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Britain’s failure to honor Muslim troops a great stain
Zaid M. Belbagi
April 28, 2021 23:17
Indian troops serving with the British army pray outside the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking, Surrey. (Getty Images)
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More than a century after the passing of events, the long shadow of empire still haunts governments today. In the same week that Turkey was pressured over the massacre of Armenians during the First World War, the UK found itself in hot water concerning imperial matters. The UK defense secretary was last week forced to apologize over the successive institutional neglect of British governments not properly commemorating black, Asian and Arab troops that fought for the allies in both world wars. The furor around this issue has once again highlighted how the history of both conflicts has been incorrectly recorded and how the role of Muslim troops in particular has been entirely underplayed.