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In public and private, Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler made complimentary statements about Islam as both a religion and a political ideology, describing it as a more disciplined, militaristic, political, and practical form of religion than Christianity is, and commending what they perceived were Muhammad's skills in politics and military ...
According to Speer, Hitler believed that if Islam had taken root in central Europe, the Germanic people would have become the "heirs of that religion" and would have "stood at the head of this Mohammedan Empire" as Islam, according to him suited the Germanic temperament.
Why Hitler Wished He Was Muslim. The Führer admired Atatürk’s subordination of religion to the state—and his ruthless treatment of minorities. By. Dominic Green. Jan. 16, 2015 3:55 pm ET. Share....
Some leading Nazis, particularly Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, repeatedly expressed their respect for Islam. Whenever denouncing the Catholic Church, Hitler routinely contrasted it with...
National Socialists embraced Islam on Germany's Eastern Front in the Balkans, in the Caucuses, and in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1945. Islam and Nazi Germany's War offers abundant evidence that the enthusiasm of the Third Reich for what it understood Islam to be was, on the one hand, more extensive than the ex-
Islam and Nazi Germany’s War is the first book to provide an in-depth study of this complex relationship, charting its twists and turns as Hitler’s paladins sought to bring Muslims onside. It is academically impeccable, drawing on a wealth of archival resources in a multitude of languages, yet it wears its erudition lightly.
Hitler saw Nazism and Islam as natural allies. Though he considered most of its practitioners to be racially inferior, he admired Islam for its perceived martial qualities and its...
