Riyadh
– A recent book fair in Saudi Arabia backed by the US government that exhibited
and sold antisemitic literature is a “tragedy for the Jewish people,” one of
the heads of an international human rights organization told The Algemeiner on
Monday.
The
Riyadh International Book Fair 2016, which took place in March saw some 500
local and international publishers displaying literature on a host of topics.
According to revelations by pro-Israel blogger Elder of Ziyon,
US Deputy Chief of Mission Timothy Lenderking at the US Embassy in Riyadh
attended the fair, as did US Cultural Attache David Edginton, who was quoted by Arab News congratulating the Saudi leadership on
hosting the event.
In its report, Elder
of Ziyon provided a photo of
booth F66, which displayed books for sale on Jewish conspiracy theories, such
as the antisemitic propaganda
tome The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion, Jews and Freemasonry and Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Other works
included several pieces of literature by Mansour Abdel Hakim, Islamic author of Women Who Deserve to go to Hell, a religious guide for women that
issues warnings and punishments for those who divert from the path of Islam.
