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Ex-mufti Reported in Yugoslavia; Leader of Iraq Revolt Refused Admission to Switzerland

May 1, 1945
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The ex-Mufti of Jerusalem has fled from Berlin to the section of Yugoslavia which is still under German control, it is reported here today. The Mufti is said to have married the daughter of a rich Yugoslav Moslem.

It is also reported that the leader of the pro-German revolt in Iraq in 1942, Bashid Ali el Ghalani, has fled to the Swiss border, but was refused admission to Switzerland.

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