Independent.co.uk: Another day, another myth about Muslims. The most recent one to set tongues wagging is that poppies offend Muslims. According to far-right groups like Britain First, Muslims hate poppies. Their claim comes after a few individuals, who are widely condemned in the Muslim community, criticised the poppy on the basis that it constitutes an endorsement of wars in the Middle East.
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What far-right groups fail to mention, however, is that many Muslim soldiers have died fighting for the British army, and many Muslim citizens make an active effort to remember the war dead. Groups of young Muslims, such as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, sell poppies at London Underground stations to raise money for Poppy Appeal. One Muslim designer went as far as designing a “poppy hijab” in a bid to unite the two cultures, and give British Muslims a unique way of remembering the war dead. Come Remembrance Day, over one million Muslims plan on wearing the poppy.
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