Saudi Book Fair Called Out For Display of Antisemitic Titles, Including ‘Mein Kampf’

11

The director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a prominent Jewish human rights organization based in the United States, has sent a letter to Saudi Arabia’s culture minister, calling out the country for hosting a book fair that contained a range of titles that seemed antisemitic in nature.

The titles were all showcased at the 2018 Riyadh International Book Fair.

And among?

Story continues below advertisement

“Mein Kampf,” Adolf Hitler’s tome, which translated into English means, “my fight.”

The Algemeiner has more:

In a letter to Saudi Culture Minister Awwad Alawwad, Shimon Samuels — director of international relations for the Simon Wiesenthal Center — wrote, “Mr. Minister, we are delighted at the initiatives of Saudi Arabia towards Muslim reconciliation with the Jewish people and even contacts with the State of Israel. We are therefore distressed to discover vicious conspiracy texts on display, at the Riyadh Book Fair, that counter-productively inflame antisemitism among the visitors and readers.”

According to Samuels, Mein Kampf was among the antisemitic titles featured at the ten-day fair, which ended on Saturday.

Samuels noted, “we understand that a publisher’s display at the Riyadh International Book Fair was closed down for selling Muslim Brotherhood books, considered to incite to violence and terrorism. Indeed, the fair supervisor, Abdul Rahman al-Asem, warned that, ‘any publisher who breaks the rules of the Book Fair will be banned from participating in it forever.’”

Therefore, Samuels urged Alawwad “to treat such publishers next year in the same fashion as your measures against the Muslim Brotherhood. Any publisher of antisemitism should likewise be treated as breaking the rules of the book fair and ‘banned from participating in it forever.’”

“Bigotry is indivisible, whether against Arab or Jew,” Samuels stated.

The letter came amid Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ongoing two-week visit to the US.

The Truth Must be Told

Your contribution supports independent journalism

Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.

Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.

Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.

Please contribute here.

or

Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.

Quick note: We cannot do this without your support. Fact. Our work is made possible by you and only you. We receive no grants, government handouts, or major funding. Tech giants are shutting us down. You know this. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Adsense, Pinterest permanently banned us. Facebook, Google search et al have shadow-banned, suspended and deleted us from your news feeds. They are disappearing us. But we are here.

Subscribe to Geller Report newsletter here— it’s free and it’s essential NOW when informed decision making and opinion is essential to America's survival. Share our posts on your social channels and with your email contacts. Fight the great fight.

Follow Pamela Geller on Gettr. I am there. click here.

Follow Pamela Geller on
Trump's social media platform, Truth Social. It's open and free.

Remember, YOU make the work possible. If you can, please contribute to Geller Report.

Join The Conversation. Leave a Comment.

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spammy or unhelpful, click the - symbol under the comment to let us know. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.

If you would like to join the conversation, but don't have an account, you can sign up for one right here.

If you are having problems leaving a comment, it's likely because you are using an ad blocker, something that break ads, of course, but also breaks the comments section of our site. If you are using an ad blocker, and would like to share your thoughts, please disable your ad blocker. We look forward to seeing your comments below.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
11 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Suresh
Suresh
6 years ago

Anti-semitism is just one part of islam. Islam is equal opportunity killer unlike Nazis.

while the dumb Left/liberal infidels sleep walk their way living in lala land the jihadis are preparing for even better Ramadan bombathon than last year https://tinyurl.com/yc28gxzv

Where even clueless Trump wished them happy successful Ramadan !

AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
6 years ago


Any of these books made available at that tolerant book fair ?!

comment image

Dagonet
Dagonet
6 years ago

And this comes at a time when the Saudis are supposedly trying to work with Israel to fight against Iran backed terrorists.

If the Saudis don’t play nice, F- ’em. Trump can stop selling them all of our military hardware, it’s the only thing keeping them alive as they have otherwise had their A-es kicked on the battlefield.

F- pisslam.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

A sodomy arabian book fair? Well, that won’t take up much space on the book shelf at all.

Annie
Annie
6 years ago

The Arab drums featured in the video were so monotonous.

VoiceInDesert
VoiceInDesert
6 years ago
Reply to  Annie

Compare that rhythm to Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero”.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
6 years ago

Moslems READ??? Naaahhhhhh………

Chippy
Chippy
6 years ago

Can Muslims actually read ?

VoiceInDesert
VoiceInDesert
6 years ago
Reply to  Chippy

هل يمكن ان المسلمين قرات بالفعل 🙂

Kriemhild
Kriemhild
6 years ago

Have just heard an evangelist on GOD TV who has just returned from Mecca — he said the whole country seems to be converting to Christianity and underground churches are springing up everywhere — hundreds of people come to read the Bible and to pray. It’s unbelievable what’s happening, so he said. God is working miracles all over the Islamic world, Muslims in many countries, especially in North Africa, are converting in hordes. I think the Saudis are going to fall.

Sponsored
Geller Report
Thanks for sharing!