In articles published in 2015 in the Sunday Telegraph and online, we stated that Haitham al-Haddad had described Jews as "the descendants of apes and pigs”, and that he “says that Jews are the "brethren of swine and pigs”.

We now accept that the attribution of these statements to Dr al-Haddad was incorrect. We have withdrawn the allegations and have agreed not to repeat them. We are happy to make this clear, and apologise for the misunderstanding.