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Arabs Seek to Halt Land Sale to Jews

November 11, 1934
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Arab newspaper sare urging the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Am Al Husseini, and the noted Arab scholar, Sheikh Assad el Shukeiri of Acre, to issue “fetwas” (religious injunctions) on all Moslems against the sale of their lands to Jews in Palestine. This action is advised in view of the failure of “moral precept” on Arab land brokers.

Christian religious injunctions, much like “bulls,” would later follow, the Arab press asserts.

But if such measures fail, then Arab youth should be “allowed to act in their own way,” the press points out, as the only way of “solving the most vital problem” confronting Palestine Arabs.

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