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World War II Begins
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World War Two and Islam
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Noor Inayat Khan
Noor Inayat Khan joined the Women's Auxialiry Air Force, and was then trained as a wireless operator. She was the first female radio operator sent from Britain into France during the French Resistance. -
Mufti of Jerusalem
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler met with Haj Mohammed Amei al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalm. At this meeting mUfti declareed friends of Germany. Hitler had promised that the Arabs would be free of British rule. Mufti's side of the deal was to raise propeganda through radio through six different stations. -
El Alamein
This was a battle during the second Western Desert Campaign during World War Two. Although Mufti and other Mulsims were promoting German propoganda, the majority of Muslims were in battle, such as at El Alamein. -
Si Ali Sakkat
Si ALi Sakkat was a former government miniter and mayor of Tunis. An artistocrat that could trace his lineage back to Muhammad, Sakkat enjoyed his retrement in his hacienda style home with 740 acres. Located near a German labor camp, and near the Axis and Allied battle of Tunisia, it could be observed the terrible treatment that the Jews were experiencing. During the battle, 60 Jewish prisoners escaped, looking for shelter. sakkat took them in giving food and shelter. -
Khaled Abdelwahhab
Khaled Abdelwahhab was the first arab given the title Righeous Gentile. He was a wealthy, cultured, land owner in Tunisia. He often intereacted with the Germans in his town to learn of their plans. He learned that soldiers had a house set up where they would take Jewish girls and women and rape them. Khaled smuggled these women out of the house to his farm to save them. -
Haggadah
During World War II, a Muslim librarian by the name of Dervis Korkut hid a sacred Jewish text called the Haggadah. The Haggadah is a book that tells the story of Passover. During the war Korkut hid this document, smuggling it out of Sarajevo and risking his life. -
World War II Ends
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Muslim Albania
Muslim Albania was the only country in Europe that had more Jews after the war than before the war. Jews sought refgue and shelter here in Albania.
