A joint delegation of Muslims from the Muslim World League and Jews from the American Jewish Committee gathered today at the Auschwitz Museum, where both Muslim and Jewish prayers were said.

A delegation of Muslims and Jews jointly visited Auschwitz on Thursday for a memorial event, during which Islamic and Jewish prayers were said, and candles lit.Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa, a Saudi Arabian politician and Secretary General of the Muslim World League became the senior-most Muslim to visit the site for the interfaith mission, marking the 75th anniversary of hte liberation of Auschwitz.

BY The Jerusalem post