The World Islamic Congress in Jerusalem - December 1931

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From left to right: Unknown, unknown, Mohammad Tarek, Sheikh Ibrahim Atfayesh from Algeria, Sheikh Abdul Wahab al-Najjar from Palestine (and behind him is the Palestinian nationalist Essaf al-Nashashibi), Sheikh Mustapha al-Ghalayni from Beirut, Raouf Pasha, Sheikh Abdul Latif Draz dean of al-Azhar University in Cairo, Sheikh Noman al-Aathami of Iraq, Sheikh Hamad Pasha Bin Jazi of Libya, Bashir al-Saadawi, Mohammad Ziyara deputizing for the Imam of Yemen, Mohammad Ali Alawiya Pasha of Egypt, Musa Kazem al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin al-Husseini, ex-President of the Syrian National Congress Sheikh Rashid Rida, Mohammad Ali Eltaher editor-in-chief of the Cairo-based Ashura newspaper, Abdulkahhar Muzakar of Indonesia, Sheikh Mohammad Tuffaha, Sheikh Mohammad Said al-Khatib, Hajj Mohammad Rajab of Egypt, Hamid al-Melegi correspondent for al-Balagh newspaper from Egypt.