“I rarely wish ill on a new business, but I hope this one fails, and fails quickly.
“Remember this is just minutes away from West Central London Synagogue.”
Arabic-language copies of Mein Kampf on sale at Aafaq Bookstore in central London (X/Elliot Keck)[Missing Credit]
The shop primarily sells Arabic-language books, but also those in other languages and stationery supplies.
According to public records, the company which owns the shop is a publisher as well as a retailer and has authorisation to sponsor skilled worker visas to bring foreign workers to the UK.
Keck added: "It makes me sick to my stomach to find copies of Mein Kampf being proudly displayed in a new bookshop in my ward.
"While the council likely doesn't have any powers to crack down on this, from my perspective this hideous little business is not welcome, and I very much hope to see it fail."
A spokesperson for Aafaq said: “The book was not prominently displayed in the store. We held only three copies, which were stacked together among other books on a table at the rear of the bookshop, approximately 18 metres from the entrance, in premises with a total depth of approximately 20 metres.
“The table contained predominantly history books.
“The three copies represented our standard minimum opening-stock quantity for individual titles and did not reflect any particular prominence or anticipated demand for this book. No copies of Mein Kampf were sold.
"We subsequently reviewed the matter and removed the book from sale out of respect for our visitors and the local community.
“The presence of a controversial historical text in a bookshop should not be interpreted as an endorsement of its contents or ideology. Aafaq unequivocally rejects Nazi ideology, antisemitism, racism and all forms of hatred.
“We would also like to make clear that the proximity of the bookstore to a synagogue had no bearing whatsoever on the decision to stock the title. The location of nearby places of worship was not a factor in our stocking decisions.”
