Winner of the Ernst Fraenkel Prize, Wiener Holocaust Library
An Open Letters Monthly Best History Book of the Year
A New York Post βMust-Readβ
In the most crucial phase of the Second World War, German troops confronted the Allies across lands largely populated by Muslims. Nazi officials saw Islam as a powerful force with the same enemies as Germany: the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Jews. Islam and Nazi Germanyβs War is the first comprehensive account of Berlinβs remarkably ambitious attempts to build an alliance with the Islamic world.
βMotadel describes the Muftiβs Nazi dealings vividly...Impeccably researched and clearly written, [his] book will transform our understanding of the Nazi policies that were, Motadel writes, some βof the most vigorous attempts to politicize and instrumentalize Islam in modern history.ββ
βDominic Green, Wall Street Journal
βMotadelβs treatment of an unsavory segment of modern Muslim history is as revealing as it is nuanced. Its strength lies not just in its erudite account of the Nazi perception of Islam but also in illustrating how the Allies used exactly the same tactics to rally Muslims against Hitler. With the specter of Isis haunting the world, it contains lessons from history we all need to learn.β
βZiauddin Sardar, The Independent