Kruska
Diamond Member
No one really seems to know - however an interesting post to the matter pertaining to the Mufti, from another web-siteArafat and the mufti were not related. Different families.
Haji Husseini was never elected as Mufti by the Palestinian people. In fact, when he ran for elections for Mufti of Jerusalem, he got the least number of Palestinian votes and came in fourth. The British than proceeded to appoint him as Mufti anyway despite the fact that the clerical establishment considered him a hooligan. Their reason-to balance the political aspirations of a competing clan.
Husseini was a British agent who turned against his masters by collaborating with the Nazis. He started out as a Turkish agent against the Arabs during the Ottoman era, than worked with the Brits against the Turks during the famous Arab anti-ottoman rebellion, than he worked against the British empire by allying himself with the Germans during WWII.
All in all, an odious opportunist whose motto seems to be “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”.
And from my part:
The British High Commissioner Herbert Samuels, who had appointed the Mufti, was a British Jew and a Zionist. (so much for politics and politicians).