Abd al-Rahman Azzam (1893-1976) is generally considered as the father of the Arab League. He served as the League’s first Secretary-General between 1945-52 as well as distinguishing himself in a long career as an ambassador and parliamentarian. As Vincent Sheean points out in his introduction to the book "The Eternal Message of Muhammad", ‘In Damascus as well as in Djakarta, Istanbul and Baghdad, this man is known for valour of spirit and elevation of mind...He combines in the best Islamic mode, the aspects of thought and action, like the Muslim warriors of another time who are typified for us Westerners by the figure of Saladin.’ Malcolm X’s reading of The Eternal Message of Muhammad and his meeting with Azzam Pasha are vividly recounted in his Autobiography. It is clear that these events marked the point in his life at which Malcolm X turned towards orthodox traditional Islam.
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"This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades." (May 15, 1948, the outset of 1948 Arab-Israeli War)
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[http://www.islamic-council.org/lib/rahman-azzam/Azzam_Main.htm The Eternal Message Of Muhammad BY Abd-al-Rahman AZZAM]
On May 11, 1948 Azzam warned the Egyptian government that owing to public pressure and strategic issues it would be difficult for Arab leaders to avoid intervention in the Palestine War, and that Egypt could find itself isolated if it did not act in concert with its neighbors.
Azzam believed that King Abdullah of Jordan had decided to move his forces into Palestine on 15 May regardless of what the other Arabs did and would occupy the Arab part of Palestine whilst blaming other Arab states for failure.
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam ( 1893 - 1976) was an Egyptian diplomat, with family origins in Libya (Nisan, 2002).
Azzam believed that King Abdullah of Jordan had decided to move his forces into Palestine on 15 May regardless of what the other Arabs did and would occupy the Arab part of Palestine whilst blaiming other Arab states for failure.
On 27 August 1948, in response to charges by Azzam that Palestinians remaining in the (now) Israeli town of Acre were being mistreated the United Nations sent an observer from France, Lieutenant Petit to investigate.
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