The remembrance poppy is becoming a weapon against immigrants to Canada. We need to remember everyone’s contribution to the war
How come the institutional memory fails the right wing so badly in modern politics? Did all these soldiers, women as well as men, die for Canada and its allies […]
We should all be wearing a Khadi poppy today to commemorate the thousands of Indian soldiers who fought in WWI
The scale and significance of the British Indian Army cannot be underestimated – their sacrifice helped sow the seeds for a peace and harmony that we enjoy today and must […]
Muslim poppy sellers victims of vile abuse after being called ‘infidels’ and ‘traitors’
MUSLIMS proudly selling poppies have been the victims of vile abuse. By Paul Donnelley / Published 5th November 2017 PHILIPIDE ABUSE: Naveed Uz Zafar (wearing poppy) was verbally attacked outside London’s Euston Station Members of a branch of Islam called Ahmadiyya say they have been called infidels and traitors. Naveed […]
I’m an imam, and I’ll be leading the Remembrance Sunday services for the Muslims who died fighting for our country
Historic records show that at least 885,000 Muslims were recruited from across the Muslim world to fight for the Allies, and over 89,000 are known to have been killed. Research found that only a fifth of people are aware that Muslim soldiers fought at all in the Great War Qari Muhammad […]
The poppy has become a symbol of racism – I will never wear one again
The Entente Cordiale which sent my father to France is now trash beneath the high heels of Theresa May, yet this wretched woman dares to wear a poppy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 3 November 2016 The Every Man Remembered sculpture in London, commemorating First World War soldiers Rex Yes, the […]
My father threw away his poppy in disgust. My family was haunted by my father’s experience on the Somme and the loss of his friends. Why do we pay homage to the dead but ignore the lessons of their war?
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Let them die now. Let the memorials gather grass and the commemorations be over. I wish all those dead men could lose their eternal youth […]