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Britain

UK Advisors to Blair: Scrap Jewish Holocaust Day As Offensive to Moslems

2005-09-11

ADVISERS appointed by Tony Blair after the London bombings are proposing to scrap the Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day because it is regarded as offensive to Muslims. They want to replace it with a Genocide Day that would recognise the mass murder of Muslims in Palestine, Chechnya and Bosnia as well as people of other faiths. The draft proposals have been prepared by committees appointed by Blair to tackle extremism. He has promised to respond to the plans, but the threat to the Holocaust Day has provoked a fierce backlash from the Jewish community.

Holocaust Day was established by Blair in 2001 after a sustained campaign by Jewish leaders to create a lasting memorial to the 6m victims of Hitler. It is marked each year on January 27. The Queen is patron of the charity that organises the event and the Home Office pays Â£500,000 a year to fund it. The committees argue that the special status of Holocaust Memorial Day fuels extremistsâ sense of alienation because it âexcludesâ Muslims.

Seeing as the Muslims are sorta on the other side of this whole 'remembering the genocide of the Jews' thing ...

A member of one of the committees, made up of Muslims, said it gave the impression that âwestern lives have more value than non-western livesâ.

When all that matters, of course, is the ummah ...

That perception needed to be changed. âOne way of doing that is if the government were to sponsor a national Genocide Memorial Day. âThe very name Holocaust Memorial Day sounds too exclusive to many young Muslims. It sends out the wrong signals: that the lives of one people are to be remembered more than others. Itâs a grievance that extremists are able to exploit.â

The recommendation, drawn up by four committees including those dealing with imams and mosques, and Islamaphobia and policing, has the backing of Sir Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain.

Posted by:Captain America

#9 I find Islam offensive. Please ban it, Mr. Blair.

Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-11 19:58

#8 âThe very name Holocaust Memorial Day sounds too exclusive to many young Muslims. It sends out the wrong signals: that the lives of one people are to be remembered more than others. "

Uh-last time I heard, there has not been an explicit wartime campaign to wipe all Muslims off the face of the earth.

Well, yet, anyway. If 6,000,000 do get murdered in concentration camps, I guess we could have a Holocaust Day for them, too.

The phrase "offensive to Muslims" is the new "wolf" cry. Pretty soon, after so many false claims, you learn to just tune it out.

Posted by: jules 2 2005-09-11 19:36

#7 But can he tell Cherie to bugger off?

Ever seen her picture? I think he's been waiting for an excuse.

Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-09-11 12:31

#6
#5 Hope Tony has enough stones to tell them to bugger off.

But can he tell Cherie to bugger off?

Posted by: gromgoru 2005-09-11 12:13

#5 Hope Tony has enough stones to tell them to bugger off.

Posted by: raptor 2005-09-11 10:55

#4 If they are offended then they can go to Pakistan or Saudi Arabia where they belong.

Posted by: JFM 2005-09-11 07:22

#3 Sure. But we need to add a few more to the list.
And teach the muslim children...

(a) the Armenian genocide
(b) the ethnic cleansing of jewish tribes from the arabian peninsula.
(c) the genocide of hindus in the Indian subcontinent during a thousand years of muslim rule.

Uh..changed your mind Sacranie?

Posted by: john 2005-09-11 07:17

#2 Well I'm sure the Imans could get behind changing it to "Final Solution Day" or "Death to the Jews and All Other Infidels Day".

Posted by: DMFD 2005-09-11 00:46

#1 Let's see if Tony retains the steely resolve or caves to the "moderate" muslims.

Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-11 00:28

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