Muslims who fought for Britain

[sp1814]

I only became aware of this when scanning through a post from yesterday:

http://www.metro.co.u...tten-on-armistice-day

Why is it that the contribution from Muslim and Commonwealth troops during the last two world wars isn't celebrated?

How comes none of us knows about the "2.5million men and women who came over to do their bit in World War II"?

Is it because it flies in the face of the usual Islamophobic rhetoric spouted by the dailymailers (who want everyone to believe that "yer typical Muslim is a banner-waving extremist")?

Can anyone explain this oddity?

[MarkRae]

I believe you have explained it very clearly...

[ludwig]

// Why is it that the contribution from Muslim and Commonwealth troops during the last two world wars isn't celebrated? //

It is. They all march past the cenotaph every year along with everyone else.

[anotheoldgit]

Muslims who fought for the Nazi SS.

http://tinyurl.com/mvldn3

There will be some who will wish you hadn't brought this up.

Regarding the contribution made by commonwealth troops during WW1 & WW2 being celebrated.

They often are Hindus, Sikhs, Gurkha, Jamaica. along with many other nations.troops

Both wars were World Wars, and these troops wasn't necessary fighting just for the British, they were fighting also to protect their home land or free their homeland, whichever was the case.

/// How comes none of us knows about the "2.5million men and women who came over to do their bit in World War II"? ///

Just speak for yourself, I myself know plenty about them, and if you, instead of making racist remarks, was also to spend your time reading the numerous books or viewing the numerous DVDs on the subject, you may also be made aware of them.

[123everton]

There's a famous poster from WW2 with a defiant Tommy standing on the white cliffs shaking his fist "very well alone!" he declares, truth is somewhat different.
We were never alone, we had Canadians, New Zealanders, Austrailian, South Africans (lots of Africans) and then there's the Indians (incorporating Nepalese Gurkhas and Pakistanis), one of our best regiments in Africa and Italy was the Rajputana Rifles, Churchill destroyed them in The Third Battle Of Monte Cassino to show Stalin how tough we were.
We lost a lot of Kiwis and French Zouaves in that battle too.
Again it's often overlooked the role the Zouaves played in the war, the only real pell mell battle prosecuted by the French in 1940 was at Villers-Bretoneux, and they were Algerians.
Large swathes of France were first liberated by Zouaves but come independence these soldiers pensions were frozen at the 1966 rate, THEY STILL ARE!
Rezeegir, you have to try and comprehend western (principally) U.S foreign to grasp the roots of modern political Islam, I'd suggest you start by looking at Iran from about 1950 onwards, you could go a little earlier and see us steal their oil in WW2, but it's around 1953 that you begin to see the hubris of an anti western ideology.

[123everton]

AOG, the Indians weren't protecting India from invasion until after December 1941.
I'll ask you a simple question how many Australians fought in the Italian campaign?
How many Indians?

[jackthehat]

The poppy I purchased is in remembrance of *all* of those who gave their lives answering the call of Mother Britain......
I don't pick and choose according to race or religion.

[boxtops]

Thanks jack yes, I agree with you. I don't care what their background or faith was, they did so we can have this sort of conversation.

[beastmonkey]

the racism in the question, nor why anything is being stirred up. I think it is just a question.

[beastmonkey]

sorry wrote the first bit in the wrong box
it should start with

i fail to see

[123everton]

I think you'll find Britain and it's Commonwealth declared war in 1939 and by 1940 they were most definitely mobilised for attack and defence, I think we even had Jan Smuts (or was it Cristian De wet, both ex Boer Kommandos, I think it was De Wet) as minister for air defence by then.

[jaydah]

Most of the original muslim immigrants to UK had connections with the Indian Army as do the hindus. They are not overlooked & It's up to their heirs to commemorate them.

http://en.wikipedia.o...i/British_Indian_Army

[sp1814]

"Just speak for yourself, I myself know plenty about them, and if you, instead of making racist remarks"

Racist?

How's my question racist?

It's all too easy nowadays to throw the 'R' word around...please explain yourself. What do you see in my question which would lead you to infer racism?

[sp1814]

AOG

So you would join me in praising the bravery of the Commonwealth troops?

I think that every time someone says, "My grandfather fought for this country, not to let it be overrun with immigrants", it would be fair to say, "Yes, YOUR grandfather, and the grandfathers of the descendents who emigrated here".

Isn't that more accurate?

[B00]

If this is in someway a post aimed at those made yesterday that were outraged at the poppy burning thing by islamist extremist sp, I think it's in very poor taste.

I hope anyone with an ounce of decency was as outraged as I was to see yesterdays shenanighans by those scum, waving their silly banners and shouting death to british soldiers.

If this isn't aimed at people, like me who were disgusted yesterday, I apologise. But for the life of me I can't think of another reason for you to make this post sp.

[jaydah]

sp1814 - you ONLY became aware after reading past posts ?

Methinks you have lots of history to catch up on.

http://www.google.co....aq=0&oq=British+rule+

[123everton]

WW2 poem.
Oh, bury me at Cassino
My duty to England is done.
And when you get back to Blighty,
And you are drinking your whisky and rum,
Remember that old Indian soldier,
When the war that he fought has been won!
Lest we forget....