§ 41. Captain CAZALETasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Haj Amin Effendi el-Husseini, who is in receipt of a salary of £600 from the Palestine administration, is an official of that administration and under the control of that administration?
§ Dr. SHIELSYes, Sir. As President of the Supreme Moslem Council the person in question is a salaried officer of the Palestine Government.
§ Colonel HOWARD-BURYIs it not correct to say that the Palestine Government only acts as the intermediary, and that his salary comes from fees from the Moslem courts, which the Palestine Government collects and pays to him?
§ Captain CAZALETIs the hon. Member aware that the Palestine Government paid out of the Palestinian funds for the furniture in the office of the Supreme Moslem Council?
§ Dr. SHIELSI am aware of all the facts of the case. The position, broadly, is that the Supreme Moslem Council has two functions, one, that of looking after religious endowments and the other the religious courts, and it is in virtue of these judicial functions that these payments are made. It is true that the fees of the courts are returned to general revenue.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs not this the gentleman who has been engaged in propaganda against His Majesty's Government? Is that part of his religious duties?