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Conference of Presidents Hosts Secretary General of Muslim World League
(Times of Israel) The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations held an event Thursday at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York honoring Muslims who protected Jews during the Holocaust. Mohammad al-Issa, secretary general of the Saudi-based Muslim World League, was a featured guest. Stephen M. Greenberg, chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents, said: "Dr. Al-Issa joined us as we commemorated and paid tribute to the immensely important, but too little known, acts of human decency and kindness of people in many majority Muslim countries during the Holocaust that enabled Jews to survive the horrors of the Nazi drive to exterminate them." "Dr. Al-Issa continues to demonstrate his commitment to engaging with the Jewish community in meaningful dialog to help bring Muslims and Jews closer together in an atmosphere of mutual dignity and respect." The event also featured a special presentation honoring countries that "hosted, protected, and absorbed Jewish refugees during the Holocaust," including Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Morocco.