broadcast; and explain what the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia had in common with a group of Long Island moms… Further Reading: • ‘The Year in Ideas; Pokémon Hegemon' (The New York Times, 2002): https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/magazine/the-year-in-ideas-pokemon-hegemon.html?searchResultPosition=21 • ‘Pokémon: The Japanese game that went viral' (BBC Culture, 2020): https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200811-pokemon-the-japanese-game-that-went-viral • ‘Gameplay: Pokemon Red' (GameFreak, 1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C034iux-EJ8 Love the show? Join 

Synopsis To most music lovers, the name Jean-Baptise Lully calls to mind pompous and courtly music for Louis XIV, the French “Sun King” who was his great patron. The Italian-born Lully is credited with “creating” French opera in the 17th century — and some of these works, usually based on subjects from classical mythology and poetry, are occasionally revived and recorded today. But that was only one side of Lully's personality, the “stuffy and serious” side, because Lully was also something of a clown — literally. For over seven years, he worked with the great French comedian and playwright Moliere to create joint stage works. In addition to composing the music, Lully acted, sang and danced in these satirical and slap-stick affairs. The most famous of the Lully-Moliere collaborations debuted on today's date in 1670, when, to cheer up King Louis after an embarrassing incident involving a bogus ambassador from Turkey, Lully and Moliere concocted a ballet spoof they called Le Turc Ridicule, preceded by a musical play about a wealthy upstart from the middle class, titled Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Lully played the role of the Grand Mufti, and Moliere the middle-class upstart with upper-class aspirations. Think of Abbot and Costello or Laurel and Hardy in powdered wigs, and you get the idea. Music Played in Today's Program Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Comedy-Ballet Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, cond. Alia Vox 9807

Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, offers some thoughts on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In New York City, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum hosted an annual ceremony commemorating and honoring the nearly 3,000 lives lost twenty-one years ago. A reminder that the oil-rich Middle East is full of fantastically wealthy Muslims prepared to employ their resources for the sake of jihad. According to former Democratic senator Bob Graham, Saudi Arabia had direct ties to the massacres of September 11, 2001. But this is whitewashed in the Western world, where sharia-subservient states, including Saudi Arabia, are consistently portrayed as peace-loving allies in the fight against terrorism. Little wonder then that when the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia declared it necessary to destroy every church in the whole of the Arabian Peninsula, Western governments did not so much as blink. Worse yet, Western governments, along with academic institutions and media outlets have proven themselves to be cobelligerents with the Wahhabis of Saudi Arabia in exporting a false narrative on Islam. However, the rebuilding of the Saint Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero provides a glimmer of hope that Christians in the West may once again take the only true and transformational faith as seriously as the Saudi's do the Islamic counterfeit.For documentation and further study, see Hank Hanegraaff, MUSLIM: What You Need to Know about the World's Fastest-Growing Religion https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-muslim-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religion/. See also Hank Hanegraaff, Truth Matters, Life Matters More: The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Christian Life https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-truth-matters-life-matters-more/.

Description: Why the need to focus on a long-deceased Grand Mufti when numerous Imams today are saying that Jews are the sons of apes and pigs, and calling for the death of Jews? It is because Amin al-Husseini (the British Mandate-appointed Grand Mufti) is considered the father of modern terrorism against Jews and Israel. Born into a wealthy Ottoman-era family, al-Husseini was more Arab nationalist and focused his efforts on Arab unification with Syria, to create a pan-Arab nation (along with other areas of the Levant). But the tide quickly turned with the help of the British, and once absolute power was bestowed to the Grand Mufti, he was hell-bent on destroying the Jews not only in Palestine but also in Iraq (the Farhud), and later in Europe as a right-hand helper to Hitler. Ido Reif goes into great detail into the life and criminality of the Grand Mufti, and the ramifications of his actions that are still carried out in modern times.www.tbtnisrael.com

Jerusalem, Holy Land for Muslims, Christians and Jews, has seen conflict almost since its inception around the Bronze Age; it's been attacked, captured, recaptured, besieged, destroyed and rebuilt time and again. Yet, the walls of this iconic place, beloved by all Abrahamic faiths, remain standing, enclosing invaluable heritage sites for millions of people worldwide. But the golden Dome of the Rock is often seen in pictures surrounded by one of the world's most enduring struggles, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Why is the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound a constant hotspot for tensions? Ikrima Sabri, former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, talks to Al Jazeera.

In news from our region: Saudi Arabia cracks down on those not paying their fines. Ministry of Health and Population in Egypt inaugurates new clinics offering psychological help to victims of abuse, and the Grand Mufti in Egypt settles a debate about interacting with dogs in Ramadan. Mark interviews Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on the media biases we see in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how they exacerbate the violence.

Chaque semaine, sur Radio Shalom, Catherine Garson nous raconte un épisode différent de l'Histoire des Juifs de France.  Nous allons parler, aujourd'hui, de la détention du Grand Mufti de Jérusalem, Amin Al-Husseini, par les autorités françaises sur le sol français. Mais d'abord, un petit rappel biographique.

Correspondence between writers can sometimes reveal insights into their characters and ideas, beyond their published work. In this film, two cross-cultural stories explore unusual connections through the exchange of letters. The first is a little known link between the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy and the Grand Mufti of Egypt. Muhammad Abduh was the country's spiritual leader and one of the most influential Muslim theologians of the early 20th century. The second story is about the connection between the French surrealist writer André Breton and the Egyptian author, poet and critic Georges Henein. It is a tale of shared artistic vision across continents, but one which eventually led to a falling out between the two men.

There is no one else that deserves our unconditional obedience but Allah SWT and on the day of judgement, when we meet our Creator, our wealth, children, and things of this world will not be with us. Therefore, we should not forget the real purpose of being in this life and in this world is to worship Allah and focus on our hearts for the sake of reaching our best selves. On the day of judgement, we want to come before Allah SWT with a heart that is pure and peaceful. Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him expressed that if you are able to in the morning and evening make the state of your heart where there is no ill will towards anyone then do so and this is considered his way or sunnah. Those who practice this sunnah truly love the prophet ﷺ and purifying our hearts brings us closer to the prophet. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ also explained that whoever defends the reputation of his brother, Allah SWT will defend his face from the fire on the day of judgement. Principal Wadud Hassan presents the idea of psychological safety and how, for instance, Google found that this made their teams work effectively. Psychological safety ensures safety for risk-taking in the face of being seen as incompetent, negative, and disruptive. In the face of adversity, the team can safely take risks and work together on a problem without incurring backlash. Psychological safety is the environment that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ created for his sahaba. His companions were able to come to him and ask permission or guidance on anything and it was a safe space for them with no judgement or repercussions. He would ask Allah SWT to purify their hearts and provide them with guidance. This shows how the prophet ﷺ believed in everyone's potential. Principal Wadud shares a story about Sheikh Ali, also known as Hakeem al Ummah or the Grand Mufti of Hind and his encounter with another sheikh during a gathering of sheikhs. That sheikh told Sheikh Ali that he feels he is the worst among these scholars and that everyone around him was better than him. Sheikh Ali points to a Hindu man passing by and says what if Allah gives that man guidance tomorrow and he dies with faith in his heart, questioning if he would have such purity of faith as well. This is the level of clarity and cleanliness that was in the heart of these scholars which provides us guidance. May Allah grant us Tawfik to build this quality of keeping our hearts pure to have the best for our brothers and sisters and ourselves. Support the show (http://www.goodtreeacademy.org/donate?id=pd)

We're running in the Bible Marathon on November 5th. Sponsor our running team by making a donation at https://theisraelguys.com/donate/. Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Judea and Samaria this week. Not being content by just crossing Jerusalem's border to visit the Psagot Winery, he ventured deep into Israel's heartland and visited ancient Shiloh. He also made several bold declarations during his time in Samaria. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Waqf and a multi-billionaire Palestinian businessman have all gotten together to build a luxury complex in East Jerusalem. Their stated intention is to provide housing for Palestinians. The real reason they want to build a 300 million dollar complex in Jerusalem, is much deeper. Find out more on today's episode of the Israel Guys. Purchase a limited edition TIG t-shirt: https://shop.theisraelguys.com/store/... Shop our Affiliate Links: Purchase wine from Israel: https://shop.theisraelguys.com/store/... Shop products from Israel: https://www.artzabox.com/?rfsn=609513... Subscribe to the network free at https://theisraelguys.com/ Subscribe to our Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/TheIsraelGuys Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theisraelguys.

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"Palestine is my country and the country of my ancestors—I will sacrifice myself for the sake of its sons." —Hajj Amin al-Husseini   CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some instances of graphic mob violence and is not suitable for children.   In the second episode of History Impossible's first series, we'll be diving head first into the early life of our story's central character, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the future Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in Palestine. We'll see how he developed his identity as a Palestinian nationalist from a very early age and the activities this passion led him to pursue. We'll look at what he did at the outbreak of the First World War and how his allegiances began to form. We'll look at his rapid ascent to power in the British Mandate following the war, and how he began to clash with these colonial masters. We'll even see the groundwork being laid by a man who would come to be known—fairly or otherwise—as a man behind whom riots and destruction tended to follow. This is the early life story of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Petyr Baelish of Palestine. History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon and PayPal: Benjamin Bernier Elias Borota Miklos Buksa Ron Cohen Matthew Dakus Kyle Dillon Gavin Edwards Peter Hauck Devin Hreha Russell Johnson Mike Kalnins Benjamin Lee Viktor Littmarck Tyler Livingston  Jose Martinez Mike Mayleben Judy McCoid Monica Kostas Moros Molly Pan Jake Petersen John Pisano Edmund Plamowski Brian Pritzl PJ Rader Gleb Radutsky Sailus Alison Salo Sam Emily Schmidt Cameron Smith George Smith Jared Cole Temple Steve Uhler Ricky Worthey F. You (If you don't want the housekeeping/updates at the beginning, skip ahead to 8 minutes and enjoy!)

 18 October 2020 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 22:15-21 + Homily 16 Minutes 08 Seconds Link to the Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101820.cfm (New American Bible, Revised Edition) From the parish bulletin of Sunday 18 October 2020:   Some of those dining before the gilded statue in Rockefeller Center in fair weather and skating there in the winter may not know that the glistening figure is Prometheus, one of the Titans who preceded the gods of Mount Olympus. He stole fire from Zeus, who then condemned Prometheus to everlasting torment by an eagle eating his liver, which was renewed each day. The liver was thought to be the seat of human emotion, and the agony expressed the consequences of overreaching in attempts at seizing power. Prometheus gave mankind gifts of the intellect, and so over the Rockefeller statue are words of Aeschylus, which perhaps do not command the attention of many diners and skaters: “Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends.”     While Greek mythology was sheer fantasy, it is psychologically insightful, as it symbolizes the complexities of reason and willpower. In this it is superior to the Norse mythology that gave Wagner his operatic bluster. Better Venus than Brunhilda. But what then of the true God who is revealed in Christ? He is not, like Zeus, infuriated at the theft of his power. It is true that he is “a consuming fire, a jealous God” (Deuteronomy 4:24), but that jealousy is the desire of divine love to be loved in return, for that love endows human creatures with the gift of knowledge, freely sending fire to human souls at Pentecost.     Humanity has a hard time understanding why the Divine Love is logical and manifests that love by subjecting itself to that logic. By not being able to do irrational things, God shows his power by subjecting himself to that inability. For instance, God cannot make himself cease to exist (2 Timothy 2:13), and he cannot sin (Hebrews 4:15), nor can he lie (Titus 1:2).     In his Regensburg lecture in 2006, Pope Benedict calmly explained the difference between the Divine Logic incarnate in Christ and the Islamic concept of a god who is pure will, even if that will is irrational. Some who misunderstood his academic analysis rioted and murdered, and by so doing, proved his point.     If the Creator is illogical, then creation is chaotic. The only morality, then, is the assertion of strength. Leni Riefenstahl’s cinematographic propaganda for Nazism was called “Triumph of the Will” and not “Triumph of the Reason.” While Hitler disdained religion, in 1941 he treated cordially the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, because they at least agreed on the primacy of willpower over moral reason.     The model who posed for the statue of Prometheus in New York, Leonardo Nole, became a postman in New Rochelle and died in a nursing home in Sacramento, California. The RMS Titanic was so named to invoke the power of the Greek Titans. And we know what happened to the Titanic.     

This week sees the start of Steve Waters’ Miriam & Youssef, a podcast and radio drama series for BBC World Service, charting the turbulent decades leading up to the founding of Israel. The playwright spoke to JR's Arts Editor Judi Herman about the ambitious project, which is told from the viewpoints of two former neighbours: Miriam, a Jewish refugee who emigrates to Palestine, and Youssef, a Palestinian Arab. Set between 1917 and the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948, their lives are intertwined with real historical characters and events. The series co-stars Shani Erez as Miriam and Amir el Masry as Youssef. Listeners may remember hearing Israeli actor Erez speaking to Judi last year, when she played Shylock as a proud widow and mother in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s hugely successful reimagining of The Merchant of Venice for schoolchildren.At the heart of Waters' ambitious project is the city of Jerusalem, seen during the three decades of the British Mandate. The drama also features real-life figures, including David Ben-Gurion, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and American intellectual Rabbi Judah Magnes, whose lives intersect with the core fictional characters.Episode one of Miriam & Youssef is available now on BBC World Service.

Australia’s grand mufti says it is crucial for members of society to look out for the most fragile members of the community amid the threat of the coronavirus. - مجلس الإفتاء الأسترالي يوصى بتجنب التجمعات الكبيرة للناس مثل صلاة الجماعة في المساجد وصلاة الجمعة.

Les Matinales présentées par Sandrine Sebbane. Invités  Yves Azeroual, auteur réalisateur pour son roman « Mufti » paru aux éditions le passeur et son documentaire « L’islamo gauchisme, la trahison du rêve européen » et Marc Knobel, historien et chercheur. Yves azeroual évoquera également la soirée débat organisée par le département de la vie associative du FSJU le mardi 30 mars avec la diffusion de son film suivi d’un débat avec Philippe Val, Christophe Bourseiller et animé par Valérie Toranian Directrice de la Revue des deux mondes. À propos du livre : "Mufti" paru aux éditions le passeur La traque palpitante du grand Mufti de Jérusalem – sympathisant des nazis – dans les méandres de l'histoire et de la mémoire. " Le 27 juin 2017, lors d'une vente aux enchères, à Jérusalem, six photographies inédites montrant le Grand Mufti al-Husseini vers 1943, visitant les camps de ses alliés nazis, ont été adjugées 12 300 dollars. Les six photographies le montrent, accompagné d'un certain nombre de hauts fonctionnaires nazis en uniformes, et de fonctionnaires du gouvernement, habillés en civil. " Ce bref article attire l'attention du journaliste français Yirhiel Azriel. Il décide aussitôt de se lancer sur les traces de ces photographies car un détail le frappe : pourquoi les plus élémentaires références historiques concernant ce sulfureux personnage sont-elles quasi absentes ? De l'Empire ottoman à la Palestine mandataire, du génocide arménien aux pogroms de Hébron, de l'Irak insurrectionnel au cœur du Berlin nazifié, de la Suisse désespérément neutre à la France d'après-guerre soucieuse de ménager les populations musulmanes de son empire colonial, une longue traque à travers l'histoire et la mémoire met au jour des épisodes inédits, sinistres et parfois rocambolesques de l'existence de ce personnage énigmatique et rusé, adulé par les uns et haï par d'autres. Un roman thriller riche en rebondissements. Yves Azéroual, journaliste, documentariste, a publié plusieurs ouvrages sur la politique française et sur Israël. Rédacteur en chef et producteur-éditorial d'émissions et de magazines à la télévision, il est le co-fondateur de la chaine d'informations i>télévision et le créateur de l'émission " Secrets d'Histoire ". Il signe là son premier roman.

While the Jews were trying to get close to Mussolini, the Arabs modelled themselves after Hitler. The Husseinis, led by Amin al-Husseini, aka Hajj Amin, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in 1935 set up the Palestinian Arab Party which had its own youth corp, al-Futuwwa, similar to the Hitler Youth and was even officially called the “Nazi Scouts”.

Ahmed Helou is an educator who is currently working on an initiative to educate and inform others about aspects of modern history concerning the Muslim community. The project aims to discuss and inform others on the biographies of those who worked to establish the Australian Muslim community whilst in it's infancy. Among the individuals that are studied in this project are those such as Sheikh Fehmi Naji El-Imam (d. 2016) who was previously the Imam of Preston mosque, a founding member of the Board of Imams Victoria and previously held the position of Grand Mufti of Australia. The project aims to discuss just how different the world was compared was when Muslims first began to migrate and how several struggles and efforts were involved in establishing institutions from the ground-up. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamcast/message

The Office of the Grand Mufti has entered the internet age!

On Monday's Mark Levin show, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib keep getting special privileges despite their disdain for America. Their press conference today was a stunt; a stunt to advance the anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. Congressmen like Jerry Nadler actually have Jews in their districts yet they defend these two anti-Semites who sound like neo-Nazis. Unlike the U.S, Israel is surrounded by enemies and is constantly fighting for their survival. Why should Israel admit these two supporters of the BDS movement into their nation when the BDS movement seeks to destroy Israel. These two well-informed Congresswomen know that Israel had passed a law banning supporters of the BDS movement from entering Israel. Then, the Palestinian Authority operates like mobsters keeping their own people poor while they themselves become very wealthy. In 1941, Germany's promise to wipe out the Jews living in Palestine so the predecessors to the P.L.O. sided with the S.S. So much of Tlaib's commentary sounds like the Grand Mufti, a cleric whose rhetoric is comparable to supporters of the Third Reich. Later, Mr. Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy calls in to offer analysis on American-Islamic relations and his experiences visiting Israel. After, The New York Times admitted to shifting its focus from reporting on alleged Trump collusion to alleged Trump racism. Using social activism as journalism to advance their new 1619 project to promote the idea that America started in 1619 and was built on slavery and racism that still abounds today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Monday's Mark Levin show, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib keep getting special privileges despite their disdain for America. Their press conference today was a stunt; a stunt to advance the anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. Congressmen like Jerry Nadler actually have Jews in their districts yet they defend these two anti-Semites who sound like neo-Nazis. Unlike the U.S, Israel is surrounded by enemies and is constantly fighting for their survival. Why should Israel admit these two supporters of the BDS movement into their nation when the BDS movement seeks to destroy Israel. These two well-informed Congresswomen know that Israel had passed a law banning supporters of the BDS movement from entering Israel. Then, the Palestinian Authority operates like mobsters keeping their own people poor while they themselves become very wealthy. In 1941, Germany's promise to wipe out the Jews living in Palestine so the predecessors to the P.L.O. sided with the S.S. So much of Tlaib's commentary sounds like the Grand Mufti, a cleric whose rhetoric is comparable to supporters of the Third Reich. Later, Mr. Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy calls in to offer analysis on American-Islamic relations and his experiences visiting Israel. After, The New York Times admitted to shifting its focus from reporting on alleged Trump collusion to alleged Trump racism. Using social activism as journalism to advance their new 1619 project to promote the idea that America started in 1619 and was built on slavery and racism that still abounds today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sheikh Taj el Deen Al-Hilaly, former Grand Mufti of Australia and whose recent re-appointment to the position is still disputed, said to the Australian that Islamic schools should maintain the right to dismiss the employment of gay teachers whose actions ‘contradict’ with nature. - يسمح القانون للمدارس الدينية برفض توظيف المعلمين المثليين والعمال يضغطون لتغييره.

Several hundred people are scheduled to be sentenced to death by the Gand Mufti in Egypt for a bloody protest, kids are dumping boiling hot water on each other for the “Hot Water Challenge”, a polar bear is killed to defend a cruise ship of rich Europeans, and we have a little PC (Politically Correct) Party to help Austin, TX find their new name.

Israel gives African migrants three months to leave the country voluntarily or face forcible repatriation or indefinite jail terms. The daily life of a female Zambian UN peacekeeper in the Central African Republic. The Grand Mufti of Egypt proscribes the crypto currency, bitcoin. And exciting new music coming out of Africa in 2018 with DJ Rita Ray.

Women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to drive as of June 2018. What was regarded with disdain, irony and, almost derision by the world's press, was hailed as a much-awaited reckoning in Saudi, as it should be. The issue is less the need for women to start practicing their ‘fast & fury' routine on the roads and highways of Saudi, but one of individual freedom. The freedom of movement and of choice which, has started more than 50 years ago by a succession of reformist Saudi monarchs. What kept women away from the steering wheel since the inception of Saudi Arabia was not Islam but rather a conservative, Bedouin, Arab culture that had little interactions with the outside world for centuries. Add to that, a group of firebrand scholars who interpreted the verses of the Koran with a narrow, ultra-conservative Wahhabi prism. This reclusive culture was suddenly face to face with the world preying inside its daily life due to the discovery of oil in 1938. However, why Saudi alone from all other Arab and Muslim countries applied such a ban and other similar restrictions on individuals? The answer could be found in part in the political and legal isolation that Saudi has experienced for hundreds of years. Roman legions invaded parts of the Middle East from Tunisia to Alexandria, but never set foot in the Arabian desert. The Moguls and Tatars did not attempt to conquer these sandy dunes, nor did the Crusaders maraud in such vicinity. Even the Ottoman Empire was selfishly interested in Mecca only, in order to legitimize its dubious claims to the Caliphate that was anyway exercised from distant Istanbul. After World War II, Britain and France exited from most of their colonial dominions. Again, Saudi, was never part of any colonial territory, or subject to a foreign mandate by the Society of Nations (the U.N.'s predecessor). Hence, as far as the law of the land was concerned, common law and the civil code never took roots in Saudi in parallel with Sharia law, as opposed to Yemen, Egypt, Iraq, the Levant and Maghreb. But again, Islam does not condone a ban on driving, or a veil for women for that matter, as argued ad nauseam by waves of reformist jurists such as Mohammad Abduh, Grand Mufti of Egypt in 1899. So, Saudi being  politically distant from the rest of its regional environment, remained true to strict interpretation of Sharia law in a society beholden to old tribal customs, which kept women segregated. The discovery of oil brought American oil companies, and soon the world's flood of goods and services -from Coca Cola to Cadillacs- followed. In the early days of the kingdom, Saudi clerics who refused to use the telephone –claiming it was a Satanic instrument- were forced to do so by a reformist and charismatic leader. To make them accept this new tool of communication, King Abdul Aziz asked the caller on the other end of the phone to recite verses from the Koran. Only then, did the clerics admit its usage. Today Saudi has one of the highest per capita viewers of YouTube and mobile phone owners. Women's education was also brought down by royal decree in the days of another reformist monarch: King Faisal who ushered the right for girls to receive education. Under Faisal's rule, schools for girls were first opened in the kingdom in 1960. The policy was very unpopular with the clerical establishment, who believed that women should remain at home and without the benefits of any kind of formal education. Without this move education for Saudi women would not be what it is today, and the setback would have cost Saudi dearly. In 2015, women in Saudi Arabia have cast their first votes in the country's municipal elections. A total of 978 women have registered as candidates, alongside 5,938 men. This historic decision to allow women to vote was also taken via decree by a reformist King, late King Abdullah and is a key part of his legacy to the kingdom. King Salman, counseled no doubt by the reform-oriented crown prince,

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. Hosea 9:10 After Theodor Herzl, known as the father of modern Jewish Zionism, passed away in 1904, Chaim Weizmann picked up the baton. Chaim was a Zionist leader and Israeli statesman who served as President of the Zionist Organization. He believed that the ancient homeland of Israel was the only practical solution for the Jewish people. One of the major results of Weizmann’s diplomacy was the Balfour Declaration. There was an integral relationship between WW 1 and Jewish Zionism. The first World War proved decisive in the history of Zionism. On November 2, 1917 the British government issued the Balfour declaration, pledging to facilitate the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people within Palestine. The mandate recognized the historical connection of the Jewish people to their ancient homeland. Only 9 days after the Balfour declaration was signed, the armistice agreement thus ending WW 1. In this session, we will also look at the contributions of David Ben Gurion in the founding of Israel, the White Paper of appeasement to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and the onset of WW 2 and the Jewish Holocaust. For more Eddie Chumney teachings and beautiful worship music, visit us at our internet streaming radio station; http://hebrootsradio.com Visit our home page at http://hebroots.com Are you being blessed by these teachings? Please consider making a donation at http://hebroots.com and click the donate button. Thank you for listening!

1. Netanyahu Condemns Virginia Baseball Shooting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sharing his well wishes for a fast recovery with the victims of yesterday's Virginia shooting attack where Congressman Steve Scalise and four others were shot. #Virginia #SteveScalise ____________________ 2. U.S. Sec. Of State Stands By Claim On P.A. Terror Subsidies US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stands by his claims that the Palestinian Authority is ending its practice of paying compensation to convicted terrorists even despite denials from among high ranking members of the Palestinian Authority. #Tillerson #PA ____________________ 3. NGO'S Demand Israel Turn Gaza's Lights Back On In a statement sent to Israel's Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, the human rights groups are warning of a ‘total collapse' in Gaza, should Israel continue with the plan to reduce power in the strip by roughly 40%. #Mandelblit #NGO #Gaza ____________________ 4. What To Expect From Gaza's Power Crisis Dr. Martin Sherman, Director of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies speaking at ILTV studio to discuss the subject of Gaza's energy crisis. #MartinSherman ____________________ 5. Knesset Testimony: Hospitals Sold Children's Organs To U.S. Some disturbing documents were revealed to the Knesset pointing to a covert organ trade between U.S. medical researchers and Israeli hospitals in the 1950's. Most of the organs came from Yemenite children. #Knesset #Organs ____________________ 6. Publishing House Of Former Prime Minister Raided Today The Yediot Achronot publishing house of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is now in prison for corruption, was raided for copies of Olmert's autobiography that may contain classified material. #YediotAchronot #Raid #Olmert ____________________ 7. Plans To Build 14,000 Palestinian Housing Units In Area C Prime Minister Netanyahu is planning to build 14,000 new housing units in the West Bank for the Palestinians living in the Arab-Israeli city of Qalqilya, in area C. #Netanyahu #Housing ____________________ 8. Modern Language Association Passes Anti-Boycott Resolution The Modern Language Association; or MLA has officially ratified a policy saying they will not boycott Israel. #MLA #Boycott ____________________ 9. Revolutionizing Bone-Graft Technology Forever Ohad Schwartz, CO and Co-Founder of CoreBone speaking at ILTV studio about the Israeli start up CoreBone that found a new way to generate bone grafting material using coral. #OhadSchwartz ____________________ 10. P.M. In Greece For Trilateral Summit With Greece And Cyprus Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is in Greece to participate in a trilateral summit between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus. #Netanyahu #Greece ____________________ 11. Israeli Author David Grossman Wins Man-Booker Prize An Israeli author, David Grossman, has just been announced as the winner of the prestigious man booker international prize, making him the first Israeli ever to win the award. #DavidGrossman ____________________ 12. New Pictures Of Grand Mufti And Nazis Up For Auction The Kedem Auction house has published six previously unseen photos of the religious and political leader, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in Nazi Germany. The grand mufti of Jerusalem was known to associate with Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler. #Auction #Mufti #Nazi ____________________ 13. Israeli Researchers Find New Inscriptions In Ancient Pottery Researchers at Tel Aviv University have made a startling new discovery about a pottery shard dating back to the time of Jeremiah. The historical value of the discovery is not just in the documentation of Judean diets and supply lines, it's also linguistic. #Pottery #Inscription ____________________ 14. Hebrew word Of The Day, CHERES | חרס = CERAMIC Learn a new Hebrew word every day. Today's word is "cheres" which means "ceramic" #Learnhebrew #Hebrewwordofday #Iltvhebrewwordofday _____________________ 15. The Weather Forecast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week’s show, episode 121, The Grand Mufti’s labia are glued to an online preachers dick until they both leave Ark Encounter and vote PORP.

Trump's administration stands up to Mugabe. Le Pen stands up to the Grand Mufti. A man gives his testimony on surviving a hurricane. But we start with news of the sad loss of our friend Pete Legate who died just before we went on air and thoughts on the Christian view of mortality. Each week Peter Timothy Cooper and James Byers talk about issues of the day in their own inimitable style. And what the Bible has to say: that is Good News. Accessible, amusing and thought provoking Christian talk radio. Contact the show Twitter: @tgnsuk

Trump's administration stands up to Mugabe. Le Pen stands up to the Grand Mufti. A man gives his testimony on surviving a hurricane. But we start with news of the sad loss of our friend Pete Legate who died just before we went on air and thoughts on the Christian view of mortality. Each week Peter Timothy Cooper and James Byers talk about issues of the day in their own inimitable style. And what the Bible has to say: that is Good News. Accessible, amusing and thought provoking Christian talk radio. Contact the show Twitter: @tgnsuk

Trump's administration stands up to Mugabe. Le Pen stands up to the Grand Mufti. A man gives his testimony on surviving a hurricane. But we start with news of the sad loss of our friend Pete Legate who died just before we went on air and thoughts on the Christian view of mortality. Each week Peter Timothy Cooper and James Byers talk about issues of the day in their own inimitable style. And what the Bible has to say: that is Good News. Accessible, amusing and thought provoking Christian talk radio. Contact the show Twitter: @tgnsuk

Trump's administration stands up to Mugabe. Le Pen stands up to the Grand Mufti. A man gives his testimony on surviving a hurricane. But we start with news of the sad loss of our friend Pete Legate who died just before we went on air and thoughts on the Christian view of mortality. Each week Peter Timothy Cooper and James Byers talk about issues of the day in their own inimitable style. And what the Bible has to say: that is Good News. Accessible, amusing and thought provoking Christian talk radio. Contact the show Twitter: @tgnsuk

“Brother, you don’t eat pork do you?” -Man with wine About:  New York. St. Cloud. Orlando. San Bernardino. Chattanooga. Garland. Boston. Fort Hood. Brussels. Paris. Nice. Kabul. Baghdad. Quetta. Lahore. Istanbul. It’s difficult to remember what life was like before any of these recent attacks, when there was no YouTube or Twitter and when the Twin Towers were still part of New York City’s skyline. There wasn’t too much cause for concern about being named Muhammad, wearing a hijab or simply practicing the faith. But times change. Now, two months away from Election Day, a presidential candidate who supports the racial profiling of Muslims and banning their entry into the country is in real contention to be the next Commander-In-Chief. But before any of that, the vitriol and hate, the radicalization and endless news cycles, the color-coded threat levels and social media jihad, there was a simpler version of Islam in America. In this episode, we dive into what life was like for Muslims around a northern Virginia mosque just eight stoplights away from the Pentagon. Show Notes: [04:30] The O’Reilly Factor: 5 Islamist Groups in America [04:45] The Five: One More Thing [04:50] Fox and Friends: Dar al-Hijrah Mosque [05:05] YouTube user spcengineer2003 [05:15] “Sidi Mansour” by — and the lyrics. [06:50] One Nation Under Gods by Peter Manseau [07:30] “Alchemical” by Blue Dot Sessions [09:30] “Fama Allah” by Idrissa Soumaoro [11:15] The Message (1978) [13:45] “Levee Camp Holler” [14:50] “Domina Transit” by Blue Dot Sessions [15:30] Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem [16:20] Malcolm X’s ‘Hate’ Speech [18:00] “Disinter” by Blue Dot Sessions [21:40] “Jeramiah’s Suit” by Blue Dot Sessions [24:05] ABC News: America Held Hostage [24:10] NBC News: Iranian Students Storm U.S. Embassy [24:20] UPI: Iran Hostage Crisis [24:30] President Jimmy Carter’s response to Iran Hostage Crisis [24:50] The Iron Sheik WWF promo [25:30] “Lesser Gods of Metal” by Blue Dot Sessions [29:00] “Sparse” by Blue Dot Sessions [32:00] “Feather on the Crest” by Blue Dot Sessions [32:05] 9/11 news compilation by YouTube user Scar7752 [34:10] President George W. Bush’s comments to a Muslim community shortly after 9/11 [35:50] “That Horse Ithica” by Blue Dot Sessions [36:50] Trailer for The Seige (1998) [37:30] “Just the Feeling in the Room” by Blue Dot Sessions More at thisissomenoise.com

Title: "The Islamization of Antisemitism," as part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) / International Association for the Study of Global Antisemitism (IASA) "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" Conference (August 23-25, 2010). Speakers, Affiliations and Titles: Speaker: Dr. Paul Lawrence Rose Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University Title: "Muhammad and the Jews of Medina and Khaybar in Modern Islamic Antisemitic Mentalities" Speaker: Dr. Neil Kressel Affiliation: William Paterson University Title: "The Demonization of Jews as 'Pigs and Apes': Theological Roots, History, Extent and Contemporary Implications" Speaker: Dr. David Sokol Affiliation: Author Title: "The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem: Father of Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 23, 2010

In May 2001 Pope John Paul the Second made a historic visit to Syria, and became the first pontiff to officially enter a mosque. The Grand Mufti of Syria, Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro, accompanied the Pope to the ancient Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, where they both called for peace and unity of all faiths in the region. Photo: Pope John Paul II with Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro in Damascus 2001. Credit: Getty Images)

This week we have Hamishi Farah in studio talking about navigating art and identity, investigate the media reaction to the Grand Mufti's comments, discuss how the issues with how the Paris Attack's been reported and featured discussion is on the dehumanising of refugees and asylum seekers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

His Eminence, the Grand Mufti of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed speaks EXCLUSIVELY to JUSTIN SMITH

It may be early in the game to play the holocaust card, but in a desperate effort to hold onto the radical Right, Benjamin Netanyahu took a page out of history, erased all evidence of accuracy and rewrote a version palatable only to the most rabid of rabbis. So consumed with the need to remain in power, Netanyahu is willing to give Adolph Hitler a pass on being the architect of the Holocaust.In order to cast the Palestinians in the worst light possible to date, Netanyahu told the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem that it was the Palestinians who gave Hitler the idea of exterminating the Jews. Without a shred of proof to back up the outrageous claim, the distressed leader went on to relate a farfetched tale of a meeting between Haj Amin al-Husseini, (the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem) at the time and Adolph Hitler himself where the Nazi maniac sought Husseini’s advice on what to do with his Jewish problem.According to Netanyahu, Hitler only wanted to expel the Jews from Germany, but Husseini convinced Hitler to burn them, because they’d only come to Palestine. According to Benjamin Netanyahu, if only those two men had never met, Adolph Hitler would have come up with a more humane solution than his Final Solution. According to Netanyahu’s version of events, were it not for Palestinian influence, six million Jews could have been spared. Facts be damned, that’s what Netanyahu said.

It may be early in the game to play the holocaust card, but in a desperate effort to hold onto the radical Right, Benjamin Netanyahu took a page out of history, erased all evidence of accuracy and rewrote a version palatable only to the most rabid of rabbis. So consumed with the need to remain in power, Netanyahu is willing to give Adolph Hitler a pass on being the architect of the Holocaust.In order to cast the Palestinians in the worst light possible to date, Netanyahu told the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem that it was the Palestinians who gave Hitler the idea of exterminating the Jews. Without a shred of proof to back up the outrageous claim, the distressed leader went on to relate a farfetched tale of a meeting between Haj Amin al-Husseini, (the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem) at the time and Adolph Hitler himself where the Nazi maniac sought Husseini’s advice on what to do with his Jewish problem.According to Netanyahu, Hitler only wanted to expel the Jews from Germany, but Husseini convinced Hitler to burn them, because they’d only come to Palestine. According to Benjamin Netanyahu, if only those two men had never met, Adolph Hitler would have come up with a more humane solution than his Final Solution. According to Netanyahu’s version of events, were it not for Palestinian influence, six million Jews could have been spared. Facts be damned, that’s what Netanyahu said.

This book tells a remarkable and–to me at least–little known but very important story. In Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East(Yale UP, 2014), Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz trace the many connections between Germany–Imperial and Nazi–and the Arab world. Their particular focus is on a fellow named Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem between from 1921 to 1948. Both Al-Husseini and, a bit later, Hitler inherited a project hatched by the German officials in World War I, namely, to start an Islamist Jihad against the Western Powers in the Middle East. The two found common cause in this project: al Husseini wanted the French and British out and Hitler wanted to Germany to dominate the region. But they were also united by another cause: eliminationist Jew-hatred. Al-Husseini and Hitler worked together throughout the war to murder and plan the murder of as many Jews as they could get their hands on. After the war al-Husseini denied any connection with Hitler, yet he continued their common anti-Western, anti-Jewish project. Al-Husseini enlisted many former Nazis for just this purpose. In the late 1940s al-Husseini remained influential, not only among Palestinian Arabs, but widely in the Middle East. That influence, so Rubin and Schwanitz show, can be seen in the actions of many post-war Arab nationalist and Islamist leader–right down to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This book tells a remarkable and–to me at least–little known but very important story. In Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East(Yale UP, 2014), Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz trace the many connections between Germany–Imperial and Nazi–and the Arab world. Their particular focus is on a fellow named Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem between from 1921 to 1948. Both Al-Husseini and, a bit later, Hitler inherited a project hatched by the German officials in World War I, namely, to start an Islamist Jihad against the Western Powers in the Middle East. The two found common cause in this project: al Husseini wanted the French and British out and Hitler wanted to Germany to dominate the region. But they were also united by another cause: eliminationist Jew-hatred. Al-Husseini and Hitler worked together throughout the war to murder and plan the murder of as many Jews as they could get their hands on. After the war al-Husseini denied any connection with Hitler, yet he continued their common anti-Western, anti-Jewish project. Al-Husseini enlisted many former Nazis for just this purpose. In the late 1940s al-Husseini remained influential, not only among Palestinian Arabs, but widely in the Middle East. That influence, so Rubin and Schwanitz show, can be seen in the actions of many post-war Arab nationalist and Islamist leader–right down to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This book tells a remarkable and–to me at least–little known but very important story. In Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East(Yale UP, 2014), Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz trace the many connections between Germany–Imperial and Nazi–and the Arab world. Their particular focus is on a fellow named Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem between from 1921 to 1948. Both Al-Husseini and, a bit later, Hitler inherited a project hatched by the German officials in World War I, namely, to start an Islamist Jihad against the Western Powers in the Middle East. The two found common cause in this project: al Husseini wanted the French and British out and Hitler wanted to Germany to dominate the region. But they were also united by another cause: eliminationist Jew-hatred. Al-Husseini and Hitler worked together throughout the war to murder and plan the murder of as many Jews as they could get their hands on. After the war al-Husseini denied any connection with Hitler, yet he continued their common anti-Western, anti-Jewish project. Al-Husseini enlisted many former Nazis for just this purpose. In the late 1940s al-Husseini remained influential, not only among Palestinian Arabs, but widely in the Middle East. That influence, so Rubin and Schwanitz show, can be seen in the actions of many post-war Arab nationalist and Islamist leader–right down to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This book tells a remarkable and–to me at least–little known but very important story. In Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East(Yale UP, 2014), Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz trace the many connections between Germany–Imperial and Nazi–and the Arab world. Their particular focus is on a fellow named Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem between from 1921 to 1948. Both Al-Husseini and, a bit later, Hitler inherited a project hatched by the German officials in World War I, namely, to start an Islamist Jihad against the Western Powers in the Middle East. The two found common cause in this project: al Husseini wanted the French and British out and Hitler wanted to Germany to dominate the region. But they were also united by another cause: eliminationist Jew-hatred. Al-Husseini and Hitler worked together throughout the war to murder and plan the murder of as many Jews as they could get their hands on. After the war al-Husseini denied any connection with Hitler, yet he continued their common anti-Western, anti-Jewish project. Al-Husseini enlisted many former Nazis for just this purpose. In the late 1940s al-Husseini remained influential, not only among Palestinian Arabs, but widely in the Middle East. That influence, so Rubin and Schwanitz show, can be seen in the actions of many post-war Arab nationalist and Islamist leader–right down to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This book tells a remarkable and–to me at least–little known but very important story. In Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East(Yale UP, 2014), Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz trace the many connections between Germany–Imperial and Nazi–and the Arab world. Their particular focus is on a fellow named Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem between from 1921 to 1948. Both Al-Husseini and, a bit later, Hitler inherited a project hatched by the German officials in World War I, namely, to start an Islamist Jihad against the Western Powers in the Middle East. The two found common cause in this project: al Husseini wanted the French and British out and Hitler wanted to Germany to dominate the region. But they were also united by another cause: eliminationist Jew-hatred. Al-Husseini and Hitler worked together throughout the war to murder and plan the murder of as many Jews as they could get their hands on. After the war al-Husseini denied any connection with Hitler, yet he continued their common anti-Western, anti-Jewish project. Al-Husseini enlisted many former Nazis for just this purpose. In the late 1940s al-Husseini remained influential, not only among Palestinian Arabs, but widely in the Middle East. That influence, so Rubin and Schwanitz show, can be seen in the actions of many post-war Arab nationalist and Islamist leader–right down to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This book tells a remarkable and–to me at least–little known but very important story. In Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East(Yale UP, 2014), Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz trace the many connections between Germany–Imperial and Nazi–and the Arab world. Their particular focus is on a fellow named Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem between from 1921 to 1948. Both Al-Husseini and, a bit later, Hitler inherited a project hatched by the German officials in World War I, namely, to start an Islamist Jihad against the Western Powers in the Middle East. The two found common cause in this project: al Husseini wanted the French and British out and Hitler wanted to Germany to dominate the region. But they were also united by another cause: eliminationist Jew-hatred. Al-Husseini and Hitler worked together throughout the war to murder and plan the murder of as many Jews as they could get their hands on. After the war al-Husseini denied any connection with Hitler, yet he continued their common anti-Western, anti-Jewish project. Al-Husseini enlisted many former Nazis for just this purpose. In the late 1940s al-Husseini remained influential, not only among Palestinian Arabs, but widely in the Middle East. That influence, so Rubin and Schwanitz show, can be seen in the actions of many post-war Arab nationalist and Islamist leader–right down to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia is calling for the destruction of all Churches in the Emirates and in Egypt, a political leader is calling for the institution of Crucifixion.

After a gap of a couple of months, the Le Monde diplomatique podcast is back. This month I talk to Gilbert Achcar, a Lebanese academic who is professor of development studies and international relations at SOAS in London and author most recently of The Arabs and the Holocaust: the Arab-Israeli War of Narratives, published this month. His subject in the article – and in this podcast – is Israel’s propaganda war with the Palestinians and the Arab world in general, and the intensification it has undergone in recent years. In the interview we talk about the propaganda use to which the “abject” wartime behaviour of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem has been put by Israel and how Holocaust denial in the Arab world differs from that in the West. To listen to the podcast, click here.