Evening star., 1946-06-20
Egypt Makes Plain
That Il Will Grant
Sanctuary 10 Mufti
BY tho Assoeio.ed Press

BY tho As.eeio.ed Press
CAIRO, June 20.-Egypt's For
eign' Minister made it plain to-
day that the Nile kingdom will
grant asylum to Hal Amin AL
Husseini, the Grand Mufti of
Jerusalem.
The mystery concerning the
whereabouts Of the Arab firebrand
and anti-Zionist leader since his
disappearance from France some
three weeks ago was solved last
night when King Farouk's palace
announced that the Mufti had ar
rived in Egypt, had called at the
royal palace and has asked for a
refuge.
Hal Amin, whom the British ac-
cuse of broadcasting for Hitler dur
ing the war, has been in exile from
Palestine since 1887, when he was
accused of fomenting a long series
of Arab outbreaks.
Lufti FL Said PaSha, Foreign Min
lister, told reporters the Egyptian
constitution prevents giving up po-
litical refugees to any other coun-
try"
When asked whether the Mufti
was considered a political refugee
or private guest Of the King, Lufti
Pasha answered: Political refugee"
A highly reliable informant said
King Farouk already had advised
the British government of his deci-
sion to grant sanctuary to the Multi.
appearance of the Mufti in
Egypt posed a delicate problem
for the British. A Foreign Once
spokesman in London said Brit
ain was uncertain whether to ask
the Egyptian government to sur
render him, observing that the
British desired at all times to
respect the right of asylum
granted by other nations to po-
litical refugees)
The Egyptian Council of Ministers,
reinforcing the foreign minister's
announcement, met in special seS-
sion to study the situation arising
from the Mufti's appearance in
Cairo and decided he would be con-
sidered a political refugee and there
fore would not be handed over to
any country.
Mrs. Shirley Kholucy of Heliopo-
lis, Cairo suburb, expressed the
opinion that the Mufti left Paris
on the same American plane (TWA)
that she did May % and reached
Cairo May 30
Tho mon ch holioyoc
Amin did not have beard, although
the Mufti habitually wears one.
Efforts to obtain news photographs
of the Mufti in Cairo today were
unsuccessful, officials declaring it
would be several days at least before
pictures could be made.
Mrs. Kholucy believed the Mufti
also wore a wig to disguise himself.
The hair line was wrong" she said.
She said the man arrived at
Orly airfield at Paris at the last
minute and took a seat in front
of her.
When the plane was delayed at
Rome by weather and the passen-
gers passports were examined be-
fore they went to hotel, she said,
the stranger was extremely nervous
On reaching Cairo he did not ride
with the others in the airline bus
to the city.
Investigators have found no trace
here of a passenger who travelled on
the same plane under the name Of
Marouf I'll poualibi, whose passport
Hal Ami previously was reported to
have used. The documents of
'Marouf Ell Doualibi" listed his pros
pective address in Cairo as the
Eden Hotel.
Marouf Ell Doualibi was the
Muftis right-hand man during his
European exile.
Foreign Minister Lufti Pasha said
lit does not matter" when asked if
the Mufti's presence would affect
the British-Egyptian negotiations
to revise their 1886 treaty of alliance.