Islam, Hitler's Nazism, and Palestine

Hajj Amin al-Husayni meets Adolf Hitler, Berlin, 28 November 1941.

Contents

Connections & collaboration
Videos
References

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1. Connection & Collaboration

Connections between Islam and Nazism are historic, and most prominent during the World War II years of 1941-42 when Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime collaborated with Muslim leaders such as Palestinian mufti Hajj Mohammed Amin al-Hussein (1897-1974). The latter achieved fame for his "Kill the Jews" tirades broadcast in Arabic to the Middle East over the Third Reich's shortwave radio transmitters (Herf 2022). At the time the two groups had shared enemies - the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and Jews. However, there were more areas of overlap in ideology than that. For example, Holocaust victims have been most commonly portrayed in the 2000s as Jews, and there is no doubt that they were the primary group to suffer, with an estimated six million victims between 1941-45. However, the Nazis also targeted other groups, with an estimated five million non-Jewish victims including the following: Blacks, Catholics, Communists, the Disabled, Gypsy-Roma, Homosexuals and Transgender people (Coles 2025, Wikipedia 2026). These groups had also been targets of Islamic jihad ideology, with the Jews once again the primary group to suffer. They had been subject to an Islamic genocide since the time of Muhammad from 622AD. These other groups were generally cast within Islam as Infidels - the term for all non-Muslims. It was therefore not surprising when Muslim leader Hajj Amin al-Husayni met Adolf Hitler in Berlin on 28 November 1941 to discuss their similar goals and the possiblity of various means of collaboration. Hitler's Holocaust was a German version of Islam's long-standing genocidal jihad against the Jews and other races and ideologies.

Palestinian Mufti al-Husseini Meets with Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler (November 28, 1941), Am Yisrael Chai, 24 November 2025, YouTube, duration: 1.07 minutes.

According to the Holocaust Encyclopedia, the original Nazi promotional footage of the meeting between Hitler and al-Husayni, and its outcome, comprised the following:

In this German propaganda newsreel, the former Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husayni, an Arab nationalist and prominent Muslim religious leader, meets Hitler for the first time on November 28, 1941 in Berlin, Germany. During the meeting, held in the Reich chancellery, Hitler declined to grant al-Husayni’s request for a public statement - or a secret but formal treaty - in which Germany would: 1) pledge not to occupy Arab land, 2) recognize Arab striving for independence, and 3) support the “removal” of the proposed Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Führer confirmed that the “struggle against a Jewish homeland in Palestine” would be part of the struggle against the Jews. Hitler stated that: he would “continue the struggle until the complete destruction of the Jewish-Communist European empire”; and when the German army was in proximity to the Arab world, Germany would issue “an assurance to the Arab world” that “the hour of liberation was at hand.” It would then be al-Husayni’s “responsibility to unleash the Arab action that he has secretly prepared.” The Führer stated that Germany would not intervene in internal Arab matters and that the only German “goal at that time would be the annihilation of Jewry living in Arab space under the protection of British power.”

The Mufti had opened communications with the Nazi regime as early as March 1933, when he met with Heinrich Wolff, German Consul General in Jerusalem. Wolf's record of the meeting includes the following:

The Mufti made detailed statements to me today to the effect that Muslims inside and outside of Palestine salute the new regime in Germany, and hope for the spread of fascist, anti-democratic leadership to other countries (Nicosia 1980).

This clearly reveals the close alignment between Islam and Nazism in regard to the annihilation of the state of Israel. This common goal had been reinforced through Hitler's hatred of the Jewish people as contained in his 1925 manifesto Mein Kampf, elucidation therein of "the Jewish peril" in regard to world domination, and his subsequent development of a National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi) ideology and practice upon assuming power as Germany Chancellor in 1933. The creation of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during 1928 reinforced the long-standing antipathy towards Jews and the idea of their own, non-Muslim, nation state. During 1937 an Arabic version of Mein Kampf was published in Egypt by the German Ministry of Propaganda.

Arabic edition of Mein Kampf, 1937.

Hitler's anti-semitism clearly reflected the teachings of Muhammad as contained in the Qur'an of 646AD and subsequent biographical Hadith published a century or more later and which formed the basis for Islam's ideology and the corresponding Shariah law under which it operates to the present day. Virulent opposition of the existence of a Jewish state was prominant from 1917 when British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour pledged support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. This was subsequently supported by the League of Nations - the precursor to the United Nations. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 came to fruition in 1948, following the end of WWII. Amin al-Husayni rejected all discussions around the creation of a Jewish state. In 1939 he rejected the British White Paper which proposed a Palestinian homeland, much to the regret of many Palestinians. This rejection was based on his Islamic beliefs and was the first of a number of similar rejections by Muslim Palestinian authorities through to the present day. Because of this entrenched Islamist attitude, Amin al-Husayni continued to lead aggressive and terrorist actions against the Jews in Palestine and sought assistance from those other than the British. This would continue after the defeat of the Germans in 1945.

Bosnian Muslim members of the German SS.

Following a brief period of house arrest in France, early in June 1946 Husayni flew to Cairo, Egypt, where he was greeted by Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, with the following words:

Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimin and all Arabs request the Arab League on which Arab hopes are pinned, to declare that the Mufti is welcome to stay in any Arab country he may choose, and that great welcome should be extended to him wherever he goes, as a sign of appreciation for his great services for the glory of Islam and the Arabs. The hearts of the Arabs palpitated with joy at hearing that the Mufti Amin Al-Husseini has succeeded in reaching an Arab country. The news sounded like thunder to the ears of some American, British, and Jewish tyrants. The lion is at last free, and he will roam the Arabian jungle to clear it of wolves. The great leader is back after many years of suffering in exile. Some Zionist papers in Egypt printed by La Societé de Publicité shout and cry because the Mufti is back. We cannot blame them for they realize the importance of the role played by the Mufti in the Arab struggle against the crime about to be committed by the Americans and the English .... The Mufti is worth the people of a whole nation put together. The Mufti is Palestine and Palestine is the Mufti. Oh Amin! What a great, stubborn, terrific, wonderful man you are! All these years of exile did not affect your fighting spirit. Hitler’s and Mussolini’s defeat did not frighten you. Your hair did not turn grey of fright, and you are still full of life and fight. What a hero, what a miracle of a man. We wish to know what the Arab youth, Cabinet Ministers, rich men, and princes of Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli are going to do to be worthy of this hero. Yes, this hero who challenged an empire and fought Zionism, with the help of Hitler and Germany. Germany and Hitler are gone, but Amin al-Husseini will continue the struggle.

As Jeffrey Herf noted in 2022:

As leader of the Arab Higher Committee in Palestine, Husseini did “continue the struggle” against the Jews by insisting on war in 1947 and 1948 in order to prevent Israel’s establishment, and by fueling the fusion of Islamism and Palestinian nationalism that would make rejecting the fact of Israel’s existence a core principle of Arab politics for the next half-century.

He went on to become the "founding-father" of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which, in collaboration with the Soviet Union, was successful in convincing the international Left movement to support the Free Palestine movement and reject the very existence of the state of Israel, as recently seen though promulgation of the slogan: Globalize the Intifada. Amin al-Husayni's "kill the Jews" chant was recently heard in Australia when, following the HAMAS invasion of Israel on 7 October 2023 and massacre of more than 1,500 innocent Jews, two days later a group of Muslims gathered at the Sydney Town Hall and later stood on the steps of the Sydney Opera House shouting it aloud in a celebratory manner, unimpeded by local police. Local Anglican Minister Mark Leach was present at the protest and confirmed that it was used in the following news report:

"Kill the Jews": Witness gives recount of Town Hall to Sydney Opera House protest, 9 October 2023, Sky News Australia, 6 February 2024, YouTube, duration: 8.40 minutes.

"Gas the Jews / Kill the Jews /' Where are the Jews" were all shouted by the mob at the Town Hall - Sydney Opera House protests. No action was ever taken against this by the authorities, and media reports downplayed or denied this. This is compared to the action that is taken against Nazi groups protesting in Australia during the very same period. It is clear that government is treating such actions by Muslims very different, and ordering the police to act accordingly by refusing to initiate any legal action against such hate speech and incitement to violence. As such, there were no consequences for the perpetrators. Why? Because Islam is presented to the Australian public as a "religion of peace" yet is otherwise; and because the Muslim population is a significant block of votes for political parties such as the Australian Labour Party, especially in populous capital cities such as Sydney and Melbourne. As a result, the slogans continued unchallenged, antisemitism rose, and just over two years later the Bondi Beach massacre took place on 14 December 2025......

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2. Videos

* The Nazis and the Arabs of Palestine: The untold - yet documented - collection, travelingisrael.com, 7 August 2024, YouTube, duration: 18.35 minutes.

Abstract: A concise history of the involvement of Arab Muslims with Hitler, with emphasis on the Mufti of Jerusalem's residence in Berlin between 1941-45.

* The Nazi - Islam alliance? Amin al-Hussein, World War Two, 22 December 2021, YouTube, duration: 15.48 minutes.

Abstract: Amin al-Husseini is one of the leading figures in global Islam. He’s an Arab nationalist, an anti-Semite, and anti-Zionist. But he’s also willing to work with imperialist powers if it suits him. He’s been loyal to the Ottomans and the British. In 1941, he throws his lot in with Hitler and the Nazis.

* Amin al-Husseini: The Anti-Zionist Arab Leader Who Collaborated With Hitler, War Stories, 19 October 2024, YouTube, duration: 49.31 minutes.

Abstract: Pre-WW2, Amin al-Husseini held the position of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. In the WW2 years his nationalist views and anti-Zionist beliefs allied him with fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. This makes him one of the very few non-European leaders who sided with The Axis.

* Why did the Grand Mufti of Palestine collaboration with Nazi Germany?, The World History Channel, 31 January 2025, YouTube, duration: 49.06 minutes.

Abstract: Muhammad Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and later Grand Mufti of all Palestine remains one of the most polarizing figures in Middle Eastern history. Rising to prominence during the British Mandate in Palestine, he sought to defend Arab nationalism and resist Zionist expansion, often through controversial means. His alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during World War II, including support for Hitler's anti-Jewish policies and the recruitment of Muslim SS units, casts a dark shadow over his legacy. While some view him as a nationalist hero fighting for Palestinian sovereignty, others condemn his collaboration with one of history's most brutal regimes.

* Exposing the Islamic army that fought for Hitler, A Day in History, 20 April 2025, YouTube, duration: 28.13 minutes.

Abstract: The Nazi SS was meant to be a fighting force to represent the racial elite of the Third Reich, but one look at Heinrich Himmler proves that the propaganda and the reality were not the same thing. Reality shattered Nazi delusions of creating a band of Aryan super soldiers. The SS was never as successful or racially pure as the Nazis wanted to pretend it was. Few SS divisions prove this as much as the 13th Waffen-SS Handschar Division. Formed in 1943, it was made up almost entirely of Bosnian Muslims that the Nazis bent over backwards to justify with their narrow racist ideology. A strange group constantly plagued by desertion and low morale, it deserves it place in history now just for how they turned their guns on their fellow Bosnians, but became the only SS unit to turn against their Nazi leaders too. In this video, we’ll explore how the Bosnian Muslim of the Handschar SS Division became one of the most unique pieces of SS history, in a story of collaboration and mutiny in the Second World War.

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3. References

Amin al-Husseini: The Anti-Zionist Arab Leader Who Collaborated With Hitler, War Stories, 19 October 2024, YouTube, duration: 49.31 minutes.

Bostom, Andrew G., The Mufti's Islamic Jew-Hatred: What the Nazis learnt from the 'Jewish Pope', The Author, 2013, 83p.

Coles, T.J., Criminalizing Criticism: The creeping authoritarian response to anti-Zionism, Nexus: The Alternative News Magazine, 32(6), October-November 2025, 33-38.

Dalin, David G. and John F. Rothmann, Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam, Routledge, 2009, 256p.

Exposing the Islamic army that fought for Hitler, A Day in History, 20 April 2025, YouTube, duration: 28.13 minutes.

Hajj Amin al-Husayni meets Adolf Hitler, 28 November 1941 [video], Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, duration: 0.30 minutes.

Herf, Jeffrey, Nazi Germany's Propaganda Aimed at Arabs and Muslims During World War II and the Holocaust: Old Themes, New Archival Findings, Central European History, 42(4), December 2009, 709-736.

-----, Nazi antisemitism and Islamist hate, Tablet Magazine, 6 July 2022.

"Kill the Jews": Witness gives recount of Town Hall to Sydney Opera House protest, 9 October 2023, Sky News Australia, 6 February 2024, YouTube, duration: 8.40 minutes.

Kirshner, Sheldon, Islam and Nazi Germany's War, The Times of Israel, 19 August 2025.

Kuntzel, Mathias, Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism. Nazism and the roots of 9/11, Telos Press, 2009, 180p.

Mallman, Klaus-Michael and Martin Cuppers, Nazi Palestine: The plans for the extermination of the Jews in Palestine, Enigma Books, 2009, 272p.

Motabel, David, Islam and Nazi Germany's War, Belknap Press, 2014, 512p.

Moscowitz, Charles, The Nazi connection to Islamic Terrorism: Adolf Hitler and Haj Amin Al-Hussein, The Author, n.d., 186p.

Nazi Collaborators: The Jews that fought for Hitler, War Stories, 4 February 2025, duration: 50.38 minutes.

Nicosia, Francis, Arab Nationalism and National Socialist Germany, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 12(3), November 1980, 351-372.

Organ, Michael, Muslim Brotherhood in Australia, blogger.com, 6 November 2025.

Palestinian Mufti al-Husseini Meets with Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler (November 28, 1941), Am Yisrael Chai, 24 November 2025, YouTube, duration: 1.07 minutes.

Patterson, David, A genealogy of evil: Anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad, Cambridge University Press, 2010, 312p.

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The Nazi - Islam alliance? Amin al-Hussein, World War Two, 22 December 2021, YouTube, duration: 15.48 minutes.

Why did the Grand Mufti of Palestine collaboration with Nazi Germany?, The World History Channel, 31 January 2025, YouTube, duration: 49.06 minutes.

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Last updated: 20 February 2026

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