Who could object to a Muslim war memorial?

I don’t understand right-wingers who spend most of their time on the internet. Often they’re found tut-tutting over what they view as the haughty refusal of Muslims to integrate into British society. And yet when it is proposed that we build a monument to the Muslims who fought with us in two world wars – surely the ultimate act of integration into a nation’s values – they spit out their tea in fury. They’re hopping mad when Muslims don’t integrate, and ticked off when they do. What gives?

This is the news that the government will give £1 million towards a memorial for Muslim soldiers. Jeremy Hunt announced it in his Budget speech. ‘Whatever your faith or colour or class, this country will never forget the sacrifices made for our future’, the Chancellor said. The monument will honour the 750,000 Muslims from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and North Africa who threw their lot in with Blighty during the darkest wars in history.