My tribute to the great man, Adolf Hitler

A chain letter has been going around in Malay communities by way of emails, blogs and Facebook. In it, the author claims that Hitler was an admirer of Islam. The chain letter is as follows (originally in Malay), and we have debunked it in our article Muslims Admire Hitler More Than He Did Them:

I spoke to a family member who is completing his PhD thesis and I was shocked when he told me that his thesis was about Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader. So I said to him, “Is there no more Muslim figuress in this world that you had to choose this fool as your subject?”

He laughed and asked me what I know about Hitler. I then replied that Hitler was a mass murderer who put Germany above all else. He asked me the source of my knowledge about him. From the TV, of course, I said.

Then he said, “Well, the British had done even worse things than them. The Emperor of Japan during the their Imperial period were the same. But why is the world punishing Hitler, and even insults the name of Nazi as if Nazis still exist today?  Meanwhile, they overlook what the British did to the Scots, the Japanese to the world and South African’s apartheid?”

I asked him for some answers. He continued, “There are two reasons why the world do so”:

1. Hitler’s principles regarding the Jews, Zionism, and the establishment of Israel
   The Holocaust happened only because Hitler thought the Jews will one day destroy the world.
2. Hitler’s principles on Islam
   Hitler had been studying the history of ancient civilisations, and had concluded that the three most powerful civilisations were the Persians, the Romans, and the Arabs. These three civilisations have dominated the world once before. Persian and Roman civilisations still stand until today, while the Arabs were fighting among themselves. He saw this as a problem since the Arabs will destroy the once great Islamic civilisation.

Due to his admiration of Islamic civilisation, he had printed and distributed pamphlets on Islam to the Nazi army during the war, even to the non-Muslim troops:

He also gave the opportunity for Muslim German soldiers to pray on time everywhere. The army even prayed in the square of Berlin, while Hitler patiently waited until the end of their prayers to deliver his speech:

Hitler also frequently met with Islamic scholars to seek their opinion and learn about Islam. He also asked for stories of Prophet Muhammad’s apostles to learn how to govern from them:

He also asked for Islamic clerics to pray for his soldiers, even those who are not Muslims, to give them strangth to kill the Jews:

German soldier posting on his wall the photo of a Muslim scholar he admired:

All this information are from historical research done by my brother in Islam for his PhD thesis and he asked me no tot exaggerate so it would not trouble his presentation later.  He did not want me to add any material from the Internet because I am not a history expert. But the pictures have been around on the Internet for quite some time.

I tried hard to find additional information on the Internet and found several things:

1. The influence of al-Quran in Hitler’s speeches
   When the Nazi troops arrived in Moscow, Hitler wanted to give a speech to them. He ordered his advisors to find a grand opening quote, no matter whether from religious texts, words of philosophers or poetry. An Iraqi writer who resided in Germany suggested a line from the al-Quran which means: “the Day of Resurrection is near and the moon will be split up”

   Hitler was impressed by this verse and used it as the opening for his speech. His translators agreed that the verse gave images of greatness, strength and depth.

   When Hitler later wrote his book Mein Kampf while he was in prison, he wrote that many of his actions was inspired by the Quran, especially what his killing of Jews.

2. Hitler swore by Allah the Almighty
   Hitler entered the name of Allah the Most High in the pledge for his army leaders who completed their army training in German military academies:

   “I swear by Allah (God) the Most High, and this is my sacred oath that I will obey all orders of the army chief and our leader Adolf Hitler,that I am always willing to sacrifice my life for my leader at all times.”

3. Hitler refused to drink alcohol
   Even when he was nervous that Germany was in an unstable and troubled times. His doctors suggested that he drink as a form of medication and Hitler remarked, “How do you expect me to drink as medicine, when I have never touched alcohol all my life?!”  Yes, Hitler had never touched alcohol throughout his life. He was a tea drinker, and he even had a special tea bag for him.

It is not the purpose of this paper to defend what is done by Hitler, but instead, it aims to unveil what has been hidden by the West.

May we all gain benefit from it.

The views expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of Unscientific Malaysia.

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