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Thread #87477   Message #1633549
Posted By: GUEST,beardedbruce
23-Dec-05 - 01:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: Waiting for Moderate Arab Voices...
Subject: BS: Waiting for Moderate Arab Voices...
"CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- The leader of Egypt's main Islamic opposition group said Thursday the Holocaust was a "myth," and he slammed Western governments for criticizing disclaimers of the Jewish genocide."


"Similar comments by Ahmadinejad earlier this month sparked an international outcry. The Iranian president called the Holocaust -- in which an estimated 6 million Jews were killed -- a "myth" and said Europeans have used it to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world. (Full story)

He also said Israel should be "wiped off the map."

Arab governments and media did not condemn Ahmadinejad's remarks."


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/22/muslim.brotherhood.ap/index.html