MCB advises Blair on Genocide Memorial Day

In what looks like a remarkably mischievous article the Sunday Times has a report headed "Ditch Holocaust day, advisers urge Blair". Here are some snippets:

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.

Jewish. Holocaust Memorial Day? It seems like only yesterday that the UK media were describing HMD and the holocaust itself as a multi-faith affair.

Holocaust Day was established by Blair in 2001 after a sustained campaign by Jewish leaders to create a lasting memorial to the 6m victims of Hitler. It is marked each year on January 27.

Not so multi-faith then.

Sir Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain said: "The message of the Holocaust was 'never again', and for that message to have practical effect on the world community it has to be inclusive. We can never have double standards in terms of human life. Muslims feel hurt and excluded that their lives are not equally valuable to those lives lost in the Holocaust time."

Ibrahim Hewitt, chairman of the charity Interpal, said: "There are 500 Palestinian towns and villages that have been wiped out over the years. That’s pretty genocidal to me."

My goodness, this reporter's brave. Does Murdoch know?

A Home Office spokesman said it would consider the proposals for a separate Genocide Day for all faiths but emphasised that it regarded the Holocaust as a "defining tragedy in European history".

Which isn't quite the same as what the zionists are saying. Take Mike Whine, a director of the British Board of Deputies

Of course we will oppose this move. The whole point is to remember the darkest day of modern history."

Not just European, modern. And what about Louise Ellman, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside and a Holocaust Memorial trustee

These Muslim groups should stop trying to evade the enormity of the Holocaust.

Or perhaps these zionist groups should stop minimising the suffering of others including the victims of zionism.