Arabic X-Files: Was King Hussein of Jordan a Freemason??

The Jerusalem Post published last week that the French Freemasonry society "I think the Grand Orient De France" will held their annual meeting for the first time in Israel. The organization which is known for its secrecy would visit the Israeli landmarks. Till now there is noting interesting in the news beside the Freemason factor itself , already it well known that the Freemasons support Israel ,this is a historical fact ,so it is not a surprise to find out that their annual convention will be held there "by the way we should not forget that the Freemasons as a movement came to life during the crusades" yet the newspaper wanted to add some spice to the news mentioning the most important and famous Freemasons in the world from the world leaders including : King Hussein of Jordan.

They are saying that he was a 33rd degree Freemason which is a very high degree in Freemasonry .

May be it is surprise for some and some will not believe it easily because it is published in Israeli newspaper yet the majority especially in my country in Egypt with my all respect to all Jordanians will believe it easily due to the history of King Hussein May Allah bless his soul and his political position with the west and Israel. To be honest despite the fact that Egypt did not have good relations with King Hussein in 1960s and 1970s especially during President Nasser's era still we did not hear that he was a Freemason at all , my family did not recall , my late grandfather who knew late King Talal "the father of King Hussein himself" personally and did not like King Hussein either did not tell me once that he was a Freemason "My grandfather respected so much king Talal by the way ".If It was well known as the Israeli newspapers and western sources are speaking about the Nasser media machine would have used for sure against the late King .

For me I can accept this ,simply because this man since his childhood was educated and prepared to be on the western side "Not because his policies " . This man was educated in the famous Victoria College boarding school in 1940s and 1950s in Alexandria ,before the nationalization all the foreign schools in Egypt were following their mother countries. Victoria was well known that it was made to graduate the future top elite class from the Egyptian and Arab society who were raised up and programmed according to the British policies , the British were our invaders at that time .This is not my talk , it is well known in History and it is enough to hear an Old Victorian like Ex-Minister Mansour Hassan. I am not saying that they were teaching them in Victoria to become future Freemasons , I am saying they used to prepare them to accept a specific mind set, they were programmed and this was its main disadvantage , Victoria College graduated thousands who did not become Freemasons , then King Hussein completed his education in UK in their military schools .By the way this was not the Victoria's disadvantage only but all other foreign schools in Egypt during that time too , whether the other British Schools or the French schools.

My grand mother told me once about their relative that was educated in Victoria college and Oxford ,coming back with complete British mind set and how he had this Freemason ring "This gentleman was the brother of a very well known feminist figure in Egypt"

Still again we can't be sure 100%

The question that should be asked if this claim was true , how this effected his decisions as a king to a country in the middle east in one of the most critical time in the modern history.

The Freemasons were and are not a charity loving society ,because if they were why they would have stayed in secret till now

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