shams al arab شمس العرب تسطع على الغرب Sigrid Hunke (26 April 1913 – 15 June 1999) was a German author. She is known for her work in the field of religious studies. She was also an advocate of Nazi mysticism and neopaganism. Hunke joined the Germanistischer Wissenschafteinsatz, the German Sciences Service of the SS, the organization conceived of by Heinrich Himmler to oversee the Germanization of Northern Europe. She called Adolf Hitler "the best model that history has ever offered to Germany." Hunke was also known for her claims of Muslim superiority over Western values. She asserts in her essay Allahs Sonne uberdem Abendland or "The Sun of Allah Shines over the West" that "the influence exerted by the Arabs on the West was the first step in freeing Europe from Christianity." Hunke was born in Kiel and died in Hamburg.