Afterwards, he held several posts in Palestine's religious judiciary, including librarian of the Imperial Library and member of the Sharia court in Istanbul.

During World War I, he was appointed mufti of the Fourth Ottoman Army in Syria and Palestine.

[2] Shukeiri rejected the values of the Palestinian Arab nationalist movement and would work with Zionist leaders regularly.

He worked in multiple pro-Zionist Arab organizations from the beginning of the British Mandate until his death in 1940 and he publicly rejected Mohammad Amin al-Husayni’s use of Islam against Zionism.

[3] His son, Ahmad Shukeiri, disagreed with his stance, calling on people in 1929 "to fight both imperialism and Zionism".