'The mission is the most senior Islamic leadership delegation to ever visit Auschwitz or any Nazi German death camp,' according to AJC.

"We consider any denial of the Holocaust or minimizing of its effect a crime [that] distort[s] history and an insult to the dignity of those innocent souls who have perished," a prominent Saudi cleric stated.

'Any act of violence or terrorism that tries to hide behind religion is unacceptable,' a senior Saudi cleric ruled.