Muslimsto boycott Holocaust Day in UK

IRNA ^ | January 26, 2002

[BrooklynGOP]

 London, Jan 26, IRNA -- For the second successive year, the Muslim    
Council of Britain (MCB) has rejected an invitation from the          
government to attend its Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday    
because it excludes the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians.     
    "Genocide is the most abhorrent and outrageous crime against      
humanity and we are not going to prevent it by selectively            
remembering only some of its victims," MCB secretary general Yousuf   
Bhaliok said.                                                         
   Referring in particular to the ongoing Israeli massacre of         
Palestinians, he warned that the suffering of Jews during World War   
Two "must not blind us to the suffering of others, nor should it be   
cause or justification for one group to oppress another."             
   The national ceremony in London is the second since the British    
government accepted holding a Holocaust Memorial National Day last    
year after campaigning by Jewish and Zionist lobbies.                 
   The first ceremony also included references to the ethnic          
cleansing in Bosnia, Cambodia and Rwanda. But like this year's event, 
no mention was made of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the occupied   
territories.                                                          
   Bhailock said that the purpose of remembrance should be to expand  
compassion. "Ethnic cleansing was not a thing of the past, it is a    
present terror," he said in a statement obtained by IRNA.             
   "Remembrance must refocus our moral vision, rededicate our         
commitment to prevent current and future inhumanity, state brutality  
and crimes against humanity," he said in urging the UK government to  
reflect on the past and see the same abuses were occurring again.     
HC/KS                                                                 
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[BrooklynGOP]

For those who were confused on wether Muslims had beef with Israel or Jews or both... Here's your answer.

[BrooklynGOP]

ping!

[AzJohn]

Obviously the Muslim Council's point of view is disgusting. Also disgusting is that the official news agency of the Iranian government matter-of-factly uses phrases like "Israeli genocide" in its stories.

[The Cuban]

I will say it now and I will say it again, Logic, which implicates inductive and deductive reasoning is not a strong suite of Muslims, making me reason that logic has probably never been taught to these people. For example, my favorite example actually, this statement: "Bin laden Is a hero for what he did, but he did not do it". What the hell is that? These people are morons!

[tracer]

What is a "muslimsto??"

[VeritatisSplendor]

Y' know, logic would say, that when genocide occurs, the population decreases substantially. Somehow, the Israelis have not managed to do this to the Palestinians.

Mrs VS

[Petronski]

In my part of Pennsylvania, there is a vocal minority who routinely call MLK Day 'Nigger Day' and cannot be convinced to stop, or even recognize that they might be wrong. No wonder the Aryan Nation moved in up there in Ulysses.