World of the Koran: Islam Uber Alles
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time. We look on democracy as a myth because imperialism
is still with us. We will fight with the devil next time, if necessary. We will fight with Russia against both England and the
United States to achieve our independence. We will be Communists. We will be anything. But we will be independent.
We will act as Egyptians."
I found this feeling—its genuineness will only be determined in a crisis—widespread throughout the Arab world.
SPIES, COURIERS, AND TRAITORS
THERE is no doubt in my mind that this hatred for British
imperialism had much to do with the pro-Axis sympathies of
most of the Egyptian royal court. Those sympathies were
known to Allied intelligence early in World War II. Later
they became a world scandal. Members of Egypt's first family
were involved in espionage for Italy. In some of King Farouk's
palaces Italian technicians operated radios and relayed intelligence to Rome. Many of the king's mistresses were Axis
agents. His palace was a rendezvous for spies, couriers, and
traitors. During the Nuremberg trials, it was brought out that
one of Farouk's cousins, Prince Mansour Daud, was provided
with an apartment and personal expenses by F