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  • Ditch Holocaust day, advisers urge Blair

    09/11/2005 5:49:27 AM PDT · by white trash redneck · 35 replies · 1,274+ views
    Sunday Times - UK ^ | 11 sep 05 | Abul Taher
    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...