Al-Husseini aided the Axis cause in the Middle East by issuing a fatwa for a holy war against Britain in May 1941. The Mufti's proclamation against Britain was declared in Iraq, where he was instrumental in the outbreak of the Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941.Hirszowicz, pp. 82–83 During the war, the Mufti repeatedly made requests to "the German government to bomb Tel Aviv".Lewis (1995), p. 351.
Al-Husseini aided the Axis cause in the Middle East by issuing a fatwa for a holy war against Britain in May 1941. The Mufti's proclamation against ,Britain was declared in Iraq, where he was instrumental in the outbreak of the Anglo-Iraqi War of. 1941.Hirszowicz, pp. 82–,83 During the war the Mufti repeatedly made requests to "the German government to bomb Tel Aviv".Lewis (1995) p 351.