Sep. 12, 2005 19:37  | Updated Sep. 12, 2005 20:55
UK decides not to replace Holocaust Day
By MATTHEW WAGNER

British Prime Minister Tony Blair notified Monday that he would not
adopt the proposal to change the British Holocaust Memorial Day to a
British Genocide Day, which would serve as a memorial to Muslim deaths
as well as Holocaust victims.

Radical Muslims were uncomfortable with the Holocaust because of the
infamous role played by some of their leaders during World War II,
said former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Israel Meir Lau on Monday in
response to proposals to do away with Holocaust Memorial Day in
Britain because Muslims find it offensive. 

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Source: "Jerusalem Post"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/
JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1126491574434&p=1111893688901

Cheers, Steve..

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