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Albania becomes first Muslim country to adopt IHRA anti-Semitism definition
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Albanian parliament formally adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism, making Albania the first Muslim-majority country to do so and promise to fight anti-Jewish prejudice.
The IHRA definition, which casts some forms of criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic, has been adopted by many Western countries, but so far not by Muslim countries.
Robert Singer, a veteran Jewish organizational leader and former Israeli government official, is quoted by the Makor Rishon newspaper as expressing hope that more Muslim nations will follow in Albania’s footsteps.
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