Sayaras
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The Palestine Post.
March 2, 1939.
THE NAZIS TURN TO MECCA.
'YUSSUF GOEBBELS' JOINING IN 'JIHAD'
THE startling revelation that Arab sheikhs attending the Nazi Party Congres at Nuremberg last autumn were told by one Yussuf Goebbels that Hitler and all the Germans had become Moslems, and would presently join Islam in a final bloody campaign against all unbelievers, but were keeping their conversion secret for "purpose of state and temporarily," is made in a letter published by the New York Nation.
The missive was received by an Arab living in Mexico, and comes from a relative, who is also a nephew of one of the sheikhs who attended in Nuremberg.
The 'Nation', in a note states that the original document was handed to them for inspection, and that they had been assured of its authenticity by a competent Arabic scholar.
'Now I must tell thee of many things that have come to since last I pass wrote thee, for affairs of Islam speed on ever and ever faster. My uncle the Sheik ... who was honoured together with more than a hundred ethers of all 'dar al Islam' hath returned from a visit to the ruler of the Germans. And they did sit in council with the viziers of the ruler, and when my uncle related the great things that were arranged there I was permitted to sit in the ring of the elders of Bir el Melosah. And we all rejoice to knew that the High Vizier of the Germans, one Yusuf Goebbels gave assurance that the ruler Hitler and all the viziers and the sipah-silar (army commanders) have accepted the tenets of the Prophet, upon whom be blessings , and are actually true believers, though for purposes of state and temporarily this has not been promulgated in their country but must be disseminated throughout Islam.
All Islam rejoices to know that Allah hath inclined the hearts of the Germans to accept Allah's Pro_phet and become believers, just as he inclined the heart of the ruler of the Sons of the Wolf in the land of the Italians: so that now we have two former infidel rulers who are vowed and committed to champion our cause of justice.'
The writer goes on to describe the vast sea of warriors which his uncle had been assured was but as a grain of sand to the number that lay close to their arms, and that all were pledged to Islam when the full jehad (holy war) was declared.
Then follow promises of unlimited gold , "guns that shoot an endless row of bullets in belts," and military instructors.
They would have to go slow in sending reinforcements to Palestine , this part of the letter ends, in order that the French in Syria might not be alarmed before the time came.
'My uncle was told that "all the world would be at war soon, and that the greater plan included the return of India to Islam, for which schemes are far advanced. There are only 250 English soldiers at the Island of Perim that guards the narrow sea at the Bab el Mandeb; and near Mocha, which likewise is separated from Africa by a narrow channel, forts have been made of poured reck. Great cannon are ready at Assab in Eritrea, on the other side, and these will be taken across when the time comes.'
Bari-tones.
The Italians are noted in the letter chieflfor their with the y prowess "magic box."
'The emissaries of the Italians have caused the hinterland behind Aden to seethe, so that sheiks can scarcely restrain the young men. Now my uncle has gone to Bir el Melosah where he will meet with other sheiks, for there is a truce in Islam. All of the Italians will be there also , with gold and more of the magic boxes (radios) wherein dwell Djinn and Afrit. In another moon all the tribes will send chief men to the greater meeting at Cairo, where an agreement will be reached between Iraq, Syria, Hejaz, Yemen, and India.'
Of terrorism in Palestine, the man writes:
'My uncle says that a fresh levy of 12 imen will from these tents soon to go cross the Jordan and come under the banner of Abdul Rahim, and these will report to the commander Abdul Kader Husseini at Jerusalem or Bethlehem.
There is much dissension as to who will go and I shall ask that lots be cast , Ifor thus I may go, though my uncle wishes me to go Sana in Yemen, where the Germans have a school for us in the use of and instructors guns to show the way to wreck bridges and railroads.'
Acceptable Allies.
The letter ends with an invitation to the recipient to return to Arabia and join in the jehad, as the Mufti of Jerusalem had given permission for the Germans and Italians to be considered as allies "since their conversion."
'When last I wrote thee, the imams and the mullahs were preaching against taking the infidels to be allies , but since our chief men have returned from the land of the Germans and report that the people there and the viziers and commanders have accepted Mohammed, tho Prophet of Allah. The imams- and mullahs now preach in the holy mosques that these be accepted as allies. The exalted Mufti cf El Kuds, Haj Amin al-Husseini, has promulgated the consent and has ordered that tho sword Dhu'l-fiquar, which the Prophet bequeathed to Ali, be lifted alongside those who were once infidels.'
