Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mayor of jerusalem and led the palestinian national movement husayni”. Today it says “mayor of jerusalem”.
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Musa al-Husayni was the Mayor of Jerusalem and led the Palestinian national movement Husayni ( also spelled Husseini ) is the name of a prominent Palestinian clan formerly based in Jerusalem . Several members of the clan held important political positions such as Mayor and Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and founded and led many Palestinian nationalist groups to fight against Jewish immigrants coming into the British Mandate Palestine , such as the Holy War Army , the Palestine Arab Party and the Arab Higher Committee . Conflicts involving these groups included, the 1920 Palestine riots , the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine , 1948 Arab-Israeli War . The Husaynis belonged to the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam , in contrast to most of the Arab population in Palestine that followed the Shafi school.1 The Rise and Fall of the Husainis Pappe, Ilan .
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Musa al-Husayni was the Mayor of Jerusalem and led the Palestinian national movement Husayni ( also spelled Husseini ) is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan formerly based in Jerusalem , which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali (the son of Ali ).The Husaynis follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam , in contrast to the Shafi school followed by most of the Arab Muslim population of Palestine. The Rise and Fall of the Husainis Pappe, Ilan .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian political dynasty For the head of the Shi'a Lebanese family, see Hussein el-Husseini . Musa al-Husayni was the Mayor of Jerusalem and led the Palestinian national movement Husayni ( also spelled Husseini ) is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan formerly based in Jerusalem , which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali (the son of Ali ). The Husaynis follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam , in contrast to the Shafi school followed by most of the Arab Muslim population of Palestine. The Rise and Fall of the Husainis Pappe, Ilan .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Palestinian political dynasty For the head of the Shi'a Lebanese family, see Hussein el-Husseini . Musa al-Husayni was the Mayor of Jerusalem and led the Palestinian national movement Husayni ( Arabic : الحسيني also spelled Husseini ) is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan formerly based in Jerusalem , which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali (the son of Ali ). The Husaynis follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam , in contrast to the Shafi school followed by most of the Arab Muslim population of Palestine. The Rise and Fall of the Husainis Pappe, Ilan .
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mayor of jerusalem and led the palestinian national movement husayni
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mayor of jerusalem
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