An Arabic bookshop in London has been accused of anti-Semitism after it was found selling copies of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and displaying them “front and centre” of the store.The newly opened shop, Aafaq Bookstore on Edgware Road, had multiple copies of the extremist text on a display table this week, just a five-minute walk away from the West London Synagogue.
The title was removed from the bookstore after the backlash:
A spokesman for Aafaq Bookstore told the Jewish Chronicle that they had removed the book from sale "out of respect for our visitors and the local community", adding: "The presence of a controversial historical text in a bookshop should not be interpreted as an endorsement of its contents or ideology. Aafaq unequivocally rejects Nazi ideology, anti-Semitism, racism and all forms of hatred.
Spread hatred? Aafaq? Of course not! Just because they put it on a display table doesn't mean anything. They could have done that for any 1924 book that no one in its demographic would be interested in.
One small detail: the publisher of this Arabic Mein Kampf edition was - Aafaq Books. The bookstore is a branch of a Kuwaiti publishing house. The logo in the bottom left of the book is the Aafaq logo.
They aren't just a bookshop selling titles. They are the publisher. They chose Mein Kampf as one of the books they wanted to publish, even though there are plenty of other Arabic translations around.
Because....it sells.
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