(1895-1974) A Palestinian religious and military figure. Born in Jerusalem in 1895, Husseini opposed British mandatory control of and Jewish immigration to Palestine. He studied religious law at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, and at the Istanbul School of Administration. In 1920, he returned to Jerusalem calling for the incorporation of Palestine into Syria. Appointed Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in May 1921 (until 1948), he led the 1928-29 campaign against the perceived threat to the Muslim holy places of Jerusalem posed by Zionists (see 1929 Riots). Husseini was elected president of the Arab Higher Committee in 1936 and as such was the chief architect of the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt/Riots, and the internal Arab conflicts of 1937. Ordered by the British authorities to be deported for inciting violence in 1937, he fled to Germany where he ran the National Leadership in exile in the late 1930s. His influence diminished by the 1940s, although he remained a voice of resistance through the time of Israel’s establishment in 1948. He died on July 5, 1974 in Beirut. See “Palestinian Personalities.” June 2006. PASSIA. 10 November 2007. http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/personalities/alpha_h.htm.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/al-husseini-hajj-amin