Editing Xenophobia (section)

==== Egypt ====
The Egyptian [[Muslim Brotherhood]] leader [[Mohammed Mahdi Akef]] has denounced what he called "the myth of [[the Holocaust]]" in defense of the former-Iranian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]'s [[Holocaust denial|denial]] of it.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4554986.stm "Egyptian Islamists deny Holocaust"], ''[[BBC News]]'', 23 December 2005.</ref> In an article in October 2000 columnist Adel Hammoda alleged in the state-owned Egyptian newspaper ''[[al-Ahram]]'' that Jews make [[Matza]] from the blood of non-Jewish children (see [[Blood libel]]).<ref>''Al-Ahram'' (Egypt), 28 October 2000</ref> Mohammed Salmawy, the editor of ''[[Al-Ahram Hebdo]]'', "defended the use of old European myths like the blood libel against Jews" in his newspapers.<ref>Clark, Kate (10 August 2003). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3136059.stm "Interpreting Egypt's anti-semitic cartoons"], ''[[BBC News]]''.</ref>