Disgrace

I can barely believe my eyes:

BRITISH Muslims are to boycott this week’s commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz because they claim it is not racially inclusive and does not commemorate the victims of the Palestinian conflict.

Sure, it's a legitimate wish that the victims of other conflicts are commemorated but to refuse participation in one commemorative event on the basis that it doesn't include a certain (and self defined) subset of other issues is not a tenable position and is a blatant admission of extreme prejudice.

Luckily one of our political masters wades in with this:

This weekend the boycott by the leaders of Britain’s 1.2m Muslims was condemned by Khalid Mahmood, the MP for Birmingham Perry Barr. “I’m proud to be a Muslim. But if people are boycotting this then I think it’s a mistake. People who were exterminated in the Holocaust were not just Jews. There were Romany gypsies as well. Anybody who is interested in human rights should support this remembrance.

Well, that's alright then.

Hat tip Mark.

Posted by John at January 24, 2005 08:55 AM | TrackBack