Muslims Gather In Birmingham To Celebrate The End Of Ramadan.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Over 100,000 people from five different mosques gathered together for the outdoor Eid salah – the largest Eid celebration in Europe. ///

That is 20,000 from each Mosque, could that be true?

https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/04/thousands-muslims-celebrate-end-ramadan-birmingham-park-9799538/

[THECORBYLOON]

SPICERACK, it gives the sources for the figures, look into them if you have doubts.

Alternatively, provide contradictory facts.

[Spicerack]

You didn't scrape that barrel deep enough, corby.
The vast majority of your Moslem heroes fought for the allies on the eastern front.
If you'd bothered to read on a little, even the Muslim Encyclopedia admits/boasts that hundreds of thousands rebelled and/or 'disappeared'.
500,000 made no pretence at all and simply defected to the German army.
I'm afraid the Muslims were as trustworthy then as they are today.
The Muslim Brotherhood (the political leaders of Islam) were firmly on the side of the Axis forces.

[Khandro]

When you're storming Sword Beach and all you have is this and your mates to give you courage, you know you have balls of steel.

[naomi24]

Wrong thread Khandro?

[anotheoldgit]

While on the subject of Muslims and WW2, this makes interesting reading from Wikipedia.

Erwin Rommel was almost as popular as Hitler. "Heil Rommel" was reportedly a common greeting in Arab countries. Some believed the Germans would free them from the rule of the old colonial powers France and Britain.[citation needed] After France's defeat by Nazi Germany in 1940, some Arabs were chanting against the French and British around the streets of Damascus: "No more Monsieur, no more Mister, Allah's in Heaven and Hitler's on earth." Posters in Arabic stating "In heaven God is your ruler, on earth Hitler" were frequently displayed in shops in the towns of Syria.

After the Golden Square Iraqi regime was defeated by pro-British forces, Rashid Ali, the Mufti, and other Iraqi veterans took refuge in Europe, where they supported Axis interests. They were particularly successful in recruiting several tens-of-thousands of Muslims for membership in German Schutzstaffel (SS) units, and as propagandists for the Arabic-speaking world. The range of collaborative activities was wide. For instance, Anwar Sadat, who later became president of Egypt, was a willing co-operator in Nazi Germany's espionage according to his own memoirs.

[jim360]

Quite a lot of people collaborated with the Nazi Regime, one way or another. I'm not quite sure why anyone needs to pick on the Muslims who did so in particular.

[THECORBYLOON]

I'm not disputing that Muslims fought against the Allies but not in the same numbers and I'm sure you'd not dispute there were Nazi sympathizers in many, if not all, of the Allies countries.

[jim360]

Also, Spicey -- Crikey, just say you're an Islamophobe and be done with it.

[naomi24]

It might be worth looking for a reason that Muslims supported the Nazis. It’s not difficult.

[Calicogirl]

...and yet no-one here has a problem with Romania, Bulgaria, Finland and of course Italy, who all actually changed flaming sides in WWII but were of course not predominantly Muslim...

[naomi24]

Were this thread about those countries we'd be discussing those countries but it isn't.

[Calicogirl]

It's not about WWII either Naomi, but you seem pretty keen to discuss that. lol

[anotheoldgit]

jim360

/// Quite a lot of people collaborated with the Nazi Regime, one way or another. I'm not quite sure why anyone needs to pick on the Muslims who did so in particular. ///

Simply because in this instance we happen to be talking about Muslims.

If you want to start your own thread about other none Muslim Nazi collaborators, please feel free.

[naomi24]

One post a few minutes ago is 'pretty keen'? Try again.

[jim360]

Maybe it isn't, but it's kind of important for context, isn't it? Some Muslims supported Hitler -- well, that's not unusual for the period, and it's probably quite important to mention that too!

[gulliver1]

12.48 , love it.

[naomi24]

^That to Calicogirl.

[-Talbot-]

Why do cowards who refuse to acknowledge Muslim mysogyny call those that do Islamaphobes?

[anotheoldgit]

Calicogirl

Italy did not 'change sides' they were allies of the Nazis from the start.

[naomi24]

For apologists it's a handy word Talbot.