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News · 17 August 2026

London Arabic bookshop removes Hitler's Mein Kampf after backlash

London Arabic bookshop removes Hitler's Mein Kampf after backlash

Following public criticism, a new Arabic bookshop located in central London took down copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf that had been on display. Aafaq, which commenced trading on Edgware Road on 1 August, offered multiple translated editions of the 1925 political manifesto for purchase. The shop declared its appreciation for community perspectives and firmly denounces Nazi ideology, antisemitism, racism, and Islamophobia.

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