The Muslim Nazis II: The Mufti

Summary: <p>"Palestine is my country and the country of my ancestors—I will sacrifice myself for the sake of its sons."</p> <p>—Hajj Amin al-Husseini</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>This is the early life story of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Petyr Baelish of Palestine.</p> History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon and PayPal: <ul> <li>Benjamin Bernier</li> <li>Elias Borota</li> <li>Miklos Buksa</li> <li>Ron Cohen</li> <li>Matthew Dakus</li> <li>Kyle Dillon</li> <li>Gavin Edwards</li> <li>Peter Hauck</li> <li>Devin Hreha</li> <li>Russell Johnson</li> <li>Mike Kalnins</li> <li>Benjamin Lee</li> <li>Viktor Littmarck</li> <li>Jose Martinez</li> <li>Mike Mayleben</li> <li>Judy McCoid</li> <li>Monica</li> <li>Kostas Moros</li> <li>Molly Pan</li> <li>Jake Petersen</li> <li>John Pisano</li> <li>Edmund Plamowski</li> <li>Brian Pritzl</li> <li>PJ Rader</li> <li>Gleb Radutsky</li> <li>Sailus</li> <li>Alison Salo</li> <li>Sam</li> <li>Emily Schmidt</li> <li>Cameron Smith</li> <li>George Smith</li> <li>Jared Cole Temple</li> <li>Steve Uhler</li> <li>Ricky Worthey</li> <li>F. You</li> </ul> <p>(If you don't want the housekeeping/updates at the beginning, skip ahead to 8 minutes and enjoy!)</p>