H olocaust Abuse
The Case of H ajj M uhammad A min al‐ H usayni
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14760643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Anthony Sells (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 723-759 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jore.12119 |
| OpenAlex | W2527247762 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
This essay reconsiders the category of “ H olocaust denial” as the marked indicator of ethical transgression in H olocaust historiography within A merican civil religion. It maintains that the present category excludes and thereby enables other violations of responsible Holocaust historiography. To demonstrate the nature and gravity of such violations, the essay engages the widespread claim that H ajj M uhammad A min al‐ H usayni, the former mufti of J erusalem, was an instigator, promoter, or “driving spirit” of the N azi genocide against J ews, and the associated suggestions of wider A rab and M uslim complicity. The essay uncovers the history of the H usayni narrative in question, the dramatic circumstances in which it emerged, its role in the 1961 trial of A dolf E ichmann, and its rediscovery and misuse within A merican popular and political circles over the past two decades. Such misuse, it concludes, corrodes H olocaust recognition within A merican civil religion and demonstrates the need for a revision of the socially accepted ethical boundary for responsible H olocaust historiography
Art · Complicity · Denial · Genocide · Historiography · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Holocaust · Theology · African history and culture analysis · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies
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The “Working Group”
Behind the Battle Lines
Creating Unity through History
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Nazis on the Run
Paper Walls
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A place among the nations
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |