Two years ago, the Simon Wiesenthal Center noted a large number of antisemitic and jihadist books being sold at the Casablanca Book Fair. And it wasn’t the first time.
Their complaints about the book fair were noted, and largely derided, in the Moroccan press.
This year, at the 23rd Casablanca Book Fair which ended today, nothing has changed.
A small tour of the corridors make you discover that the Salafi books are the most popular. Authors who call for violence and incite hatred and glorify racism achieve unprecedented success, along with the the classics of conspiracy theory, as well as translations of Mein Kampf and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
The good news? This article wasn’t written by the Wiesenthal Center or the ADL but by a disgusted Arab writing in the Moroccan site Al Yaoum 24.
At least some Arabs realize that their own world is in danger as long as hate is allowed to be promoted so freely.
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