"La Monde of 28 March 2000 says that the Great Mufti of Jerusalem,
in the presence of Pope John Paul II, accused, on the 25th of
March, Israel of ***having exaggerated the extent of the "Holocaust"***
in order to get international support. (Emphasis in original)
This is, I think, the first time that the equivalent of a chief of state made such a revisionist claim, being in his official position. Franjo Tudjman had only written a somewhat revisionist book; he had spoken as an author or as an historian.
Ahmed Rami told me that he had received more than a million of visits on his site in 15 days. (Editorial comment: Rami owns <http://abbc.com/islam/>)
Iranian television produced a TV series on Revisionism. I got the video but, unfortunately, I do not understand Persian. Anyway, it seems very good (except for the technical quality) and really dramatic. You could see Garaudy, Pierre Guillaume, some other French people and myself. I am shown speaking (in Vichy, or in French courts, or in Stockholm) for quite a while. (...)
A 700 page book has been published yesterday: Histoire du négationisme, in France. Quite surprising! More about that later!
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ZGram - 30 March 2000 - "The Mufti has spoken! Big
News!" <[email protected]>
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