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To: Steelfish
Where were Muslims during World War II? They were aligned with Adolf Hitler. The Muslim grand mufti himself met with Adolf Hitler, reviewed the troops and accepted support from the Nazi's in killing Jews.

Not fair. Many Muslims fought for the Allies.

They formed a large part of the Indian Army, the largest all-volunteer army in history, peaking at over 2.5M men. About 1/3 of them were Muslims.

Many Muslims fought in the Free French Army and in various colonial contingents of the British.

I'm not sure how to go about getting numbers together, but I suspect those who fought for the Allies were a multiple of those who fought for the Axis.

15 posted on 04/16/2010 6:42:03 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

I thought the Gurkhas were Sikhs not Muslims.


16 posted on 04/16/2010 6:50:17 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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