Carol and Teribus,

there's hardly anything you disagree about here as far as facts go. Husseini was appointed by the British as Mufti according to citations from both of you. About all the dark pages in history written by him your citations agree. Carol even, helpful with links as always, links to a page which says he was Arafat's uncle.

All disagreement seems to be
(1) whether he later (after his appointment) had the title Grand Mufti or not and if yes if the British were reponsible for that and
(2) how much of the blame for all evil deeds during many decades lays with the British for appointing him.

Not enough of disagreement for a prolonged quarrel.

Wolfgang