The Nazi Muslim Soldiers

Did you know that there were Nazi Muslim Soldiers in WWII?

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Yeah I'd heard about this. Some Anti-Muslim groups have cited this as further "proof" of Muslim hatred toward Jews. Pamela Geller I believe has referenced this one quite often in her rants.

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Muslims fought on both sides, though probably far more fought on the Allied side as they had greater colonial reach into Muslim lands.

Juan Cole’s response to the Muslim-Nazi link: On D-Day: Remembering the Muslim Troops who Fought the Axis | Informed Comment

The tragedy in all of this, of course, is that it simply was not “our” war. Fighting for either side got Muslims nothing…rather the occurrence of WWII weakened colonial empires to a degree which pretty much saw the end of colonialism and the haphazard rise of Muslim nation states. We could have sat it out…

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Don’t forget the Nazi Sikhs too.


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Ditto excellent post as always !
Gemans since time of Kaiser have been trying to woo muslims e.g Berlin to bagdad railway

Haji Kaiser !

and the “Jihad” in central asia aimed against british in india and against russians

these are just ploys of one colonial power against another

may i add the muslim soldiers of wehrmacht were simply there to settle old scores with croations and serbians nothing to do with a huge antisemitic conspiracy

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kiya baat hai sardar jee ki…stud ka bacha lag raha hai !

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Not to forget that all German Nazis were actually Christians including Adolph Hitler, his last act on this Earth was to get Married to Eva by a priest!

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Good to see you posting around these parts again!