The belligerent state called ‘Israel’, a state built on the ashes of the ‘Holocaust’, has since its very inception perpetrated its own Holocaust upon the Palestinians. Over a million Palestinians have been exiled, denied the right of return to their homes, thousands upon thousands have been killed and maimed, and their land stolen by those whose only lessons learned from the Nazis was that of cruelty and tyranny.
The ‘Holocaust’ Memorial Day deserves our scorn, not support, because it venerates and remembers Jewish suffering and death to the exclusion of all others. It has become a tool in the hands of those who would shamefully exploit the suffering of the past to delegitimize all criticism of their present morally reprehensible and indefensible actions and policies against the Palestinians.
Iqbal Sacranie in responding to criticism against MCB’s boycott of the Memorial Day said:
A memorial day would in our opinion be better served by covering the ongoing mass killings and human rights abuses in our world, and thus make the cry “Never Again” real for all people who suffer, even now. We must do more than just reflect on the past. We must be able to recognise when similar abuses occur in our own time.
Not to acknowledge current and recent genocides would be to undermine the benefits of remembrance, deprecate lessons learnt from the Nazi Holocaust and call into question our commitment to prevent current and future inhumanity. The Nazi Holocaust began with a hatred of an entire people because of their religion and ethnic identity. To reflect a more tolerant and inclusive Britain, we believe that Holocaust Memorial Day ought to be renamed “Genocide Memorial Day” to make no distinction between genocides undertaken against people of other religions and ethnicity.
In its current manifestation, this memorial is a shameful reminder of the dangers of exclusion and delusions of supremacy. Ireland with its own experience of oppression and occupation should lead the way in renaming this day as a Genocide Memorial Day, a day in which we remember all genocides; past and present, and commit ourselves and our governments to implementing measures to put an end to this malaise once and for all.
The ‘Holocaust’ Memorial Day deserves our scorn, not support, because it venerates and remembers Jewish suffering and death to the exclusion of all others. It has become a tool in the hands of those who would shamefully exploit the suffering of the past to delegitimize all criticism of their present morally reprehensible and indefensible actions and policies against the Palestinians.
Iqbal Sacranie in responding to criticism against MCB’s boycott of the Memorial Day said:
A memorial day would in our opinion be better served by covering the ongoing mass killings and human rights abuses in our world, and thus make the cry “Never Again” real for all people who suffer, even now. We must do more than just reflect on the past. We must be able to recognise when similar abuses occur in our own time.
Not to acknowledge current and recent genocides would be to undermine the benefits of remembrance, deprecate lessons learnt from the Nazi Holocaust and call into question our commitment to prevent current and future inhumanity. The Nazi Holocaust began with a hatred of an entire people because of their religion and ethnic identity. To reflect a more tolerant and inclusive Britain, we believe that Holocaust Memorial Day ought to be renamed “Genocide Memorial Day” to make no distinction between genocides undertaken against people of other religions and ethnicity.
In its current manifestation, this memorial is a shameful reminder of the dangers of exclusion and delusions of supremacy. Ireland with its own experience of oppression and occupation should lead the way in renaming this day as a Genocide Memorial Day, a day in which we remember all genocides; past and present, and commit ourselves and our governments to implementing measures to put an end to this malaise once and for all.
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