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Blair: Britain will not rename Holocaust Memorial Day
By: Israel Insider staff and partners   
Published: September 13, 2005   
 
U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Monday evening that he will not change the name of "Holocaust Memorial Day" commemorated in Britain on January 27th, to the generic "Genocide Day" against recently appointed advisors to the PM to combat Muslim extremism said Monday that Muslims find the Holocaust Day, "offensive" because it does not recognize the deaths of Muslims in Chechnya, Bosnia, and Palestine. A Muslim lawyer stated that the Holocaust was, "a big lie," and PM Blair was pressured to join the war in Iraq by a "sinister" group of Jews and Freemasons.

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Britain won't change Holocaust tribute  - (Ynet)
 
 

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