Tuesday 28 September 2010

The Toll of Muslim Holocausts and Genocide. Who Will Remember it?

The first Holocaust against Muslims was carried out by the crusaders. On Friday, July 15, 1099 the crusaders captured Jerusalem and murdered thousands of Muslims. More than 70, 000 dead bodies of Muslim children and women were found in the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem alone.
There have been several other Holocausts and genocides of Muslims;


Ganges Khan and his forces killed more than a million Muslims during the occupation of Iraq and neighboring areas.
Thousands of Muslims were killed / forced to change religion by Spanish Crusaders in South America
More than a million Muslims were killed / displaced by Spanish and other European extremists during the rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.
More than 3 million Muslims were killed / displaced by the European colonial powers during and after the occupation of Muslim countries after World War I and II.
More than 5 million Muslims were killed / displaced by Tsars of Russia
More than a million Muslims were killed / displaced by Communist Government of Russia
More than 1.5 million Muslims have been killed in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other Far East countries since the world war II
More than half million Muslims have been killed / displaced in Burma since World War II
More than half million Muslims have been killed in India and Kashmir since 1947
More than half million Muslims were killed by Serbs and Croats in Bosnia during early 90s.
More than 100,000 Muslims were killed in Kosovo and Albania during mid 90s.
More than 5 million Muslims have been killed / displaced in Palestine since 1948
More than 5 million Muslims were killed / displaced by the Russian occupation of Afghanistan
Thousands of Muslims have been killed by the secular governments in Muslim countries, backed by the Western Governments, since the independence from the colonial powers.
Currently, hundreds of thousands of innocent Muslims have been killed by the American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan


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