Head of Islamic Group Calls Holocaust a Myth

The leader of Egypt’s main Islamic opposition group said the Holocaust was a myth, and he slammed Western governments for criticizing those who deny that the mass extinction of Jews occurred.

Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Mahdi Akef’s comments echoed recent remarks by Iran’s hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which sparked international outrage.

The director of the Israeli branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Efraim Zuroff, said, “There’s no question that a very ugly wave of Holocaust denial is sweeping the Arab world.”