Uloga političke emigracije iz NDH u događanjima na Bliskom istoku 1947 -1964.
The role of the political émigrés from the Independent state of Croatia (NDH) in the Middle Eastern affairs

Summary/Abstract: The soldiers that served in the NDH armed forces and surrendered to Anglo-American troops were interned in refugee camps in Italy after the Axis defeat. The Great Mufti al-Husseini organized the transport of Bosnian Muslims to Syria, Egypt and Transjordan to fight the newly founded state of Israel. He met the representatives of the Bosnian refugees at least twice in Syria and Lebanon. The Mufti also lobbied for the NDH government in exile headed by Džafer Kulenović. A new relationship between the NDH émigrés and the Arab organizations was formalized by the concordat between the Croatian National Resistance (HNO) and the Muslim brotherhood. Muftić, respectively, his wife (a cousin of Said Ramadan), were the connection between these organizations. There is no mention of him in Luburić’s letters prior to 1962. In that year the HNO established connections with the Islamic world in the attempt to gain recognition, firstly from Jordan and then on the World Islamic congress that was postponed to 1962. Two years later the same attempt was made in the regard of Saudi Arabia and the conference of the Arab league. Although the Muslim Brotherhood actively sought HNO volunteers for operations and combat in Yemen, it never came to any military cooperation. The contacts between the HNO and the Muslim Brotherhood ceased by 1964 due to personal conflicts that Mahmut Muftić had with both organizations.

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