John Rosenthal

The founder and publisher of the Islamische Zeitung is one Abu Bakr Rieger, né Andreas Rieger. Until three years ago, the German convert to Islam was a member of the board of directors of the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany. The Islamic Council, or Islamrat, is one of four Muslim umbrella organizations that serve as dialogue partners for the German government in the context of the government-sponsored “German Islam Conference.” In October 2007, Rieger was forced to resign from his position in the Islamic Council after video emerged of him seemingly regretting that the Holocaust had not been “thorough” enough. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/german-public-broadcasters-promote-newspaper-controversial-muslim-publisher_514839.html