Muslim religious leaders joined members of a US Jewish group at Auschwitz last week for what organizers described as “the most senior Islamic leadership delegation” to visit the site of a Nazi German death camp. The interfaith visit took place ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year marks 75 years since the liberation of the camp. The visit was led by the secretary general of the Muslim World League, Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, a former Saudi justice minister, and the CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), David Harris. Al-Issa led a delegation of 62 Muslims, including 25 prominent religious leaders, from some 28 countries. KAN reporter Naomi Segal heard more about the visit from Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs of AJC.

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