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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Henryk M. Broder on human rights policy and the Holocaust
Author Henryk M. Broder explains in the left-liberal daily Der Tagesspiegel why he is running for the office of president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany: "It is ... not the Council's job to instruct the remaining 79.9 million Germans on how they should deal with their past. Proofs of love that are coerced are no proof of anything. ... As president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany I will seek to put an end to small-minded delusions of grandeur that bedevil themselves by biting off more than they can chew. I will make it my objective to have denying the Holocaust abolished as a criminal offence.The law was well-meant but it has proved counterproductive, helping idiots cast themselves as martyrs in the struggle for historical truth. The problem we all have is not the last Holocaust, whose factuality is beyond question, but the genocide currently taking place in Sudan. We don't need any more Holocaust memorials, but an active policy in the interests of human rights, free of political and economic considerations."
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Henryk M. Broder wants a tougher stance on Richard Williamson
Journalist Henryk M. Broder calls in the daily Der Tagesspiegel for Jews to go on the offensive regarding the statements of Holocaust denier and ultra-conservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson. "Why don't the pious Christians pray for the well-being of the Muslims; that they turn their backs on Allah and profess their belief in Jesus? After all, there are well over a billion Muslims in the world and only about 14 million Jews. So the Muslim market is much larger. If 10 percent of all Jews were to do this it would add up to just 1.4 million converts, whereas with the Muslims it would be over 100 million, making an intercession on their behalf really worth the trouble. Admittedly, as the reactions to the Pope's Regensburger speech have shown, this would be a risky undertaking. Some Muslims could take offence and call for protests in the course of which not only pope puppets but also churches may be set on fire. With the Jewish brothers and sisters on the other hand one can assume that in the worst case the Central Council of Jews in Germany would announce that it was breaking off relations with the German Bishops' Conference, only to resume talks a couple of weeks later at the first opportunity. Instead of sulking and complaining the Jews should take a more aggressive approach."
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