Thursday, 3 September 2009
Hidden history: film of Muslim soldiers in World War One
An interesting slice of history in this video: the role of Indian soldiers, many of them Muslims, in WW1. In general the role of people from British colonies in fighting Britain's wars has been marginalised at best, erased at worst. This extract from a documentary is therefore a useful corrective.
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It was not long ago when our nation was under attack and our way of life was under threat from the Fascists.
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Thousands of Indian soldiers gave their life, so today we can have a better - this we must never forget.