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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Muslim religious leaders tour Auschwitz alongside AJC officials
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMohammed al-Issa, the secretary-general of the Mecca-based Muslim World League, arrives at Auschwitz alongside Muslim religious leaders and a delegation of American Jewish Committee (AJC) officials.
Issa’s arrival at Auschwitz comes after he toured the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, in May 2018 and wrote an opinion article in the Washington Post in January 2019 — condemning the Nazis’ “heinous crimes.”
علماء مسلمون وأمين #رابطة_العالم_الإسلامي يصلون إلى موقع المحرقة التي تعرض لها اليهود في أوشفيتز البولندية.#الهولوكوست
عبر: @HaneenMossli pic.twitter.com/2bhOelPvJs
— العربية (@AlArabiya) January 23, 2020
AJC CEO David Harris has said the trip represents “the most senior delegation of Muslim religious leaders to visit Auschwitz ever.”
The Times of Israel Community.