Egypt's opposition leader berates U.S.
He echoes comments of Iran president that Holocaust is a myth

Michael Slackman, New York Times | December 23 2005

Cairo -- Two weeks after the Muslim Brotherhood won 88 seats in parliament and established itself as Egypt's only significant political opposition organization, its leader issued a statement condemning the United States while declaring that the Holocaust was a "myth."

In a statement issued on the group's Web site, Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the supreme guide of the Brotherhood, said that the United States might be the public face of the new world order but that, from "backstage," it was being "manipulated by the hands of the sons of Zion."

He also echoed comments made earlier by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had called the Holocaust a myth and said that whatever occurred was the fault of the Europeans and that therefore Israel should be moved to Europe.

In his weekly letter on the Web site, Akef said, "Western democracy has attacked everyone who does not share the vision of the sons of Zion as far as the myth of the Holocaust is concerned."

The statement came just days after the Muslim Brotherhood watched a record number of its members take seats in the 454-member parliament. The parliament, although a weak organization, does give its members a bully pulpit. That gives the Brotherhood a chance to challenge presidential decisions and promote its ideas.

The Brotherhood is a banned organization, but more than 100 members were allowed to run for parliament as independents. While Brotherhood members have long promoted extreme ideas -- such as Israel's being behind the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 -- the notion that the Holocaust was exaggerated and manipulated to justify creation of Israel is not out of the mainstream here.

In an article published three days ago in the Egyptian daily newspaper Al-Masaa, columnist Hisham Abd al-Rauf wrote that Nazi execution chambers were "no more than rooms to disinfect clothing."

"The most serious lie is the Jews' Holocaust, which they have exploited in order to extort global solidarity," he wrote, citing the widespread condemnation of Ahmadinejad's statements.

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