(Just testing the relaxed rules of discussion in The Lounge....)

 

Has the UK government completely lost the plot! In today's budget Mr Hunt announced that 1 million quid would be allocated to honour Muslim war dead...

 

What on earth is the reason for this decision?  Why not a memorial to honour ALL soldiers of minority religions who fought alongside British Christian soldiers? Are our fallen Sikh and Hindu brave soldiers who gave their lives not as worthy as Muslim soldiers?

 

The only words that come to mind are 'pandering' and 'appeasement', as well as 'a faking waste of money!'

4 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Just testing the relaxed rules of discussion in The Lounge....

 

Testing testing 1 2 3 😅

Britain always aims to please

Because England has been flooded with them, and as we have seen with George Galloway they now have huge voter power so everybody wants to suck up to them.... despite the fact integration and abiding by the countries laws are foreign concepts to them...

 

  

But I agree with you ... why should  just the Muslims be recognised for this

At least it wasn’t as much as The Patron Saint of Fentanyl, George Floyd’s memorial in America.

We will pay these kind of decisions later.

 

53 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Has the UK government completely lost the plot! In today's budget Mr Hunt announced that 1 million quid would be allocated to honour Muslim war dead...

 

   Its to honour the 170 000 Muslims who died fighting to defend our freedoms , they gave their lives fighting on our side , nothing to do with Muslim terrorists of today 

5 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Its to honour the 170 000 Muslims who died fighting to defend our freedoms , they gave their lives fighting on our side , nothing to do with Muslim terrorists of today 

I never made any reference to Muslim terrorists!  Many Muslims gave their lives fighting on our side, and so did many Jews, Sikhs, Hindus etc etc.  Why the need to pander to the Muslims?  Are Hindu and Sikh soldiers not worthy enough to be remembered? 

4 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I never made any reference to Muslim terrorists!  Many Muslims gave their lives fighting on our side, and so did many Jews, Sikhs, Hindus etc etc.  Why the need to pander to the Muslims?  Are Hindu and Sikh soldiers not worthy enough to be remembered? 

 

   There are already memorials to the Sikhs and Africans and Blacks who died in the wars

7 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   There are already memorials to the Sikhs and Africans and Blacks who died in the wars

 

Where are these memorials to the Sikhs and Africans and Blacks that the British erected/funded? Do you have some links to confirm this? (because I can only find links to Sikh memorials erected by Sikhs who fought against the British etc).

1 hour ago, simon43 said:

 

Where are these memorials to the Sikhs and Africans and Blacks that the British erected/funded? Do you have some links to confirm this? (because I can only find links to Sikh memorials erected by Sikhs who fought against the British etc).

 

 

A statue of a Sikh soldier has been unveiled in Leicester to honour Sikhs who fought for the UK in conflicts around the world.

The bronze figure on a granite plinth went on display in Victoria Park on Sunday.

The Sikh Troops War Memorial Committee said it would complement the existing war memorials already there.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-63414924

 

1 hour ago, simon43 said:

 

Where are these memorials to the Sikhs and Africans and Blacks that the British erected/funded? Do you have some links to confirm this? (because I can only find links to Sikh memorials erected by Sikhs who fought against the British etc).

 

First ever memorial to African and Caribbean Service Personnel unveiled in Brixton.

 

 

 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-ever-memorial-to-african-and-caribbean-service-personnel-unveiled-in-brixton

8 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

First ever memorial to African and Caribbean Service Personnel unveiled in Brixton.

 

 

 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-ever-memorial-to-african-and-caribbean-service-personnel-unveiled-in-brixton

I stand corrected!  But IMHO such memorials are hugely diversive.  War memorials traditionally honour all dead, regardless of race, ethic group, rank, status or religion. This proposed Muslim war memorial will not bring communities together - it will be the target of protests (by both pro-Islam and extreme right-wing) protestors.

 

11 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I stand corrected!  But IMHO such memorials are hugely diversive.  War memorials traditionally honour all dead, regardless of race, ethic group, rank, status or religion. This proposed Muslim war memorial will not bring communities together - it will be the target of protests (by both pro-Islam and extreme right-wing) protestors.

 

 

   I doubt very much that any group would attack a war memorial .

UK war memorials often have the names of the local British citizens who died in the wars  and the foreigners who fought for the UK don't get a mention 

39 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I stand corrected!  But IMHO such memorials are hugely diversive.  War memorials traditionally honour all dead, regardless of race, ethic group, rank, status or religion. This proposed Muslim war memorial will not bring communities together - it will be the target of protests (by both pro-Islam and extreme right-wing) protestors.

 

 

   Simon, this is the ASEANNOW forum, you don't admit to being wrong about anything here , you are supposed to call me a bigot and make some other irrelevant point 

Full details of the aims behind the memorial, maybe also a history lesson for some.
 

https://www.muslimwarmemorial.org/