For those of you who do not know, today was the 60th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz, the Holocaust camp believed to have claimed over
1
million Jewish lives.

In Britain, several memorial services have gone ahead including one in
London where the Queen, the Prime Minister and the cabinet were part of
the
audience along with Holocaust survivors.

However I was informed by a friend of mine that various Islamic
organisations were filling complaints about Holocaust Memorial Day. Why?
Apparently because it was racist towards their community as the Muslims
have no day to commeorate genocidal acts undertaken against their race.
This was counter acted by a claim from Jewish communities claiming it
would
be racist to them not to remember the day publicly.

This politically correct purge is fast spreading. Note the fact that a
controversial play depicting scenes of sex inside a Sikh temple was forced
to shut after violent riots from Sikhs outside the theater. Note the fact
that the British Muslim Council have just lodged a complaint with OFCOM
(the regulatory body for the media) against the spy series 24 because it
depicts a Turkish national attempting to blow up a train.

I don't know if the BMC have been watching any news recently (or indeed
ever) but a great deal of terrorist activity in recent years has been
committed by those of the Middle Eastern origin. The September 11th
bombers, the school hostage takers in Russia, the theatre siege in Russia,
the various acts of terrorism in Iraq and the attack on the Istanbul
British consulate, all committed by people claiming to be of the Islamic
faith. I wonder if the series 24 has shown an Irish republican terrorist
whether Ireland's government would have announced such vigorous action.

Political correctness is bad enough by itself. However it is even worse
when minority communities use political correctness to essentially
manipulate freedom of speech and freedom of expression. The BMC's support
for the incitement to racial hatred law (which would in reality ban
comedians from doing anything slightly risque involving religion) show
that
these communities will use political correctness to their own ends. The
fact of the matter is that Islamic extremism is a major problem in the
world and the BMC should not use political correctness to try and hide
that
fact from the public.