"Mr. Saudi Ambassador to UNESCO: 'United States President Donald Trump is about to visit your country. An occasion when you will wish to present an image of supporting dialogue andtolerance between different cultures and civilizations... At a time when Riyadh shares with Jerusalem, mutual existential concerns, we demand the closure forthwith of thishate-mongering course.
"Such an offence to Islam in any Western campus would result in a loud protest supported by our Centre. This is surely not the face of Saudi Arabia you wish Mr. Trump to see"
Paris, 19 May 2017
In a letter to Saudi Ambassador to UNESCO, Ibrahim Youssef S. Albalawi, the Wiesenthal Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, noted, "United StatesPresident Donald Trump is about to visit your country, undoubtedly, an occasion when you would wish to present an image of supporting dialogue and tolerance between differentcultures and civilizations."
The letter continued, "As Ambassador to UNESCO, we draw your attention to a discordant case which must be addressed forthwith: One of the leading Saudi public universities, Ummal-Qura University (Department of Islamic Studies), teaches in a Judaism course 241 of the prospectus, that the Jews rely on three sources : 'The Torah, The Talmud, The Protocols ofZion' (page 61)
"The Protocols, often denoted as "a warrant for genocide", is a forgery by the Russian Tsarist regime to distract public attention from dictatorship and economic woes. It has beenused across the Arab world to foment hatred of the State of Israel and Jews worldwide," argued Samuels.
Besides The Protocols, the course curriculum is heavily antisemitic, speaking of the "evil traits" of the Jews as stated in the Quran, etc..
Square Middle of Page - Chapter Three Heading - Sources (of) The Jews Section One: The Torah and related books Section Two: The Talmud Section Three: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The course is based on the book, "Studies in The Jewish and Christian Religions" by Dr Saud bin Abdul Aziz Al-Khalaf, Professor of Aqeedah in the Department of Aqeedah at theIslamic University of Madinah.
Here is a detailed description of the main topics covered in the "Judaism 241" course (refer again to the attached image): the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, their age-oldhostility towards the Islamic nation, their traits and misbehaviour interpreted in the Quran, their distortion of religion, Jewish societies (Freemasons sic.), the constant Jewishthreat to Islam and the Muslims, ways to confront it etc..
"Mr. Ambassador, at a time when Riyadh shares with Jerusalem mutual existential concerns, we urge you to publicly condemn this outrage, see that measures are taken to close thishate-mongering course... Such an offence to Islam on any Western campus would result in a loud protest supported by our Centre. This is surely not the face of Saudi Arabia you wishMr. Trump to see," concluded Samuels.
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