The publisher of an Arabic magazine in London that ran an anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying article will not face criminal charges.

After an investigation that was launched when B’nai Brith Canada complained about an article that ran in the June-July issue of Al-Saraha newspaper called “The Question Which Everyone Ignores: Why Did Hitler Kill the Jews?” the London Police Service’s hate crime unit determined a criminal offence had not been committed

“There has to be a Criminal Code offence. So in order for us to lay any charges at all, there has to be a Criminal Code offence that has been committed,” London Police Service spokesperson Sandasha Bough told The CJN in July, following B’nai Brith’s complaint against the newspaper.

Al-Saraha publisher Abdul-Hadi Shala, who told the London Free Press through a translator that he was unaware of the facts and apologized to Jewish People, will run a front-page apology in the next issue of the newspaper.

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B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn said in a statement that he’s “cautiously optimistic that Mr. Shala has expressed his desire to make amends to the Jewish community by publishing a front-page apology in his newspaper. This is an important educational opportunity, and we hope that Mr. Shala will consult with the Jewish community in crafting his message, to ensure that it is not wasted.”

Mostyn added that he’s “disappointed but not surprised” that no charges will be laid.

“The London Police Service did not provide us with any specific reasons for declining to charge the publisher of Al-Saraha with a hate crime. However, with the repeal of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, a gap remains in the law which makes it harder for police and law enforcement to protect vulnerable minority groups from being targeted by hate speech,” he said.

“Given that this is the third example of anti-Semitic content in Canadian newspapers highlighted by B’nai Brith in the past few months, it is obvious that there is a pattern which must be addressed.”

In March, an Arabic-language newspaper referred to the stabbing attacks in Israel as a “sacred duty of jihad.” In June, a Mississauga-based newspaper called the terror attack on a Tel Aviv restaurant a “military operation.”

The article that ran in the June-July issue of Al-Saraha was originally published in Al-Masry Al-Youm, an Egyptian daily newspaper. It asserted that the figure of six million Jewish Holocaust victims is based on “Jewish propaganda” that “managed to spread [this number] and establish it.” It also accused Jews of causing “most of the economic collapses that occurred in the banks in the period between 1870 and 1920.”

News about the article spread to advertisers and politicians who took out ads in the publication, eliciting widespread condemnation and vows not to do business with the paper again.

When Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s learned about the anti-Semitic content in the newspaper – in which it had placed a full-page “best wishes” ad on the occasion of Ramadan – she condemned the newspaper.

“The Ontario Liberal caucus was completely unaware of Al-Saraha’s intent to publish this article when it purchased advertising space to convey Ramadan greetings to the community. I assure you that our caucus will no longer purchase advertising space in this publication.”

The London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership, a government-funded agency, removed a link to Al-Saraha from its resource guide that links to media outlets in the London area.