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In fact none other than Hitler wished he were a Muslim. The age old story of how evil is attracted to evil. Palestinians = Hitlerâs offspring.
âItâs been our misfortune to have the wrong religion,â Hitler complained to his pet architect Albert Speer. âWhy did it have to be Christianity, with its meekness and flabbiness?â Islam was a Männerreligionâa âreligion of menââand hygienic too. The âsoldiers of Islamâ received a warriorâs heaven, âa real earthly paradiseâ with âhourisâ and âwine flowing.â This, Hitler argued, was much more suited to the âGermanic temperamentâ than the âJewish filth and priestly twaddleâ of Christianity.
Book Review: âAtatĂźrk in the Nazi Imaginationâ by Stefan Ihrig and âIslam and Nazi Germanyâs Warâ by David Motadel
Dominic Green reviews âAtatĂźrk in the Nazi Imagination,â by Stefan Ihrig, and âIslam and Nazi Germanyâs War,â by David Motadel.
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Why Hitler Wished He Was Muslim
The FĂźhrer admired AtatĂźrkâs subordination of religion to the stateâand his ruthless treatment of minorities.
âItâs been our misfortune to have the wrong religion,â Hitler complained to his pet architect Albert Speer. âWhy did it have to be Christianity, with its meekness and flabbiness?â Islam was a Männerreligionâa âreligion of menââand hygienic too. The âsoldiers of Islamâ received a warriorâs heaven, âa real earthly paradiseâ with âhourisâ and âwine flowing.â This, Hitler argued, was much more suited to the âGermanic temperamentâ than the âJewish filth and priestly twaddleâ of Christianity.