This is a slightly different angle on things: Azim Hussain, a Montreal lawyer, connecting up Remembrance Day with Holocaust denial, remembers the thousands of Muslim soldiers who died on the Allied side during World War II. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust, he writes, abuses the memory not only the of the Jewish victims but also of those Muslim soldiers. His column details part of the Muslim contribution to the Allied war effort, and from that he concludes:
History is rooted in a common humanity. It is that common humanity that impelled Muslims during World War II to sacrifice their lives for the sake of everyone's freedom, and it is that common humanity that is undermined when Ahmadinejad makes it a hobby to rail against the Holocaust. If he does it in ostensible support for the Palestinians, he should know that the Palestinians do not need such specious "solidarity." Advocating for Palestinian rights does not require a denial of Jewish suffering in World War II.
Indeed - just as upholding the rights of the Jews in Israel does not require a denial of Palestinian suffering in the Nakba.