He apparently had a good relationship with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Amin al-Husayni. You can read all about it on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Amin_al-Husayni#Nazi_ties_and_activities_during_World_War_II.

Interesting that you raised this. Historically the Arabs actually had no history of anti-semitism and the Arab societies treated Jews better and as more full members of society than the European societies. At the end of the second World War a number of former Nazis sought refuge in the Arab world, and they brought their anti-semitic ideas with them. The Arab world was ripe for contamination with anti-semitism because of the creation of the state of Israel and dislocation of Palestinians. Many of the anti-semitic ideas now found in the Muslim world spread there from Hitlers Germany after Germany had been defeated.

One thing to add that a young saddam can be tied to the nazi's when they pushed there way down into Africa with rommel saddam was not much of anything at the time but he did admire and if you do watch a lot of the ways he would have his "speeches" they where in some ways like Hitler's

His relationship was great to better when it came to Arabs, for many a muslim were in divisions of wermacht for the Nazis and the Arab Mulims had a similar enemy the Jews.

Considering how much fuel an army needs it would have been in his best interest to either conquer them or stay on their good side.

I believe he was rather friendly with the Arab nations.

I believe that he considered them 'Bearers of culture'. Hitler was just dumb with his list of races, like 1. Aryan and the sub humans were Jews and Pigmies. Thank god he's gone, but unfortunately Nazism still grows in nations with economic recession such as Russia, Poland, the United Kingdom and some other countries. Fight the NAZI 4ever!!!

awaken No, you're wrong, Saddam's speeches are not at all similar to Hitlers, Saddam with begin with a quote from the Quran,then make a few jokes,mention Iraq's history, praise the nation,then curses Bush. While Hitler was much more charismatic and much more nationalist. Hitler said "Arabs are natural friends to Germany as they have the same enemy as us,namely,the Jews." Anti Semitism wasn't brought by nazis.It was brought by the Jews themselves. People don't just wake up one day and say "I want to fight the Jews". German Jews showed no loyalty during WWI, they played a major role in ending the war,then when Germany was completely bankrupt,the Jews were somehow very rich,and they still didn't help in paying the depts. All Communist leaders(hooligans) in Germany were Jews,and Hitler hated Communists.Arabs started hating Jews only when Israel was established.You see, before 1900,only 2% of the area now called Israel were Jews.But when the British took control, they helped get hundreds of thousands of unwanted Jewish immigrants in an Arab area.The Arabs wanted to live together with the Jews under the name given by Britain,"Palestine". The Jews,however, wanted a solely Jewish state,with a Jewish constitution, because in their religion they believe they're the chosen ones and that area is theirs.

1) "On November 20, al-Husayni met the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and was officially received by Adolf Hitler on November 28. He asked Hitler for a public declaration that "recognized and sympathized with the Arab struggles for independence and liberation, and that would support the elimination of a national Jewish homeland". Hitler refused to make such a public announcement, saying that it would strengthen the Gaullists against the Vichy France, but asked al-Husayni to 'to lock ...deep in his heart' the following points, which Browning summarizes as follows, that ‘Germany has resolved, step by step, to ask one European nation after the other to solve its Jewish problem, and at the proper time, direct a similar appeal to non-European nations as well'. When Germany had defeated Russia and broken through the Caucasus into the Middle East, it would have no further imperial goals of its own and would support Arab liberation... But Hitler did have one goal. Germany’s objective would then be solely the destruction of the Jewish element residing in the Arab sphere under the protection of British power. (Das deutsche Ziel würde dann lediglich die Vernichtung des im arabischen Raum unter der Protektion der britischen Macht lebenden Judentums sein). In short, Jews were not simply to be driven out of the German sphere but would be hunted down and destroyed even beyond it,.’" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_war_of_independence Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Amin_al-Husayni http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_antisemitism 2) "In his 1967 memoirs (Men and Power in the Orient), Grobba summarized as "wasted opportunities" the Middle East policy of Nazi Germany during the 1930s. In his opinion, Germany did not take advantage of the Arab hostility towards both Britain and France. According to Grobba, Germany's failure in the Middle East tracked directly to Hitler. In addition to directing it toward the Jews, Hitler directed his racism towards the Arabs. In general, Hitler expressed disinterest in the Middle East. Hitler deferred to both British and Italian interests in the Mediterranean area. Hitler also expressed a disinclination to entirely eliminate the power of the British. Ultimately, Grobba indicated that Hitler was never willing to lend his support to Arab independence and national self-determination." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Grobba 3) "The Mufti was not the only Nazi war criminal who found sanctuary in Egypt. The number of Nazi officers who “could continue their war against the Jews” in Egypt is estimated at several thousand. In Europe and America after 1945, Nazism and antisemitism were totally discredited. In complete contrast, in the 1940’s radical Islamists in the Middle East, led by the Muslim Brothers, “hatred of Jews as Jews acquired” “striking respectability.” The history of Nazism does not end in 1945 in the Middle East. It underwent permutations as it was adapted to the Islamic radical mindset, and flourished in the Arab world for decades, until the present time. The radical anti-Semitism of the Nazi regime was adopted by Hassan al-Banna and his successor Sayyid Qutb, to reinforce and popularize their “extremist interpretations of the Koran.” The inculcation of Nazi anti-Semitism into the Egyptian population was a permanent outcome of the Third Reich’s war efforts Egyptian society had been listening to daily radio broadcasts from Nazi Germany since 1939, weekly antisemitic publications of the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as their paramilitary rallies and Friday sermons, the fascistic rallies of Young Egypt, and the secret activities of the Cairo office of the Nazi party. The lies that Jews were controlling with world and threatening Islam were widely taken as truth. Post-war Egypt was infused with pro-German sentiment. During the war, there was a popular street song, “Allah in heaven, Hitler on earth.” Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar as-Sadat, later presidents of Egypt, as members of the Egyptian General Staff during the war offered their support to Rommel. It was estimated by a secret report during the war that 90% of Egyptian intellectuals and government employees supported the Axis powers over the West." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism_in_the_Middle_East